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Latvia

Back in 2000, Latvia joined the Eurovision family - and they did so with a song many fans still remember. Brainstorm came third with the song My Star, and the country was off with a very good start. Two years after that good start, Marie N took home a very surprising victory.

In 2004, the country failed to reach the final, but a fifth place to Walters and Kazha's The War Is Not Over, brought Latvia back to the top.

A few years later, in 2009 things started going really wrong for Latvia. Intars Busulis represented the country with a song performed in Russian. It failed to qualify for the final, and for the next five years, the same thing happened. It wasn't until Aminata and her 6th placed Love Injected in 2015, they were back into the final. In 2017, the country once again had to leave the contest after the semi-final.

Capital cityRiga
BroadcasterLTV
Population1,9 million

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Full Eurovision 2021 result: Semi-finals won by Malta and Switzerland – Croatia and Denmark almost reached the final

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Semi-final 2: The last 10 qualifiers draw their place in the final

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Eurovision 2021 Day 7: Thoughts on rehearsals from Latvia, Switzerland and Denmark

14th May 2021 at 13:40 Charlotte Jensen

Eurovision 2021 Day 4: Rehearsals from Finland, Latvia, Switzerland and Denmark

11th May 2021 at 14:01 Charlotte Jensen

Latvia 2021: Samanta Tina releases her Eurovision entry The Moon Is Rising

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Eurovision 2015: Latvia’s Aminata in focus

16th January 2021 at 09:58 Álvaro Sanabria-Rangel

Eurovision 2005: Latvia’s Walter and Kazha in focus

16th December 2020 at 17:15 Charlotte Jensen

Eurovision 2000: Latvia’s Brainstorm in focus

6th November 2020 at 19:31 Michael Outerson

Eurovision 2021: 41 countries to appear at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest

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Dziesma 2013: Dāvids Kalandija & Dināra in focus

2nd October 2020 at 19:18 Charlotte Jensen

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