The Latvian national broadcaster LTV has today revealed the 24 songs, that will take part in the semi-finals of Dziesma 2013 and their authors.

The songs are already online to listen, but the artists singing the songs are not being revealed yet.

There were in total 122 songs submitted in Latvia, of which 40 came songwriters in Denmark, Finland, England, Ireland, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Israel, the U.S., Nigeria, Estonia, Lithuania, Belgium, The Netherlands, but most of all from Sweden.

Listen to the Latvian songs on the revamped Latvian Eurovision website here.

Latvian semi-finalists:

• Give me a try (music and lyrics – Ingars Viļums (Latvia))
• Upside down (music – Filip Lindfors, Bertel Österberg, Kristoffer Eriksson, lyrics – Filip Lindfors, Bertel Österberg, Kristoffer Eriksson (Sweden))
• I am who I am (music – Mārcis Rēdmanis, Lauris Busulis, lyrics – Mārcis Rēdmanis (Latvia))
• Love (music – Mārcis Rēdmanis, Lauris Busulis, lyrics – Mārcis Rēdmanis (Latvia))
• Phoenix fly (music – Mathias Kallenberger, Andréas Berlin, Filip Lindfors, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad / lyrics – Mathias Kallenberger, Andréas Berlin, Filip Lindfors, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad (Sweden))
• Joey (music – Eric Anjou, Peter Svensson, lyrics – Peter Svensson, Eric Anjou (Sweden))
• Let the night belong to the lovers (music and lyrics  – Erik Anjou (Sweden))
• Never let me go (music and lyrics – Jānis Polis (Latvia))
• Love responder (music and lyrics – Edgars Viļums (Latvia))
• One (music – Johnny Andersson, Hitmanic, Michael James Down, lyrics – Hanif Sabzevari Hitmanic (Sweden))
• Higher and higher (music and lyrics – Christof Straub (Austria))
• A good woman (music and lyrics – Dominic Okolue (Dominion man) (Nigeria))
• Cold heart (music – Jānis Miltiņš, lyrics– Ieva Sutugova (Latvia))
• Now or Never (music and lyrics – Aleksandrs Rjabčuns (Latvia))
• Sad trumpet (music – Ralfs Eilands, Arturas Burke, lyrics – Ralfs Eilands, (Latvia, Lithuania))
• Here we go (music – Ralfs Eilands, Arturas Burke, lyrics – Ralfs Eilands, (Latvia, Lithuania))
• Better than you (music – Jurijs Koškins (Yuri Koshkin), lyrics – Evilena Protektore (Latvia))
• The One (music – Jurijs Koškins (Yuri Koshkin), lyrics – Evilena Protektore (Latvia))
• Hey, hey! (music and lyrics – Andris Kivičs (Latvia))
• Fool in Love (music – Jonas Gladnikoff, Camilla Gottschalck, Christina Schilling, lyrics – Liza Petersen (Sweden, Denmark))
• I need a hero (music – Johnny Andersson (Johnny Sanchez), Michael James Down , lyrics – Marcus Fernell, Beatrice Eriksson (Sweden, the UK))
• Here I am (music – Patrik Őhlund, lyrics – Madelene Hamberg (Sweden))
• Tirpini (music and lyrics – Alise Ketnere (Fox Lima)(Latvia))
• When you’re with me (music and lyrics – Schillebeeckx Raph, Verresen Karen, RF Smith Bruce (Belgium, Sweden))