It was (and is) a night full of national finals, and Latvia is one of them! Tonight, the Baltic country selected its Eurovision entry through its national final Supernova, and the winner is Citi Zēni with Eat Your Salad! They will be flying the Latvian flag in Turin on May 10th in the first Semi-Final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Full voting and results
NOTE: This article will get updated as the full results are revealed. As of now, the jury points have not been revealed, but will be added to the article as soon as they are.
The winner was determined by a professional jury and a televote, with the vote split being 50/50. Unlike other broadcasters who announce the jury members prior to the show, LTV will reveal the members of the jury after Eurovision 2022. The jury will include representatives of the Latvian music industry, event industry, and television, as well as foreign professionals.
After an exciting evening, here are the full results of tonight’s show:
| Entry | Televote | Jury | |
| 1 | Citi Zēni – Eat Your Salad | 25.82% | 1st |
| 2 | Aminata – I’m Letting You Go | 13.65% | 2nd |
| 3 | Bujāns – He, She, You & Me | 15.41% | 8th |
| 4 | Miks Galvanovskis – I’m Just A Sinner | 9.71% | 4th |
| 5 | Elina Gluzunova – Es Pabiju Tur | 1.9% | 3rd |
| 6 | Bermudu Divstūris – Bad | 12.3% | 10th |
| 7 | Mēs Jūs Milam – Rich Itch | 12.27% | 9th |
| 8 | Inspo – A Happy Place | 3.49% | 7th |
| 9 | Bills Raum – Plans | 2.16% | 6th |
| 10 | Linda Ruseniece – Pay My Own Bills | 2.07% | 5th |
| 11 | Miks Dukurs – First Love | 1.25% | 11th |
After the release of the full results, it can be seen that “Eat Your Salad” got first place with both the televote and the juries! In total, they received 50566 votes from the public. “He, She, You and Me” was second in the televote and received 38924 votes!
About Supernova
Latvia’s national final started in 2015, which immediately brought them one of their most successful entries to date: Aminata’s “Love Injected”. It has been used to select their representative and song ever since, with the exception of 2021, when Samanta Tina was internally selected to represent Latvia again after the cancellation of the contest in 2020.
It was revealed that 130 songs had been submitted to Supernova this year. Notable entries included Aminata’s comeback song “I’m Letting You Go” (which you also predicted as the winner!), and our winner Citi Zēni’s “Eat Your Salad” with an opening lyric that went pretty viral. Aminata also had to perform from home because she tested positive for COVID-19 days before the semi-final.
Latvia at Eurovision 2021
Samanta Tina, a veteran of Supernova, finally got her chance to go to Eurovision last year when she won the selection with “Still Breathing”. However, with the cancellation of the contest, it turned out to not be her year after all. Thankfully, LTV internally selected her for the 2021 contest and began the search for her 2021 entry last summer.
Samanta and her team wrote 11 potential entries during her songwriting camp. In the process she consulted former Latvian Eurovision representatives Aminata (2015) and Kārlis Būmeistars (Valters & Kaža, 2005).” She released her Eurovision 2021 entry “The Moon Is Rising” back in March, as part of a series of special programming from LTV. The video went on to attract controversy from conservatives in Latvia.
Unfortunately, the song failed to qualify from its semi-final in Rotterdam, placing 17th with 14 points.
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