Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Latvia was represented by Valters & Kaža in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "The War Is Not Over", written and composed by Mārtiņš Freimanis. It placed tenth in the semi-final and fifth at the Eurovision Final giving Latvia its third-best position ever in the contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country Latvia
National selection
Selection processEirodziesma 2005
Selection date(s)Semi-finals:
29 January 2005
5 February 2005
Final:
26 February 2005
Selected entrantValters & Kaža
Selected song"The War Is Not Over"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (10th, 85 points)
Final result5th, 153 points
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2004 • 2005 • 2006►

Before Eurovision

Eirodziesma 2005

Eirodziesma 2005 was the sixth edition of Eirodziesma, the music competition that selects Latvia's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition commenced on 29 January 2005 and concluded with a final on 26 February 2005.

Format

The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. The semi-finals took place at LTV studios in Riga and the final took place at the Olympic Centre in Ventspils. The three shows were hosted by Elvis Jansons and Ija Circene. The two semi-finals, held on 29 January and 5 February 2005, each featured ten competing entries from which five were selected to advance to the final from each show. The final, held on 26 February 2005, selected the final winner from the ten qualifiers from the semi-finals.

Results during the semi-final shows were determined by a jury and votes from the public. In the semi-finals, the songs first faced a public vote where the top three entries qualified. The jury then selected an additional two qualifiers from the remaining entries to proceed in the competition. In the final, a public vote exclusively determined the winner in two rounds: the first round selected the top three songs and the second round selected the winner.

Competing entries

Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster until 16 November 2004. 64 songs were submitted at the conclusion of the submission period, and an international and local jury panel evaluated the submitted entries and selected 20 entries to compete in the national final.[1] The international jury panel consisted of Alar Kotkas (Estonian composer), Amberlife (Lithuanian performer), Michael Cederberg (employee of Sveriges Radio P3), Ramona Forsström (Promotion Manager of International Repertoire at EMI Finland) and Edward van de Vendel (Dutch poet and lyricist). The local jury consisted of Jānis Lūsēns (composer), representatives of LTV and representatives of Latvian sound engineers. The twenty competing artists and songs were announced on 2 December 2004.[2] The running order draw for the semi-finals took place on 6 January 2005.[3]

Artist Song Composer(s)
Agnese & Intars "Sing It! Swing It!" Boriss Rezņiks, Ēriks Balodis
Amber "Dance Together" Aija Vītoliņa
C-Stones "L.O.V.E." C-Stones
Chilli "Shut Up" Mārtiņš Freimanis, Freddy Kirstein
Creem "Your Love Is On My Side" Yana Kay
Ella & Marizo "Sing With Me" Elīna Fūrmane, Māris Rumba
Flash "In Your Arms" Artūrs Palkēvičs, Iveta Priede
Gunārs Kalniņš "Ja nu" Gunārs Kalniņš, Madara Celma
Iedomu Spārni "No Way Back" Jānis Dreiškins, Laura Veisa
Igeta "In a Desert" Igeta Gaiķe, Agris Palkavnieks
Ksenija "In the Heat of the Night" Tommy Kasa, Kent Wennman, Uģis Tirzītis
Madara Celma "I Might Be the One" Madara Celma
Marta "Loving, Missing, Crying" Gints Stankevičs, Tatjana Timčuka
Morning Kids "Your Girlfriend" Romāns Faļkenšteins, Dina Faļkenšteina
Nicol "A Woman to Love" Viktorija Zeļinska
Prego "We Are One" Ivo Grīsniņš Grīslis, Olafs Vēveris
Santa Zapacka "Wandering Words" Santa Zapacka, Daiga Rūtenberga
Valters & Kaža "The War Is Not Over" Mārtiņš Freimanis
Z-Scars "To Touch, to Breathe, to Love" Andris Kivičs
4.elements "What About Your Heart" Lauris Reiniks
Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 29 January 2005. Five entries qualified to the final. The ten competing entries first faced a public televote where the top three entries qualified. A jury then selected an additional two qualifiers from the remaining entries to proceed in the competition.

