Eurovision Song Contest: Latvia

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sábado, 29 de marzo de 2014

Former winners to appear at preview events

Europe - Two former winners of Europe's Favourite Tv Show are amongst the acts who are appearing at preview parties across Europe. Anne Marie David who won the contest for Luxembourg in 1973 has just been confirmed for the London Preview Party on the 13th April, whilst last year's winner Emmelie de Forest will be a special guest at Eurovision In Concert in Amsterdam on the 5th April.

The entries for the 2014 contest have been formally submitted, and the Semi-Finalists now know their position in the running order, and fans now wait patiently for the rehearsals to commence. In the meantime though, a number of preview events are taking place across Europe. Let's have a look at who is going to be appearing, when and where, over the next few weeks.

29th March: Riga, Latvia

For the first time in Riga, a Eurovision preview party will take place. The following countries from the 2014 contest will be appearing: Austria , Lithuania and Poland will perform their songs. As an opening act at the preview show will be the band PeR who represented Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest last year.
The artists who are going to Eurovision preParty Riga 2014 will have an opportunity not only to sing in Riga, European Capital of Culture 2014, but to see Riga on the next day after the Concert, they will have a sightseeing tour of Riga for all the artists and journalists.
Eurovision preParty Riga 2014 concert will be streamed live on the internet on Latvian Public Media

5th April: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Eurovision In Concert is Europe's biggest preview party, and this year takes place for the sixth time in Amsterdam. Last year a record 25 countries were represented at the event, and this year already 20 countries have confirmed their appearance at the Melkweg venue in the city centre,
So far, the following countries from the 2014 contest wll be appearing: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Denmark, France, FYR Macedonia, Greece, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine and United Kingdom.
Special guests will be Frizzle Sizzle who represented the Netherlands in 1986 with the song Alles Heeft Ritme and Emmelie de Forest who won the 2013 contest for Denmark with the song Only Teardrops.
The concert will be hosted by Sandra Reemer, (who represented the Netherlands in 1972, 1976 and 1979) and Cornald Maas.
Such is the popularity of the event that tickets are already sold out. Eurovision.tv will have a team there to cover the event.

13th April: London, United Kingdom

The London Preview Party is now in its seventh year, and this time is moving to a new, larger, venue at the Café De Paris in the heart of London's theatre district.
So far the following acts from the 2014 contest will be performing: Armenia, Austria, FYR Macedonia, Latvia, Malta, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and Switzerland.
Special guests will be Anne Marie David who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 for Luxembourg with the song Tu Te Reconnaitras, and was third in the 1979 competition for France, At the London event she will also perform Wonderful Dream the English version of her winning song for the British fans, as well as signing copies of the book "Songs For Europe - The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest - Volume Two - The 1970s". Also appearing is Scott Fitzgerald who represented the United Kingdom in 1988 with the song Go, coming a very close second by just one point behind Switzerland.
The party will be hosted by Nicki French (who represented the United Kingdom in 2000) and Paddy O'Connell.
Tickets are still available for the London Preview Party. Eurovision.tv will have a team there to cover the event.

Watch Anne Marie David

Did You Know?

Preview videos of the entries first appeared in time for the 1971 edition of Europe's Favourite TV Show. Prior to this it was rare for viewers to see any entries outside their own country.
Strict rules were enforced regarding the previews. For many years all participating countries were obliged to screen the previews on their national television channels. They weren't allowed to broadcast them in one programme, and had to be shown in at least two separate programmes.
There were also restrictions on the earliest and latest dates they could be broadcast. In that first year of previews in 1971, the previews of Ireland and Malta were only shown in black and white, as colour television wasn't established in those countries yet. In fact the very first colour broadcast in Ireland was the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, which was staged in Dublin.
Nowadays broadcasters aren't obliged to broadcast the preview videos on their networks, but with the changing technology, fans have various ways of watching the preview videos, including watching them all here on Eurovision.tv!

Do You Know?

