Good evening Europe, this is Riga calling! We are heading north to the Baltics tonight, namely to Latvia, for the semifinal for Supernova 2022.

Latvia is gearing up for Eurovison 2022 in full steam and is working from strength to strength in order to showcase an extraordinary show.

How to watch?

You can watch the Supernova 2022 Semifinal at 20:05 CET via the following channels:

About the show

A total of 17 acts will battle for 10 spots in the Grand Final.  A combined jury/public televoting deliberation will determine the 10 Supernova 2022 finalists. The show will be hosted by Ketija Senberga and Lauris Reiniks (Latvia 2003).

Participants

  • Citi ZēniEat Your Salad
  • Miks DukursFirst Love
  • Linda RušeniecePay My Own Bills
  • Elīna GluzunovaEs pabiju tur
  • RAUMPlans
  • Patriks PetersonCan’t Get You Outta My Head
  • Mēs Jūs MīlamRich Itch
  • KATŌPromises
  • Miks GalvanovskisI’m Just a Sinner
  • Markus RivaIf You’re Gonna Love Me
  • the COCO’NUTSIn and out of the dark
  • AminataI’m Letting You Go
  • Bermudu DivstūrisBad
  • Beatrise HeislereOn the way home
  • ZelmaHow
  • BUJĀNSHe, She, You & Me
  • InspoA Happy Place

Latvia at Eurovision

Latvia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 and has won the competition once in 2002 with Marie N‘s ‘I wanna‘. The Baltic country has participated at Eurovision 21 times and successfully hosted the contest in 2003 in Riga.

In 2021 Samanta Tina represented Latvia with her entry ‘ The Moon Is Rising.

 


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.