Last Saturday saw the Supernova 2023 Semi-final take place in Riga, where 17 acts battled for 10 spots in the Grand Final. We have the ten Supernova 2023 finalists!

The show was hosted by Ketija Senberga and Lauris Reiniks (Latvia 2003). The following 10 acts have qualified to the Supernova 2023 Grand Final:

  • Markus Riva – Forever
  • Alise Haijima – Tricky
  • 24. Avēnija – You Said
  • RAUM – Fake Love
  • AVÉI – Let Me Go
  • Toms Kalderauskis – When It All Falls
  • Artūrs Hatti – Love Vibes
  • Luīze – You To Hold Me
  • Patrisha – Hush
  • Sudden Lights – Aijā

The 2023 Latvian Eurovision entry and act will be determined via a combined jury -public voting deliberation on Saturday 11 February.

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.


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 22 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.