Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through the national selection Eirodziesma 2011, organised by the Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV).
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eirodziesma 2011 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 5 February 2011 12 February 2011 Second Chance: 19 February 2011 Final: 26 February 2011 | |||
| Selected entrant | Musiqq | |||
| Selected song | "Angel in Disguise" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (17th, 25 points) | |||
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Before Eurovision
Eirodziesma 2011
Eirodziesma 2011 was the twelfth edition of Eirodziesma, the music competition that selects Latvia's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition commenced on 5 February 2011 and concluded with a final on 26 February 2011.
Format
The format of the competition consisted of four shows: two semi-finals, a Second Chance round and a final. The four shows took place at the Jūras vārti Theatre in Ventspils and were hosted by Uģis Joksts, Valters Frīdenbergs and Jolanta Strikaite (final-only). The two semi-finals, held on 5 February and 12 February 2011, each featured ten competing entries from which five were selected to advance to the final from each show. The Second Chance round, held on 19 February 2011, featured the ten non-qualifiers from the semi-finals from which two were selected to advance to the final. The final, held on 26 February 2011, selected the final winner from the twelve qualifiers from the semi-finals and the Second Chance round.[1][2]
Results during the semi-final and Second Chance 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 Second Chance round, the songs first faced a public vote where one entry qualified. The jury then selected an additional qualifier from the remaining entries to proceed in the competition. The winning song in the final was selected over two rounds of voting: the first round results selected the top three songs via the 50/50 combination of jury and public voting and the second round decided the winner from those three songs, public vote only.[3]
Competing entries
Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster until 7 December 2010. 71 songs (7 less than the previous year) were submitted at the conclusion of the submission period, and a jury panel evaluated the submitted entries and selected 20 entries to compete in the national final.[4] The twenty competing artists and songs were announced on 14 December 2010.
| Artist | Song | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Blitze | "Hop" | Mārtiņš Freimanis (m & l) |
| Candy | "Love Is Like An Aeroplane" | Gints Stankevičs (m), Guntars Račs (l) |
| Crazy Dolls | "Positively Thinking" | Aldis Zaļūksnis (m), Mārtiņš Poļakovskis (l) |
| D-family | "Daylight" | Andris Freidenfelds (m & l), Ģirts Lūsis (m & l), Normunds Jakušonoks (m & l), Valdis Čirksts (l) |
| Dace Upīte | "Magnet" | Kārlis Būmeisters (m), Kārlis Būmeisters & Dace Upīte (l) |
| Dace Upīte & Nikolajs Puzikovs | "It's Not Easy" | Māris Elksnis (m), Līga Markova & Dace Upīte (l) |
| Elīna Krastiņa-Grence | "Look Back at Me Again" | Elīna Krastiņa-Grence (m & l) |
| Evija Sloka | "Don't Stop the Dance" | Māris Sloka & Artūrs Palkevičs (m), Guntars Račs (l) |
| Ģirts Zebuliņš & Flame | "Rough Enough" | Andris Barons & Atis Zviedris (m), Atis Zviedris (l) |
| Ineta Rudzīte & Uldis Timma | "Walking On My Tiptoes" | Andris Riekstiņš (m), Krišs Riekstiņš (l) |
| Ivo Grīsniņš-Grīslis | "Cinderella" | Ingars Viļums (m & l) |
| Jānis Stībelis | "Let It Be Me" | Jānis Stībelis (m & l) |
| Juris Ludženieks | "Beautiful World" | Juris Ludženieks (m & l) |
| Lauris Reiniks | "Banjo Laura" | Lauris Reiniks (m & l) |
| Musiqq | "Angel in Disguise" | Marats Ogļezņevs (m & l) |
