Delfi Latvia has exclusively revealed the voting data from all of the shows of the country’s selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.
Latvian news portal Delfi has revealed the full breakdown of the public voting from all of the shows in Supernova 2018. The data shows how the winner of Saturday night’s final was determined via internet, telephone and spotify voting. The breakdown of the voting in the final was as follows:
Televote:
- Sudden Lights — “Just Fine” – 1,563 -3rd
- Ritvars — “Who’s Counting” – 488 – 5th
- MADARA — “Esamība” – 1,490 – 4th
- Liene Greifane — “Walk the Talk” – 398 – 7th
- Lauris Valters — “Lovers Bliss” – 285 – 8th
- Edgars Kreilis — “Younger Days” – 413 – 6th
- Laura Rizzotto — “Funny Girl” – 2,956 – 1st
- Markus Riva — “This Time” – 2,321 – 2nd
Internet voting:
- Sudden Lights — “Just Fine” – 2,357 – 5th
- Ritvars — “Who’s Counting” – 490 – 7th
- MADARA — “Esamība” – 2,785 – 4th
- Liene Greifane — “Walk the Talk” – 8,000 – 1st
- Lauris Valters — “Lovers Bliss” – 366 – 8th
- Edgars Kreilis — “Younger Days” – 781 – 6th
- Laura Rizzotto — “Funny Girl” – 5,172 – 2nd
- Markus Riva — “This Time” – 2,839 – 3rd
Combined televote and internet voting:
- Sudden Lights — “Just Fine” – 3,920 – 5th
- Ritvars — “Who’s Counting” – 978 – 7th
- MADARA — “Esamība” – 4,275 – 4th
- Liene Greifane — “Walk the Talk” – 8,398 – 1st
- Lauris Valters — “Lovers Bliss” – 651 – 8th
- Edgars Kreilis — “Younger Days” – 1,194 – 6th
- Laura Rizzotto — “Funny Girl” – 8,128 – 2nd
- Markus Riva — “This Time” – 5,160 – 3rd
Spotify streaming:
- Sudden Lights — “Just Fine” – 28% – 1st
- Ritvars — “Who’s Counting” – 11% – 4th
- MADARA — “Esamība” – 18% – 2nd
- Liene Greifane — “Walk the Talk” – 7% – 7th
- Lauris Valters — “Lovers Bliss” – 5% – 8th
- Edgars Kreilis — “Younger Days” – 9% – 6th
- Laura Rizzotto — “Funny Girl” – 12% – 3rd
- Markus Riva — “This Time” – 10% – 5th
When the Spotify and public vote was combined with the jury this gave the final result of:
- Sudden Lights — “Just Fine” – 2+2 – 4 points – 2nd
- Ritvars — “Who’s Counting” 6+4 – 10 points – 4th
- MADARA — “Esamība” 4+3 – 7 points – 3rd
- Liene Greifane — “Walk the Talk” 5+8 – 13 points – 7th
- Lauris Valters — “Lovers Bliss” 8+6 – 14 points– 8th
- Edgars Kreilis — “Younger Days” – 7+5 – 12 points – 6th
- Laura Rizzotto — “Funny Girl”- 1+1 – 2 points – 1st
- Markus Riva — “This Time” 3+7 points – 5th
Supernova was first used to select the Latvian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015. It proved successful, as the act chosen that year, Aminata Savadogo, finished 7th in the final with “Love Injected”. That was Latvia’s first appearance in the final since 2008 and first top 10 placing since 2005.
Latvia will perform in the second half of the second semi-final on May 10th.
Source: Delfi
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Latvia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000, being the last of the Baltic nations to join the contest. On their debut, Brainstorm finished in 3rd place with the song “My Star”. Latvia won the contest for the first and only time in 2002, with Marie N’s “I Wanna”. Latvia only participated in 2002 thanks to the withdrawal of Portugal from the contest, as Latvia’s poor result in 2001 had relegated them from the 2002 contest. Latvia struggled in to the contest after 2002, failing to qualify for the final for six years between 2009 and 2014. In 2015 and 2016 Latvia has finished 6th and 15th in the final respectively.
