Latvian Broadcaster received a record number of songs in autumn 2006 to decide which one will represent the country at Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki. Tonight, five songs have been selected to proceed to the Latvian national fnal .
The jury appointed by Latvian broadcaster, LTV, and televote determined five songs to participate in the Eirodziesma 2007 final. You can read more about the show here.
Televoters' favourites:
- Take off your mask – Lenii (7557 votes)
- Whata love can do to me – Gunars Kalnins, Jolanda Suvorova (5840 votes)
- Home – Re:public (2485 votes)
Jury's choice:
- Dunadri dandari – Igeta
- Can't buy good lovin' – Red Bee
The hosts of the show were Ugis Joksts and Kristine Viksnina-Pekule. The videos of the songs shotJanuary 18 – 21in Riga Motion Pictures Studio were shown to the audience to decide their favourites. The same procedure will apply to the nextsemi-finalists on 3rd February. The final of Eirodziesma 2007 on February 24 will be a live event.
Due to the poor results at Eurovision Song Contest 2006, Latvia has to compete in the semi-final of ESC 2007 in Helsinki.
