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Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Latvia
National selection
Selection process	Eirodziesma 2008
Selection date(s)	March 1, 2008
Selected entrant	Pirates of the Sea
Selected song	"Wolves of the Sea"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (6th, 86 points)
Final result	12th, 83 points
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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On March 1, 2008, the band Pirates of the Sea was chosen to represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song Wolves of the Sea.^[1] It was placed 12th. It was the last time Latvia had made it to the ESC final until 7 years later, when they finally qualified for the final in 2015 with the song "Love Injected" by Aminata.

Before Eurovision

Eirodziesma 2008

The final was held on 1 March 2008 at the Olympic Center in Ventspils, hosted by Ugis Joksts and Kristine Virsnite. The winner was chosen in two rounds of televoting - the first to select the top 3 and the second to select the winner.

First Round – 1 March 2008
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Deja vu	"I’m A Part Of You"	1,485	7
2	Kristīna Zaharova feat. Julian	"Until You Find A Friend"	862	9
3	Sabīne Berezina	"If I Only Knew"	5,142	5
4	Pirates of the Sea	"Wolves of the Sea"	16,818	1
5	Peter Garden & Juris Vizbulis	"Memory Lane"	1,932	6
6	Funky Drivers	"Summertime"	1,245	8
7	Triānas Parks	"Bye Bye"	5,656	4
8	Elizabete Zagorska	"Take Me Home"	599	10
9	Aisha	"You Really Got Me Going"	8,021	3
10	Andris Ērglis	"Broken Lullaby"	10,751	2

Second Round – 1 March 2008
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Pirates of the Sea	"Wolves of the Sea"	29,228 (40%)	1
2	Aisha	"You Really Got Me Going"	22,721 (31%)	2
3	Andris Ērglis	"Broken Lullaby"	21,580 (29%)	3

Spokespersons

For the 2008 contest the spokesperson for Latvia was Kristīne Virsnīte.^[2]

At Eurovision

Since Latvia had come in 16th in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, Pirates of the Sea were obliged to perform their song in one of the two semi-finals of the 2008 contest.^[3] The EBU split up countries with a friendly voting history into the two different semi-finals, to give a better chance to other countries to win. On 28 January 2008, the EBU held a special draw which determined that Latvia would be in the second semi-final, held on 22 May 2008.^[4] performed 10th, on 22 May 2008, following Belarus and preceding Croatia.Latvia qualified to the final, placing 6th in the semi-final and scoring 86 points.

In the final they performed 14th following Portugal and preceding Sweden. They finished 12th with 83 points (including a maximum 12 from Ireland).

Points Awarded by Latvia^[5]

Semi final

12 points	Lithuania
10 points	Georgia
8 points	Denmark
7 points	Croatia
6 points	Ukraine
5 points	Belarus
4 points	Malta
3 points	Portugal
2 points	Iceland
1 point	Bulgaria

Final

12 points	Russia
10 points	Ukraine
8 points	Georgia
7 points	Denmark
6 points	Norway
5 points	Croatia
4 points	Azerbaijan
3 points	France
2 points	Iceland
1 point	Finland

Points Awarded to Latvia (Semi-Final 2)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Lithuania	Portugal	Sweden	Iceland	Belarus Croatia Denmark Georgia Malta
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Czech Republic United Kingdom	Macedonia		Serbia Ukraine	Bulgaria

Points Awarded to Latvia (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Ireland	Lithuania United Kingdom	Portugal	Estonia Malta	Denmark
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Croatia Iceland	Czech Republic Montenegro Sweden	Andorra Georgia Spain

References

^ "Latvia decided: The Pirates to Eurovision". ESCtoday.com. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
^ "AKTUALITĀTES > Eirovīzijā triumfē Dima Bilans no Krievijas, Pirāti – vienpadsmitie / divpadsmitie". eirovizija.lv. Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
^ Viniker, Barry (2007-09-28). "Eurovision: 2 semi finals confirmed!". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
^ Viniker, Barry (2008-01-28). "The Eurovision Song Contest semi final draw". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
^ Eurovision Song Contest 2008

