Tonight, the semi final of Eirodziesma 2009, the Latvian national selection for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, will be held. 20 acts will compete and half of them will make it to the national final tomorrow.
The show
The show to be hosted by Kristine Virsnite and Ugis Joksts at the Olympic Center in Ventspils will start at 20:10 CET. 20 acts will present one song each and televoting will send the top ten to the national final tomorrow.
Webcast
A webcast will presumably be made available on the official Eirodziesma website here.
Participants
- Camillas – Running around
- Dace Planare & Fridis – Running around
- Girts Zeibulinš – Place to be
- Johnny Salamander – Party
- Miks Dukurs – Aizejot
- Iveta Baumane & Ivo Grisninš-Grislis – Tic tac
- Ginta Eke – Be yourself
- Natalija Tumševica – Dinamite
- Trianas Parks – Call me any time you need a problem
- Intars Busulis – Sastregums
- Kristina Zaharova & Annija Putnina – Angel of mine
- Astra – Have to say goodbye
- Edijs Šnipke – Make my day
- Ketta – Without you
- Policistas – In love we trust
- Fidji – Don't want to say goodbye
- Aisha feat. G-Point – Hey, hey
- Simply 4 – When the sun is going down
- Sabine Berezina feat. Per – Bye, bye
Valters Fridenbergs – For a better tomorrow
Your opinion
You can vote for your favourite in the show here.
Latvia was represented by the Pirates of the Sea in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with their song Wolves of the sea. They finished sixth in the second semi final and equal eleventh in the final. In 2009, the country will enter the second semi final on 14th May.
