In a few minutes, Eirodziesma, the Latvian preselection for this year's Eurovision Song Contest takes place. Ten competing acts and a host of Eurostars past and present will take the stage in the show which will decide who will succeed Bonaparti.lv representing Latvia in Belgrade.

The show

The show starts at 20.15 CET and it will see ten hopefuls fighting out to succeed Bonaparti.lv in the Eurovision Song Contest for Latvia. The selection will be conducted in two phases. Three of the finalists will proceed to the super final where a second round of voting will decide the winner. As it is the 50th anniversary of the Panorama news programme on Latvian television the postcards will be in "news style" this year.

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Live coverage

And the show has started with last year's participants. Bonaparti.lv perform Questa notte in the exact same outfits they wor on Helsinki stage.

1.Deja vu – I’m a part of you

The first to go are the girl band Deja vu. I'm part of you is a ballad, one of the many we will see tonight. All three ladies are dressed in long black dresses and their voices blend excellently. The song is not strong enough to expect a high placing on a Eurovision stage but it does have some advantages, such as strong vocals (flawless throughout the entire song) and an interesting bridge.

2.Kristīna Zaharova feat. Julian – Until you find a friend

second song, second ballad. Kristina is very confident on stage and vocally perfect. She is accompanied by Julian who plays the guitar. She is moving gracefully around stage with her long turquoise evening gown flowing.

3. Sabīne Berezina – If I only knew

Third song and guess what? Another ballad. The running order is just killing them by having them one after the other. Another slow ballad, excellently performed by Sabine.

4. Pirates Of The Sea – Wolves of the sea

The hot favourite of the evening now, one that many predict, others hope and some even fear it will win. Pirate costumes, hey hey and ho ho's but very weak vocals and the voice coordination needs certainly to be worked on. The show is fun, the song is rhythmic and memorable and it is nice to see Bonaparti.lv Roberto Meloni again on stage. The pirates seem to be having a great time and the crowd seems to love it.

5. Peter Garden & Juris Vizbulis – Memory lane

Memory lane is the fourth ballad of the evening, and an old fashioned one as is. Very weak vocals from both singers and a ballet dance routine for this song. The song follows the same recipe as this year's Romanian entry, with a tenor singing parts ofit but it is nowhere as strong as Pe o margine de lume.

6. Funky Drivers – Summertime

A chill out, jazz song next by the Funky drivers. A very pleasant tune and great vocals by Maija Gaile. The predominant instrument of the show is a big, white tuba. The song is indeed summery and sweet but it is received lukewarmly by the audience.

7.Triānas Parks – Bye bye

Clockwork orange outfit and makeup now for a rock number by Trianas Parks. An energetic act, higly repetitive, accentuated by the theatrical performance of the lead singer who ends the show holding up a puppet, rings a bell?

8.Elizabete Zagorska – Take me home

Elizabete dances with the stars in Take me home. In a bright red dress she sings and dances with her male partner. The song is much better than in the video clip but still her voice does not help bring out the best in the song. She finishes the song with a high note cut short and a passionate kiss to the partner, nice!

9. Aisha – You really got me going

More pop rock now by Aisha. An interesting song and a good show by the entire band. Aisha moves confidently on stage and does an excellent job with the performance of the song which offers a good dancing rhythm. By just listening to the song one can picture Gerli Padar singing it (Estonia 2007). Judging by the reaction of the audience this one should go through to the super final. And now it is time for the last song.

10. Andris Ērglis – Broken lullaby

Another early fan favourite now. A powerful, sentimental ballad by Andris Erglis, another Bonaparti.lv member, who is completely alone on stage. A charismatic performer, superb vocals, a good song and an enthusiastic reaction by the audience.

The recap now and the first round of the televoting which will send three of the songs to the final. We have a lot to look forward to tonight as there are many special guests from past and future Eurovision Song Contests invited.

And to the Super Final go:

Aisha- You really got me going
Pirates Of The Sea – Wolves of the sea
Andris Ērglis – Broken lullaby

As it was highly expected.

Aisha is on again. The song is great to dance to and Aisha nails it once more to the last high note. And now the Wolves of the sea plunder the stage once more. It is definitely a particular song, uplifting and rhytmic, can't help bring to mind Mercedes Club from this year's Icelandic preselection. The weakest link of the act is definitely Aleksandra Kurusova, the female pirate, who is mostly off key. And Andris comes back on stage last, a lovely song indeed, powerful and well performed. One question though, wouldn't that make it one ballad too many in this year's Eurovision Song Contest?

Another pirate takes the stage now, Jeronimas Milius from Lithuania with his Nomads in the night. He is followed by Tereza Kerndlova from the Czech Republic with Have some fun. They are both received very warmly by the audience who cheers when the Azerbaijani Angel and Devil are announced. Elnur and Samir take the stage to perform Day after day. "Latvia we love you" sings Elnur and leaves the stage for Morena from Malta who performs Vodka.

Time for the results now. And the winner is Pirates of the sea with Wolves of the sea.