Do you know of any other preview parties taking place across Europe which feature artists from this year's contest appearing? Let us know at Eurovision.tv.

sábado, 1 de marzo de 2014

Aarzemnieki takes the honours in Latvia

Ventspils, Latvia - Tonight Aarzemnieki has been selected to represent Latvia in this year's Eurovision Song Contest with the song Cake To Bake . They saw off the competition from eleven other entrants in the Ventspils Theatre in Ventspils to win the ticket to Copenhagen. The song is composed by Guntis Veilands

Twelve songs initially took to the stage in the Ventspils Theatre, with three of them progressing to a superfinal. The decision in both rounds was reached by a 50/50 combination of jury and televoting, with viewers also able to vote online.

The Participants

(Qualifiers to the superfinal in bold.)

Revelation sung by Ralfs Eilands, Valters Pūce & Nelli Bubujanca
Lights On sung by Markus Riva
Moment And Tomorrow sung by Katrīna Bindere
Pēdējā Vēstule sung by Dons
Stay sung by Samanta Tina
Here I Am Again sung by Niko
Going All The Way sung by MyRadiantU
Saule Riet (Take Away) sung by Olga & Līgo
I Can Breathe sung by Aminata Savadogo
Cake To Bake sung by Aarzemnieki
If I Could (Get Away) sung by Eirošmits
You Are The Reason sung by Katrine Lukins

The Superfinal

(Winner in bold)

Pēdējā Vēstule sung by Dons
Stay sung by Samanta Tina
Cake To Bake sung by Aarzemnieki

Special Guests

Last year's winners of Dziesma - the group PeR, who were joined by the Lithuanian singer Jurga.
The reunited group Fomins and Kleins who represented Latvia in the 2004 contest.
The popular artists Lauris Reiniks and Norman Rutulis.
From Estonia, the group Tenfold Rabbit.

If you missed the final, you can watch Dziesma 2014 again via our web.tv player.
Latvia will participate in the First Semi-Final to be held on Tuesday the 6th of May in Copenhagen.

sábado, 22 de febrero de 2014

Watch Latvia select their entry tonight!

Ventspils, Latvia - Tonight in the city of Ventspils in Latvia, the final will take place of Dziesma 2014 to decide which of the 12 songs will represent the nation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, and you can watch Dziesma 2014 tonight on Eurovision.tv from 20:25 CET.

After staging two semi-finals which took place in Riga, Latvia on the 1st and 2nd February, when 24 songs were reduced down to 12 songs, the final now moves to its traditional home of the Ventspils Theatre in the city of Ventspils.
The running order was determined by a draw, which took place on the 11th of February, and resulted in the following order.

The participants

1. Revelation sung by Ralfs Eilands, Valters Pūce & Nelli Bubujanca
2. Lights On sung by Markus Riva
3. Moment And Tomorrow sung by Katrīna Bindere
4. Pēdējā Vēstule sung by Dons
5. Stay sung by Samanta Tina
6. Here I Am Again sung by Niko
7. Going All The Way sung by MyRadiantU
8. Saule Riet (Take Away) sung by Olga & Līgo
9. I Can Breathe sung by Aminata Savadogo
10. Cake To Bake sung by Aarzemnieki
11. If I Could (Get Away) sung by Eirošmits
12. You Are The Reason sung by Katrine Lukins

The Voting

The decision as to which song will represent Latvia, will be determined by a 50/50 combination of a jury and televoting. It will also be possible to vote online via the LTV website.

Superfinal

The top three songs will go forward to the so called Superfinal, and again it will be down to a 50/50 vote. However should there be a tie, then the winner will be the song with the higher televote.
The winning song will compete in the First Semi-Final to be held in Copenhagen on Tuesday the 6th of May.

Special Guests

Last year's winners of Dziesma - the group PeR, who will be joined by the Lithuanian singer Jurga.
The reunited group Fomins and Kleins who represented Latvia in the 2004 contest.
The popular artists Lauris Reiniks and Norman Rutulis.
From Estonia, the group Tenfold Rabbit.

Don't forget you can watch on Eurovision.tv the final of Dziesma 2014 from 20:25 CET

Factfile:

Latvia made their debut in the 2000 contest with an impressive third place, and My Star performed by Brainstorm.
They've won the contest once, in 2002 with I Wanna sung by Marie N.
Latvia haven't reached the Grand Final since 2008 when Pirates of the Sea took the song Wolves Of The Sea to 12th place.
In 2013, the group PeR finished in 17th place in their Semi-Final with 13 points with the song Here We Go.

