Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Latvia

Latvia

Member station LTV
National selection events Bērnu Eirovīzija (2003–2005)
Balss Pavēlnieks (2010–2011)
Appearances
Appearances 5
First appearance 2003
Last appearance 2011
Best result 9th: 2003
Worst result Last: 2004, 2011
External links
Latvia's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Latvia has taken part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest five times, first entering in the first contest in 2003. Latvia's best placing was in 2003, when Dzintars Čīča placed 9th with "Tu esi vasarā". The country's worst placing came in 2004 when Mārtiņš Tālbergs and C-Stones Juniors placed 17th and last with "Balts vai melns".

History

Location of Latvia.

Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) withdrew Latvia from the contest after 2005, and would not return until the 2010 contest, their first participation in 5 years.[1]

The broadcaster has selected Šarlote Lēnmane to represent Latvia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk with the song "Viva La Dance". Šarlote won 10th place with 51 point.

After initially withdrawing from the 2011 contest LTV reversed their decision in September 2011 and sent an entry to the 2011 contest in Yerevan, Armenia. On 27 June 2012, LTV announced Latvia's withdrawal from the competition and the country has never returned since.[2] LTV later confirmed their non-participation in 2013,[3] 2014[4] and 2015.[5]

On 19 November 2015, it was announced that the Baltic countries, including Latvia, were interested in taking part in the 2016 contest.[6] However, on 23 May 2016, the LTV confirmed it would not return to the contest in 2016.[7]

Participation

Table key

 1st place   2nd place   3rd place   Last place 

Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2003 Dzintars Čīča "Tu esi vasarā" Latvian 9 37
2004 Mārtiņš Tālbergs & C-Stones Juniors "Balts vai melns" Latvian 18 3
2005 Kids4Rock "Es esmu maza, jauka meitene" Latvian 11 50
Did not participate between 2006 and 2009
2010 Šarlote Lēnmane & Sea Stones "Viva la Dance" Latvian 10 51
2011 Amanda Bašmakova "Moondog" Latvian 13 31
Did not participate between 2012 and 2016

Broadcasts and voting

Commentators and spokespersons

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.[8] The Latvian broadcaster, LTV, sent their own commentators to the contest in order to provide commentary in the Latvian language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Latvia. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.

Year(s) Commentator Spokesperson
2003 TBC TBC
2004
2005 Kārlis Streips and Valters Frīdenbergs TBC
Did not participate in between 2006 and 2009
2010 Valters Frīdenbergs Ralfs Eilands
2011 Markus Riva Šarlote Lēnmane
Did not participate between 2012 to 2015

Voting history

The tables below shows Latvia's top-five voting history rankings up until their most recent participation in 2011:

Most points given
Rank Points Country
1 42  Belarus
2 28  Russia
3 23  Spain
4 21  Netherlands
5 19  United Kingdom
Most points received
Rank Points Country
1 15  Lithuania
2 14
3 12  Netherlands
4 11  Malta
5 10

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bakker, Sietse (2010-07-28). "Talents from 14 nations to gather at Junior Eurovision 2011". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  2. ↑ Siim, Jarmo (2011-09-09). "Latvia becomes 14th country to join Junior 2011". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Al Kaziri, Ghassan (28 May 2013). "JESC2013: Albania is entering again". Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Granger, Anthony (17 July 2014). "JESC'14: Czech Republic, Austria & Latvia Will Not Take Part". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Granger, Anthony (16 March 2015). "Latvia no return to Junior Eurovision in 2015". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Granger, Anthony (19 November 2015). "JESC'15: The Baltic States Are Interested In Participating In Junior Eurovision". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Granger, Anthony (23 May 2016). "Latvia: Will not return to Junior Eurovision in 2016". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision ng Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

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