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 | Year                   = 2008
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+| Preselection           = [[Eirodziesma]] 2008
 | Preselection date      = March 1, 2008
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-On March 1, 2008, the band [[Pirates of the Sea]] was chosen to represent Latvia at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008]] with the song [[Wolves of the Sea]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/10733 |title=Latvia decided: The Pirates to Eurovision |publisher=ESCtoday.com |date=2008-03-01 |accessdate=2009-03-01}}</ref> It was placed 12th.
+On March 1, 2008, the band [[Pirates of the Sea]] was chosen to represent Latvia at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008]] with the song [[Wolves of the Sea]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/10733 |title=Latvia decided: The Pirates to Eurovision |publisher=ESCtoday.com |date=2008-03-01 |accessdate=2009-03-01}}</ref> It was placed 12th. It was the last time Latvia had made it to the ESC final until 7 years later, when they finally qualified for the final in 2015 with the song "[[Love Injected]]" by [[Aminata Savadogo|Aminata]].
+== Before Eurovision ==
-It was the last time Latvia had made it to the ESC final until 7 years later, when they finally qualified for the final in 2015 with the song [[Love Injected]] by [[Aminata Savadogo|Aminata]].
-== Final ==
+=== Eirodziesma 2008 ===
+The final was held on 1 March 2008 at the Olympic Center in [[Ventspils]], hosted by Ugis Joksts and Kristine Virsnite. The winner was chosen in two rounds of televoting - the first to select the top 3 and the second to select the winner.
 {| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
+! colspan="5" |First Round  – 1 March 2008
+|-
 ! Draw
 ! Artist
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 ! Place
 |-
+| align="center" | 1
-| 1
 | Deja vu
-| "I’m a Part Of You"
+| "I’m A Part Of You"
 | align="center" |1,485
 | align="center" | 7
 |-
+| align="center" | 2
-| 2
 | Kristīna Zaharova feat. Julian
 | "Until You Find A Friend"
@@ Line 33: / Line 36: @@
 | align="center" | 9
 |-
+| align="center" | 3
-| 3
 | Sabīne Berezina
 | "If I Only Knew"
@@ Line 39: / Line 42: @@
 | align="center" | 5
 |- style="font-weight:bold;background:navajowhite;"
-|'''4'''
+| align="center" |'''4'''
 |'''[[Pirates of the Sea]]'''
 | "'''[[Wolves of the Sea]]'''"
@@ Line 45: / Line 48: @@
 | align="center" |'''1'''
 |-
+| align="center" | 5
-| 5
 | Peter Garden & Juris Vizbulis
 | "Memory Lane"
@@ Line 51: / Line 54: @@
 | align="center" | 6
 |-
+| align="center" | 6
-| 6
 | Funky Drivers
 | "Summertime"
@@ Line 57: / Line 60: @@
 | align="center" | 8
 |-
+| align="center" | 7
-| 7
 |[[Triana Park|Triānas Parks]]
 | "Bye Bye"
@@ Line 63: / Line 66: @@
 | align="center" | 4
 |-
+| align="center" | 8
-| 8
 | Elizabete Zagorska
 | "Take Me Home"
@@ Line 69: / Line 72: @@
 | align="center" | 10
 |- style="font-weight:bold;background:navajowhite;"
+| align="center" | 9
-| 9
 |[[Aija Andrejeva|Aisha]]
 | "You Really Got Me Going"
@@ Line 75: / Line 78: @@
 | align="center" | 3
 |- style="font-weight:bold;background:navajowhite;"
+| align="center" | 10
-| 10
 | Andris Ērglis
 | "Broken Lullaby"
@@ Line 83: / Line 86: @@
 {| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
+! colspan="5" |Second Round  – 1 March 2008
+|-
 !Draw
 !Artist
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 |'''[[Pirates of the Sea]]'''
 |"'''[[Wolves of the Sea]]'''"
-| align="center" |'''29,228 (39.8%)'''
+| align="center" |'''29,228 (40%)'''
 | align="center" |'''1'''
 |-
@@ Line 98: / Line 103: @@
 |[[Aija Andrejeva|Aisha]]
 |"You Really Got Me Going"
-| align="center" |22,721 (31.0%)
+| align="center" |22,721 (31%)
 | align="center" |2
 |-
@@ Line 104: / Line 109: @@
 |Andris Ērglis
 |"Broken Lullaby"
-| align="center" |21,580 (29.3%)
+| align="center" |21,580 (29%)
 | align="center" |3
 |}
 ==Spokespersons==
-For the 2008 contest the spokesperson for Latvia was [[Kristīne Virsnīte]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eirovizija.lv/lat/aktualitates/4513 |title=AKTUALITĀTES > Eirovīzijā triumfē Dima Bilans no Krievijas, Pirāti – vienpadsmitie / divpadsmitie |publisher=eirovizija.lv |accessdate=2008-05-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612043901/http://www.eirovizija.lv/lat/aktualitates/4513 |archivedate=2008-06-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+For the 2008 contest the spokesperson for Latvia was Kristīne Virsnīte.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eirovizija.lv/lat/aktualitates/4513 |title=AKTUALITĀTES > Eirovīzijā triumfē Dima Bilans no Krievijas, Pirāti – vienpadsmitie / divpadsmitie |publisher=eirovizija.lv |accessdate=2008-05-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612043901/http://www.eirovizija.lv/lat/aktualitates/4513 |archivedate=2008-06-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 == At Eurovision ==

v t e Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Supernova
Participation	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	Aarzemnieki Aisha Aminata Anmary Bonaparti.lv Brainstorm Intars Busulis Carousel Citi Zēni Vocal Group Cosmos Dons F.L.Y. Fomins and Kleins Justs Arnis Mednis Musiqq Marie N PeR Pirates of the Sea Laura Rizzotto Sudden Lights Samanta Tīna Triana Park Walters and Kazha
Songs	"Aijā" "Angel in Disguise" "Beautiful Song" "Cake to Bake" "Dziesma par laimi" "Eat Your Salad" "Funny Girl" "Heartbeat" "Hello from Mars" "Here We Go" "Hollow" "I Hear Your Heart" "I Wanna" "Line" "Love Injected" "The Moon Is Rising" "My Star" "Probka" "Questa notte" ~~"Still Breathing"~~ "That Night" "Too Much" "The War Is Not Over" "What For?" "Wolves of the Sea"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Latvia did not compete