Are you ready for Super Saturday?

Europe - This weekend, national selection shows will take place in no less than nine countries, and on Saturday evening, we will know the Eurovision entries from F.Y.R. Macedonia, Hungary, Latvia, and Spain. Find out when and how to watch the shows live!

The busiest weekend of this year's Eurovision season is approaching fast! We'll have no less than nine shows for you to watch, starting already tonight.
Of course we don't want you to miss anything important, so we compiled an overview of all the webcast options below. As soon as we know the results of each respective show, we will announce them on Eurovision.tv as well as on the official Eurovision pages on Facebook, VK, and Twitter.

Friday

20:45 CET: Estonia will have their second semi-final. Out of ten songs, five will qualify for the final. You can watch the show live on the ETV website.

Saturday

20:25 CET: It's time for the Dziesma final in Latvia! 12 songs are still in the running. We will broadcast the show live on Eurovision.tv.
20:25 CET: We will get to know who'll represent Hungary. A Dal started with 30 acts, and now the winner will be chosen out of the eight remaining finalists. Watch it live on Eurovision.tv!
22:00 CET: Decision time in Spain! Five acts are fighting for the ticket to Copenhagen. Watch it live on Eurovision.tv!
21:30 CET: F.Y.R. Macedonia will present the song that Tijana Dapčević will sing on the Eurovision Song Contest stage. You can watch the show live on the MRT website. We will present the clip on Eurovision.tv as soon as it's shown on TV!
20:00 CET: Lithuania will get yet another step closer to picking their Eurovision entry. Watch the show live on the LRT website.
20:00 CET: Let's not forget Sweden, of course! In the fourth semi-final, two acts will directly qualify for the final, and two more will go to the "second chance" round. Webcast here on the SVT page.

Sunday

20:00 CET: It's getting exciting in Azerbaijan! Only six contestants remain in Böyük Səhnə, out of which three will make it to the final.
20:30 CET: The first semi-final will take place in Belgium - watch it live on the een website.

sábado, 26 de octubre de 2013

Latvia retains Dziesma format for 2014

Latvia retains Dziesma format for 2014

Riga, Latvia -
LTV, the Latvian Broadcaster has updated the dates of the national selection of Dziesma 2014. The selection of the entry for Latvia in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest will follow the pattern of previous years, with two semi finals now on the 1st and 2nd of February in Riga, and the final on February 22nd in Ventspils.

"The change of the dates provides the opportunity for the Latvian audience to receive the broadcast of the national selection that would be technically and creatively better prepared. Already since the first day of 2014 brings more changes to Latvians with the emitting of a new currency - Euro, which is followed by the grand event in our capital, Riga - "Riga 2014". In addition to that there are also the broadcasts of Winter Olympic games from Sochi, where Latvian athletes are taking an active part in," comments Sergejs Nesterovs, the board member of Latvia Television as well as programme development manager. Nesterovs adds, that "the broadcasting of such an important and large event as national selection for Eurovision Song Contest requires particular preparations. It is essential to have at least a little bit of time after a production of an event broadcast to prepare for the next one to provide the best possible technical quality and broadcast."
The songs for Dziesma 2014 can be submitted until the 20th of November. 24 semifinal songs are going to be announced during a press conference on the 2nd of December.
Six songs from each sem final go to the final. Both in the semi finals and in the final, an LTV jury and a public televote will be of equal value, 50/50. The three songs receiving the most votes in the final proceed to the the superfinal. The winner of the superfinal will represent Latvia in Copenhagen.

Dziesma 2014 keeps the slogan from the previous year , 'Stand up, Europe!' But there is a slight change this year, in that only songs from Latvian composers will be accepted.
The rules for the selection are currently available in Latvian here.
The group PeR represented Latvia in the 2013 contest, with the song Here We Go which finished in 17th, and therfore last place in the Second Semi-Final. The nation will be hoping for a big improvement in their placing next year, and hope to emulate their victory in the 2002 edition of Europe's Favourite TV Show.