Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 | ||||
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Country | Latvia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Eirodziesma 2012 | |||
Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 7 January 2012 14 January 2012 Final: 18 February 2012 | |||
Selected entrant | Anmary | |||
Selected song | "Beautiful Song" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (16th) | |||
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Latvia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 22 May 2012. Performing during for the show in position 4, "Beautiful Song" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Latvia placed sixteenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 17 points.
Background
Prior to the 2012 contest, Latvia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twelve times since its first entry in 2000..
The Latvian national broadcaster,
Before Eurovision
Eirodziesma 2012
Eirodziesma 2012 was the thirteenth edition of
Format
The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. The two semi-finals, held on 7 and 14 January 2012, each featured ten competing entries from which the top five advanced to the final from each show. The final, held on 18 February 2012, selected the Latvian entry for Baku from the remaining ten entries over two rounds of voting: the first round selected the top three songs and the second round (superfinal) selected the winner.[6] Results during the semi-final and final shows were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote. Both the jury and public vote assigned points from 1-8, 10 and 12 in the semi-finals and the first round of the final, while the jury and public both assigned 8, 10 and 12 points to the three competing songs in the superfinal. Ties were decided in favour of the entries that received higher points from the public.[7] Viewers were able to vote via telephone up to five times or via SMS with a single SMS counting as five votes.[8]
Competing entries
Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster between 1 September 2011 and 14 October 2011. 71 entries were submitted at the conclusion of the submission period.[9] The submitted songs were listed online on the website eirovizija.lv allowing users to vote for their favourite entries between 20 October 2011 and 1 November 2011.[10] 15,279 online votes were received and a jury panel appointed by LTV evaluated the submitted songs and selected twenty entries for the competition, taking the results of the online vote into consideration.[11] The jury panel consisted of Aivars Hermanis (composer, arranger and producer), Jolanta Gulbe (singer and vocal teacher), Zigfrīds Muktupāvels (singer and musician), Dace Pūce (director and producer), Olga Žitluhina (choreographer), Natalija Jansone (fashion designer) and members of the LTV Eurovision team.[12] The performer auditions took place on 10 November 2011 where the jury panel evaluated the performances of the twenty songs and either approved or rejected their performers. The twenty competing songs were announced during a press conference on 8 November 2011, while the competing artists were announced on 1 December 2011.[13] Among the artists were Andris Ābelīte who represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 as part of the group Bonaparti.lv and Jānis Vaišļa (member of Mad Show Boys) who represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 as part of the group Pirates of the Sea.[14] "We Can Change the World" performed by Andris Ābelīte was performed in English for the semi-final, but the artist decided to translate the song to Latvian for the final.
Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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Andris Ābelīte | "Pēdējais vārds" | Andris Ābelīte |
"We Can Change the World" | Andris Ābelīte | |
Angelina and Alisa May | "Rollin' Up" | Jevgeņijs Ustinskovs, Alisa May |
Anmary | "Beautiful Song" | Ivars Makstnieks, Rolans Ūdris |
Atis Ieviņš | "Dancer" | Artūrs Mangulis |
Elizabete Zagorska | "You Are a Star" | Atis Auzāns, Kārlis Streips |
Laura Bicāne and Romāns Sladzis | "Freakin' Out" | Laura Bicāne |
Mad Show Boys | "Music Thief" | Garijs Poļskis |
Maia | "No Limits to Dream" | Edgars Beļickis, Edgars Jass, Raitis Aukšmuksts, Maia |
Miks Dukurs and NBC | "Sweet for Me" | Miks Dukurs, Georgijs Girbu |
Nikolajs Puzikovs | "Mīlestības nevar būt par daudz" | Artūrs Palkevičs, Guntars Račs |
Paula Dukure | "Celebration" | Edijs Dukurs, Miks Dukurs |
Paul Swan | "Wanna Be With You" | Kaspars Pudniks, Paul Swan |
PeR | "Disco Superfly" | Ralfs Eilands, Edmunds Rasmanis |
Roberts Pētersons | "She's a Queen" | Austris Rietums, Līga Markova |
Rūta Dūduma | "My World" | Rūta Dūduma |
Samanta Tīna | "For Father" | Elmārs Orols, Samanta Tīna |
Samanta Tīna and Dāvids Kalandija | "I Want You Back" | Mārtiņš Grunte, Oskars Maizītis |
The 4 | "Get It Started" | BuGaGa Project, Sandris Vestmanis |
Triānas parks | "Stars Are My Family" | Aivars Rakovskis, Agnese Rakovska |
Valters Gleške and Lība Ēce | "Better World" | Valters Gleške, Māris Orehovs |
Shows
Semi-finals
The two semi-finals took place at the NA Studio in
Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
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Votes | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
1 | Atis Ieviņš | "Dancer" | 54 | 4 | 342 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
2 | Nikolajs Puzikovs | "Mīlestības nevar būt par daudz" | 31 | 2 | 833 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
3 | Maia | "No Limits to Dream" | 68 | 7 | 485 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
4 | Samanta Tīna and Dāvids Kalandija | "I Want You Back" | 72 | 8 | 924 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
5 | Angelina and Alisa May | "Rollin' Up" | 23 | 1 | 1,108 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
6 | Laura Bicāne and Romāns Sladzis | "Freakin' Out" | 39 | 3 | 1,431 | 8 | 11 | 6 |
7 | Paula Dukure | "Celebration" | 86 | 12 | 849 | 4 | 16 | 3 |
8 | Andris Ābelīte | "We Can Change the World" | 59 | 5 | 1,865 | 12 | 17 | 2 |
9 | Rūta Dūduma | "My World" | 66 | 6 | 1,123 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
