Tickets for Latvia’s Eurovision selection show Supernova 2019 are now on sale.
Supernova 2019 is set to take place over three shows, with two semi-finals (January 26th and February 2nd), and the Grand Final on February 16th. Sixteen artists will take to the stage in the hopes of qualifying to the final.
The line-ups for the semi-finals are as follows:
Semi-Final 1 (January 26th):
- Samanta Tina
- Edgars Kreilis
- Elza Rosenthal
- Aivo Oskis
- Alex Silvers
- Līga Rīdere
- Kris & Oz
- Full happiness
Semi-Final 2 (February 2nd):
- Adriana Miglane
- Markus Riva
- Deep purple feat. Cosmic,
- The River of Time
- Double Faced Eels
- Christian Bumbee
- Kristine Pastare (Peress)
- Carousel
Tickets start at 10 euros each and can be purchased here.
Hosting the shows this year will be Dagmar Legant and Ketija Schoenberg. Artists will be judged by the jury, as well as the audience at home who can also call, text, and vote via the Supernova website for their favourite.
A total of 83 songs were submitted for the Latvian Eurovision selection show for 2019. The contest is also undergoing a number of changes for next year. For the first time performers and songwriters aged 16 will be allowed to take part in the competition. LTV has also tightened the rules on the quality of the songs when they are submitted to the broadcaster. All of the songs submitted must be professionally recorded and represent the authors ideas as much as possible.
Supernova will once again be working with the Universal Music Group to promote Latvian music across the globe. While the selection continues to focus on Latvian performers, foreign producers, authors and singers will still be able to take part in the selection. For singers they must be part of a group formed of Latvian nationals.
Source: LTV
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.
