Latvia Supernova 2018: Laura and Lauris to the final

Latvia had its third and last semi-final of the Eurovision selection Supernova 2018 tonight, with seven performances. The public televoters of Latvia and a jury of music professionals chose Lauris Valters and Laura Rizzotto to qualify for the final.

The winner of Supernova will represent Latvia at Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon.

Supernova 2018 – Semi-final 3

17 February 2018

1. Laura Rizzotto – "Funny Girl"
2. Lauris Valters – "Lovers Bliss"

• Jenny May – "Soledad"
• Ed Rallidae – "What I Had with You"
• Katrine Lukins – "Running Red Lights"
• MIONIA – "You"
• Kris & Oz – "Morning Flight"

Supernova 2018 – Finalists

24 February 2018

• Edgars Kreilis – "Younger Days"
• Liene Greifāne– "Walk the Talk"
• MADARA – "Esamība" 
• Markus Riva – "This Time" 
• Ritvars – "Who's Counting?"
• Lauris Valters – "Lovers Bliss"
• Laura Rizzotto – "Funny Girl"

Supernova 2018

Supernova 2018 will consist of four shows: Three semi-finals and a final:

• 3 February 2018: Semi-final 1
• 10 February 2018: Semi-final 2
• 17 February 2018: Semi-final 3
• 24 February 2018: Final

In each semi-final there were seven songs competing, and two qualified to the final via a combination of votes from a jury of music professionals and the Latvian public.

Latvia in Eurovision Song Contest

Latvia debuted in Eurovision Song Contest in 2000, and since then, the country has participated every year (18 times) in the contest. The best result was in 2002, where Latvia won Eurovision Song Contest with the song "I Wanna" by Marie N.

The last nine years Latvia finished last in their semi-finals four times, and only managed to qualify for the Grand Final two times