Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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 Latvia
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Supernova 2017 | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Introduction shows: 22 January 2017 29 January 2017 Heats: 5 February 2017 12 February 2017 Semi-final: 19 February 2017 Final: 26 February 2017 |
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| Selected entrant | Triana Park | |||
| Selected song | "Line" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Agnese Rakovska Kristaps Ērglis Kristians Rakovskis |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (18th, last) | |||
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Latvia participated Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Line" written by Agnese Rakovska, Kristaps Ērglis, Kristians Rakovskis. The song was performed by Triana Park. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organized the national final Supernova 2017 in order to select the Latvian entry for the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine. 22 songs were selected to compete in the national final, which consisted of four shows: two heats, one semi-final and a final. In the heats and the semi-final, four entries were selected to advance from each show: two entries - based on a public televote and two entries by a jury panel. Four songs ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 26 February 2017 where a public vote exclusively selected the winner.
Latvia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing as the closing entry during the show in position 18, "Line" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.
Prior to the 2017 Contest, Latvia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest seventeen times since its first entry in 2000. Latvia won the contest once in 2002 with the song "I Wanna" performed by Marie N. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Latvia was able to qualify to compete in the final between 2005 and 2008. Between 2009 and 2014, the nation had failed to qualify to the final for six consecutive years. In the 2015 contest, Latvia managed to qualify to the final with the song "Love Injected" performed by Aminata, which placed 6th in the final, scoring 186 points, giving them their best placing since 2005. In 2016, Latvia managed to qualify to the final and place 15th with the song "Heartbeat" performed by Justs.
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