| Oksana Ļepska | "Live On!" | Oksana Ļepska (m), Oļegs Borošņevs (l) |
| Pieneņu vīns | "You Are" | Jurijs Koškins (m), Evelina Protektore (l) |
| Sabīne Berezina | "Let Me Be" | Ingars Viļums (m & l) |
| The Secretz | "Summer Night" | Edgars Viļums (m), Santa Dzalbe (l) |
| Triānas parks | "Upside Down" | Agnese Rakovska (m & l) |
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final took place on 5 February 2011. Five entries qualified to the final and the remaining five qualified to the Second Chance round. 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.[5][6]
Public vote qualifier Jury qualifier
| Semi-final 1 – 5 February 2011 | ||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Result | |
| 1 | Blitze | "Hop" | 8 | 2,275 | 1 | Advanced |
| 2 | Dace Upīte & Nikolajs Puzikovs | "It's Not Easy" | 6 | 801 | 6 | Eliminated |
| 3 | D-family | "Daylight" | 2 | 933 | 5 | Advanced |
| 4 | Ineta Rudzīte & Uldis Timma | "Walking On My Tiptoes" | 7 | 345 | 8 | Eliminated |
| 5 | Sabīne Berezina | "Let Me Be" | 10 | 233 | 10 | Eliminated |
| 6 | Pieneņu vīns | "You Are" | 5 | 1,376 | 3 | Advanced |
| 7 | Evija Sloka | "Don't Stop the Dance" | 3 | 1,698 | 2 | Advanced |
| 8 | Jānis Stībelis | "Let It Be Me" | 1 | 698 | 7 | Advanced |
| 9 | Ģirts Zebuliņš & Flame | "Rough Enough" | 9 | 288 | 9 | Eliminated |
| 10 | Candy | "Love Is Like An Aeroplane" | 4 | 986 | 4 | Eliminated |
Semi-final 2
The second semi-final took place on 12 February 2011. Five entries qualified to the final and the remaining five qualified to the Second Chance round. 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.[6][7]
Public vote qualifier Jury qualifier
| Semi-final 2 – 12 February 2011 | ||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Result | |
| 1 | Ivo Grīsniņš-Grīslis | "Cinderella" | 6 | 338 | 10 | Eliminated |
| 2 | Triānas parks | "Upside Down" | 2 | 892 | 4 | Advanced |
| 3 | Oksana Ļepska | "Live On!" | 4 | 879 | 5 | Advanced |
| 4 | Elīna Krastiņa-Grence | "Look Back at Me Again" | 9 | 788 | 6 | Eliminated |
| 5 | Musiqq | "Angel in Disguise" | 1 | 1,886 | 2 | Advanced |
| 6 | Juris Ludženieks | "Beautiful World" | 10 | 403 | 9 | Eliminated |
| 7 | Crazy Dolls | "Positively Thinking" | 5 | 530 | 7 | Eliminated |
| 8 | The Secretz | "Summer Night" | 8 | 901 | 3 | Advanced |
| 9 | Lauris Reiniks | "Banjo Laura" | 3 | 2,247 | 1 | Advanced |
| 10 | Dace Upīte | "Magnet" | 7 | 474 | 8 | Eliminated |
Second Chance
The Second Chance round took place on 19 February 2011. Two entries qualified to the final. The ten competing entries that failed to qualify from the two semi-finals first faced a public televote where one entry qualified. A jury then selected an additional qualifier from the remaining entries to proceed in the competition.[6][8]
Public vote qualifier Jury qualifier
| Second Chance – 19 February 2011 | ||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Result | |
| 1 | Dace Upīte | "Magnet" | 7 | 81 | 9 | Eliminated |
| 2 | Candy | "Love Is Like An Aeroplane" | 2 | 791 | 2 | Eliminated |
| 3 | Crazy Dolls | "Positively Thinking" | 3 | 440 | 3 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Ģirts Zebuliņš & Flame | "Rough Enough" | 8 | 49 | 10 | Eliminated |
| 5 | Juris Ludženieks | "Beautiful World" | 6 | 135 | 6 | Eliminated |
| 6 | Sabīne Berezina | "Let Me Be" | 9 | 100 | 8 | Eliminated |
| 7 | Elīna Krastiņa-Grence | "Look Back At Me Again" | 10 | 1,311 | 1 | Advanced |
| 8 | Ineta Rudzīte & Uldis Timma | "Walking On My Tiptoes" | 5 | 119 | 7 | Eliminated |
| 9 | Ivo Grīsniņš-Grīslis | "Cinderella" | 1 | 247 | 5 | Advanced |
| 10 | Dace Upīte & Nikolajs Puzikovs | "It's Not Easy" | 4 | 373 | 4 | Eliminated |
Final