10 | PeR | "Disco Superfly" | 82 | 10 | 1,584 | 10 | 20 | 1 |
Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
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Votes | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
1 | Miks Dukurs and NBC | "Sweet for Me" | 50 | 5 | 455 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
2 | Valters Gleške and Lība Ēce | "Better World" | 34 | 2 | 1,912 | 10 | 12 | 6 |
3 | The 4 | "Get It Started" | 35 | 3 | 802 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
4 | Anmary | "Beautiful Song" | 67 | 7 | 1,265 | 7 | 14 | 3 |
5 | Paul Swan | "Wanna Be With You" | 22 | 1 | 219 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
6 | Roberts Pētersons | "She's a Queen" | 61 | 6 | 1,330 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
7 | Samanta Tīna | "For Father" | 47 | 4 | 1,018 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
8 | Elizabete Zagorska | "You Are a Star" | 89 | 10 | 780 | 3 | 13 | 5 |
9 | Mad Show Boys | "Music Thief" | 97 | 12 | 1,988 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
10 | Triānas parks | "Stars Are My Family" | 78 | 8 | 961 | 5 | 13 | 4 |
Final
The final took place at the Rio Cinema in Ventspils on 18 February 2012.[19] The ten entries that qualified from the preceding two semi-finals competed and the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top three songs advanced to the second round, the superfinal, based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public. In the superfinal, the song with the highest number of votes from the jury and public, "Beautiful Song" performed by Anmary, was declared the winner.[20][21] The jury panel that voted in the final consisted of Marija Naumova (Latvian Eurovision Song Contest 2002 winner), Olga Rajecka (singer), Andris Ērglis (singer), Raimonds Tiguls (composer), Daiga Mazvērsīte (musicologist and Latvijas Radio 2 program manager), Sigita Jevgļevska (actress), Jānis Šipkēvics (chairman of the board of Radio SWH), Raimonds Bergmanis (weightlifter), Biruta Ozoliņa (singer and musician) and Elmans Zeinalovs (Ambassador of the Azerbaijan Republic to Latvia).[22]
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performers included Olga Rajecka, cello trio
Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
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Votes | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
1 | Rūta Dūduma | "My World" | 74 | 12 | 478 | 2 | 14 | 4 |
2 | Samanta Tīna and Dāvids Kalandija | "I Want You Back" | 74 | 10 | 973 | 6 | 16 | 2 |
3 | PeR | "Disco Superfly" | 65 | 5 | 2,394 | 8 | 13 | 5 |
4 | Triānas parks | "Stars Are My Family" | 55 | 4 | 500 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
5 | Paula Dukure | "Celebration" | 69 | 7 | 530 | 4 | 11 | 8 |
6 | Andris Ābelīte | "Pēdējais vārds" | 66 | 6 | 967 | 5 | 11 | 7 |
7 | Anmary | "Beautiful Song" | 70 | 8 | 3,039 | 10 | 18 | 1 |
8 | Elizabete Zagorska | "You Are a Star" | 18 | 1 | 297 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
9 | Mad Show Boys | "Music Thief" | 34 | 2 | 3,081 | 12 | 14 | 3 |
10 | Roberts Pētersons | "She's a Queen" | 55 | 4 | 1,420 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
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Votes | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
1 | Samanta Tīna and Dāvids Kalandija | "I Want You Back" | 112 | 12 | 918 | 8 | 20 | 2 |
2 | Anmary | "Beautiful Song" | 104 | 10 | 4,645 | 12 | 22 | 1 |
3 | Mad Show Boys | "Music Thief" | 84 | 8 | 4,218 | 10 | 18 | 3 |
Preparation
On 16 March, Anmary released the official music video for "Beautiful Song" which was directed by Aija Strazdiņa, choreographed by the Most Wanted Crew studio, and filmed in Riga at the studios of Radio SWH and Sound Division as well as at the Ēdole Castle and the Riga International Airport.[23][24]
Promotion
Anmary specifically promoted "Beautiful Song" as the Latvian Eurovision entry by performing during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Ruth Jacott and Cornald Maas on 21 April.[25]
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "
The two semi-finals and the final were broadcast in Latvia on
Semi-final
Anmary took part in technical rehearsals on 13 and 17 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 21 and 22 May. This included the jury show on 5 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.
The Latvian performance featured Anmary in a short light blue dress designed by Latvian designer Indra Salceviča, joined on stage by four backing vocalists also in short dresses of various colours. The performers, which moved freely around the stage doing a casual routine choreographed by Santa Grinfelde, began the performance by having a mock chat between themselves.[30] The LED screens displayed a retro kaleidoscope effect that interchange and rotate throughout the performance.[31][32] The four backing vocalists that joined Anmary were: Anita Levša, Anna Zhukova, Jeļena Matule and Līga Robežniece.[33]
At the end of the show, Latvia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the first semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Latvia placed sixteenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 17 points.[34][35]
Voting
Voting during the three shows consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member were released shortly after the grand final.
Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Latvia had placed fifteenth with the public televote and eighteenth (last) with the jury vote in the first semi-final. In the public vote, Latvia scored 18 points, while with the jury vote, Latvia scored 17 points.[36]
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Latvia and awarded by Latvia in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Russia in the semi-final and to Sweden in the final of the contest.
Points awarded to Latvia
Score | Country |
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12 points | |
10 points | |
8 points | |
7 points | |
6 points | |
5 points | |
4 points | |
3 points | Azerbaijan |
2 points | Montenegro |
1 point |
Points awarded by Latvia
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External links
- (in Latvian) Official website LTV