  Public vote qualifier   Jury qualifier

Semi-final 1 – 29 January 2005
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Result
1 Igeta "In a Desert" 8 1,341 5 Eliminated
2 Morning Kids "Your Girlfriend" 10 762 9 Eliminated
3 Santa Zapacka "Wandering Words" 9 1,177 6 Eliminated
4 4.elements "What About Your Heart" 7 1,004 7 Eliminated
5 Gunārs Kalniņš "Ja nu" 5 904 8 Eliminated
6 Prego "We Are One" 6 1,740 2 Advanced
7 Ella & Marizo "Sing With Me" 3 1,692 4 Advanced
8 Nicol "A Woman to Love" 1 1,718 3 Advanced
9 Flash "In Your Arms" 2 692 10 Advanced
10 Iedomu Spārni "No Way Back" 4 1,986 1 Advanced
Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 5 February 2005. Five entries qualified to the final. The ten competing entries first faced a public televote where the top three entries qualified. A jury then selected an additional two qualifiers from the remaining entries to proceed in the competition.

  Public vote qualifier   Jury qualifier

Semi-final 2 – 5 February 2005
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Result
1 Amber "Dance Together" 2 369 10 Advanced
2 Z-Scars "To Touch, to Breathe, to Love" 8 676 9 Eliminated
3 Marta "Loving, Missing, Crying" 3 2,150 5 Advanced
4 Madara Celma "I Might Be the One" 6 1,119 8 Eliminated
5 C-Stones "L.O.V.E." 7 1,534 6 Eliminated
6 Chilli "Shut Up" 5 1,217 7 Eliminated
7 Ksenija "In the Heat of the Night" 9 5,693 2 Advanced
8 Valters & Kaža "The War Is Not Over" 1 5,902 1 Advanced
9 Agnese & Intars "Sing It! Swing It!" 4 4,466 3 Advanced
10 Creem "Your Love Is On My Side" 10 2,345 4 Eliminated

Final.

The final took place on 26 February 2005. The winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting. In the first round, the top three entries were selected to proceed to the second round: "The War Is Not Over" performed by Valters & Kaža, "In the Heat of the Night" performed by Ksenija and "Sing It! Swing It!" performed by Agnese & Intars. In the second round, "The War Is Not Over" performed by Valters & Kaža was declared the winner.

First Round – 26 February 2005
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Prego "We Are One" 1,844 6
2 Valters & Kaža "The War Is Not Over" — —
3 Ella & Marizo "Sing With Me" 1,790 7
4 Flash "In Your Arms" 622 9
5 Ksenija "In the Heat of the Night" — —
6 Agnese & Intars "Sing It! Swing It!" — —
7 Iedomu Sparni "No Way Back" 2,344 5
8 Nicol "A Woman to Love" 1,546 8
9 Amber "Dance Together" 486 10
10 Marta "Loving, Missing, Crying" 6,977 4
Second Round – 26 February 2005
DrawArtistSongTelevotePlace
1Valters & Kaža"The War Is Not Over"28,214 (50%)1
2Ksenija"In the Heat of the Night"8,308 (15%)3
3Agnese & Intars"Sing it! Swing it!"20,318 (36%)2

At Eurovision

Because Latvia failed to qualify in 2004 country was forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final. They performed 5th, following Moldova and preceding the Monaco "The War Is Not Over" qualified for the final by placing 10th in the semi-final and scoring 85 points. At the Contest final,Latvia performed 23rd, following Switzerland and preceding the France it placed fifth with 153 points.Meaning that Latvia automatically qualified for the final in the 2006 contest..

The spokesperson who revealed Latvia's votes for other countries was the 2002 Contest winner and 2003 Contest host Marie N.[4]

Points awarded by Latvia[5]
Points awarded to Latvia (semi-final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Latvia (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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See also

References
  1. Medinika, Aija (16 November 2004). "Latvia: 64 songs for Eirodziesma 2005". Esctoday.
  2. Medinika, Aija (2 December 2004). "Latvia: Eirodziesma 2005 finalists known".
  3. "Izlozēta «Eirovīzijas» pusfinālistu uzstāšanās secība". Apollo.lv (in Latvian). 6 January 2005.
  4. Philips, Roel (2005-05-17). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 2005-12-19. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
  5. Eurovision Song Contest 2005
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