Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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| Member station | LTV |
| National selection events | Bērnu Eirovīzija (2003–2005) Balss Pavēlnieks (2010–2011) |
| Appearances | |
| Appearances | 5 |
| First appearance | 2003 |
| Last appearance | 2011 |
| Best result | 9th: 2003 |
| Worst result | Last: 2004, 2011 |
| External links | |
| Latvia's page at Eurovision.tv | |
 For the most recent participation seeLatvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 |
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Latvia has taken part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest five times, first entering in the first contest in 2003. Latvia's best placing was in 2003, when Dzintars Čīča placed 9th with "Tu esi vasarā". The country's worst placing came in 2004 when Mārtiņš Tālbergs and C-Stones Juniors placed 17th and last with "Balts vai melns".
Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) withdrew Latvia from the contest after 2005, and would not return until the 2010 contest, their first participation in 5 years.
The broadcaster has selected Šarlote Lēnmane to represent Latvia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk with the song "Viva La Dance". Šarlote won 10th place with 51 point.
After initially withdrawing from the 2011 contest LTV reversed their decision in September 2011 and sent an entry to the 2011 contest in Yerevan, Armenia. On 27 June 2012, LTV announced Latvia's withdrawal from the competition and the country has never returned since. LTV later confirmed their non-participation in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
On 19 November 2015, it was announced that the Baltic countries, including Latvia, were interested in taking part in the 2016 contest. However, on 23 May 2016, the LTV confirmed it would not return to the contest in 2016.
1st place 2nd place 3rd place Last place
The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov. The Latvian broadcaster, LTV, sent their own commentators to the contest in order to provide commentary in the Latvian language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Latvia. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.
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