The final took place on 26 February 2011. Triānas parks had been forced to withdraw from the final due to illness of their lead singer. The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury of music professionals and the Latvian public determined the top three entries to proceed to the superfinal: "You Are" performed by Pieneņu vīns, "Angel in Disguise" performed by Musiqq and "Banjo Laura" performed by Lauris Reiniks. In the superfinal, the winner, "Angel in Disguise" performed by Musiqq was selected by the public and jury vote.[6][9] The jury that voted in the both rounds of the final consisted of Boriss Rezņiks, Sandra Veinberga, Jānis Šipkēvics, Iveta Lepeško, Aigars Dinsbergs, Juris Sējāns and Aivars Hermanis.
| Final – 26 February 2011 | |||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
| 1 | Evija Sloka | "Don't Stop the Dance" | 6 | 1,608 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
| 2 | Elīna Krastiņa-Grence | "Look Back at Me Again" | 10 | 878 | 7 | 17 | 8 |
| 3 | Ivo Grīsniņš-Grīslis | "Cinderella" | 7 | 389 | 10 | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | The Secretz | "Summer Night" | 11 | 334 | 11 | 22 | 11 |
| 5 | Pieneņu vīns | "You Are" | 4 | 2,413 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 6 | Jānis Stībelis | "Let It Be Me" | 3 | 830 | 8 | 11 | 6 |
| 7 | Oksana Ļepska | "Live On!" | 8 | 744 | 9 | 17 | 9 |
| 8 | Musiqq | "Angel in Disguise" | 1 | 5,942 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | Blitze | "Hop" | 9 | 1,783 | 4 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | D-family | "Daylight" | 5 | 1,223 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
| 11 | Lauris Reiniks | "Banjo Laura" | 2 | 5,988 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Superfinal – 26 February 2011 | |||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
| 1 | Lauris Reiniks | "Banjo Laura" | 2 | 8,495 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | Pieneņu vīns | "You Are" | 3 | 3,035 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Musiqq | "Angel in Disguise" | 1 | 12,539 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
At Eurovision
Latvia competed in the second half of the second semi-final of the contest, on 12 May. However it was eliminated at the semi final stage ending at 17th place with 25 points.
Split results
- In the Semi-final 2 Latvia came 17th with 25 points: the public awarded Latvia 15th place with 43 points and the jury awarded 19th place with 11 points.
Points awarded by Latvia[10]
Semi-final 2
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| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
References
- http://eirovizija.lv/lat/eirodziesmas-2011-pusfinals/finals/
- Hondal, Victor (16 November 2010). "Latvia: Eirodziesma 2011 on February 26th". EscToday.com. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- M. Escudero, Victor (17 November 2010). "Latvia gets ready for Dusseldorf". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- Hondal, Victor (7 December 2010). "Latvia: 71 songs submitted for Eirodziesma 2011". Esctoday.
- Schacht, Andreas (5 February 2011). "Latvia: first 5 hopefuls make final". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ""Eirodziesmas 2011" balsojuma rezultāti". Latvijas Televizija. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- Schacht, Andreas (12 February 2011). "Latvia: first 5 hopefuls make final". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- Schacht, Andreas (19 February 2011). "Latvia: last two songs reach final". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- Schacht, Andreas (26 February 2011). "Watch live: Latvia in gear for Düsseldorf!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- Eurovision Song Contest 2008
External links
- (in Latvian) Eirodziesma official website
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