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

1. Camillas – Running around
2. Dace Planare & Fridis – Running around
3. Girts Zeibulinš – Place to be
4. Johnny Salamander – Party
5. Miks Dukurs – Aizejot
6. Iveta Baumane & Ivo Grisninš-Grislis – Tic tac
7. Ginta Eke – Be yourself
8. Natalija Tumševica – Dinamite
9. Trianas Parks – Call me any time you need a problem
10. Intars Busulis – Sastregums
11. Kristina Zaharova & Annija Putnina – Angel of mine
12. Astra – Have to say goodbye
13. Edijs Šnipke – Make my day
14. Ketta – Without you
15. Policistas – In love we trust
16. Fidji – Don't want to say goodbye
17. Aisha feat. G-Point – Hey, hey
18. Simply 4 – When the sun is going down
19. Sabine Berezina feat. Per – Bye, bye

20. 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.

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