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Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Latvia
National selection
Selection process	Eirodziesma 2008
Selection date(s)	1 March 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
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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

Latvia once again selected their entry for the 2008 contest using the Eirodziesma 2008 format.

Eirodziesma 2008 was the ninth edition of Eirodziesma, the music competition that selects Latvia's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition commenced on 2 February 2008 and concluded with a final on 24 February 2007.

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 Uģis Joksts and Uģis Joksts and Kristīne Virsnīte. The two semi-finals, held on 2 February and 9 February 2008, each featured ten competing entries from which five were selected to advance to the final from each show. The final, held on 1 March 2008, 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 20 November 2007. 88 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. The international jury panel consisted of Sopho Khalvashi (2007 Georgian Eurovision entrant), 4FUN (2007 Lithuanian Eurovision entrants), Christer Björkman (Head of Delegation for Sweden at Eurovision and supervisor of Melodifestivalen) and Adam Klein (British music manager). The local jury consisted of Bonaparti.lv (2006 Latvian Eurovision entrants) and Kaspars Zavileiskis (journalist).^[2] The twenty competing artists and songs were announced on 11 December 2007.^[3]

Artist	Song	Composer(s)
Aisha	"You Really Got Me Going"	Kjell Jennstig, Leif Goldkuhl
Andris Ērglis	"Broken Lullaby"	Jānis Strazds, Guntars Račs
Borowa MC feat. Kips	"The One"	Aigars Runčis, Ingars Gusans
Camillas & Vice Almana	"Mr. Weatherman"	Romans Falkenšteins, Liva Rutka
Dace Planare	"One Last Touch"	Mārtiņš Freimanis
Déjà vu	"I’m a Part of You"	Mārtiņš Freimanis
Elizabete Zagorska	"Take Me Home"	Elizabete Zagorska
Elli U & Miks feat. Pent-in Dreams	"All Come Together"	Danne Attlerud, Thomas Thörnholm
Funky Drivers	"Summertime"	Valters Sprūdžs
Iedomu Spārni	"Put Some Love in the World"	Mikael Erlandsson
Ivetta	"Observations"	Ingars Viļums
Jānis Moisejs	"Fly to the Moon"	Kjell Jennstig
Joran & Axlina	"More Than 27"	Jöran Steinhauer
Ketta	"Lovely Dexter"	Romans Falkenšteins, Inga Sergejenko
Kristīna Zaharova feat. Julian	"Until You Find A Friend"	Jānis Zvirgzdiņš
Lily	"Download Your Dreams"	Miķelis Ļaksa
Pīters Gārdens & Juris Vizbulis	"Memory Lane"	Knut-Øyvind Hagen, Arve Furset
Pirates of the Sea	"Wolves of the Sea"	Jonas Liberg, Torbjörn Wassenius, Johan Sahlen, Claes Andreasson
Sabīne Berezina	"If I Only Knew"	Ann-Charlott Gensler
Triānas Parks	"Bye Bye"	Aivars Rakovskis, Agnese Rakovska

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 2 February 2008. 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.^[4]

Public vote qualifier Jury qualifier

Semi-final 1 – 2 February 2008
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote		Result
1	Janis Moisejs	"Fly to the Moon"	5	2,397	4	Eliminated
2	Borowa MC	"The One"	10	1,714	6	Eliminated
3	Joran & Axlina	"More Than 27"	7	1,994	5	Eliminated
4	Ketta	"Lovely Dexter"	6	500	10	Eliminated
5	Sabīne Berezina	"If I Only Knew"	1	3,765	2	Advanced
6	Funky Drivers	"Summertime"	3	923	8	Advanced
7	Pirates of the Sea	"Wolves of the Sea"	9	12,010	1	Advanced
8	Elli U & Miks feat. Pent-in Dreams	"All Come Together"	8	1,503	7	Eliminated
9	Elizabete Zagorska	"Take Me Home"	4	775	9	Advanced
10	Déjà vu	"I’m a Part of You"	2	2,947	3	Advanced

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 9 February 2008. 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.^[4]

Public vote qualifier Jury qualifier

Semi-final 2 – 9 February 2008
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote		Result
1	Aisha	"You Really Got Me Going"	2	1,751	4	Advanced
2	Dace Planare	"One Last Touch"	4	1,070	9	Eliminated
3	Ivetta	"Observations"	7	1,603	6	Eliminated
4	Camillas & Vice Almana	"Mr. Weatherman"	5	1,398	7	Eliminated
5	Pīters Gārdens & Juris Vizbulis	"Memory Lane"	6	2,303	2	Advanced
6	Iedomu Spārni	"Put Some Love in the World"	10	1,170	8	Eliminated
7	Lily	"Download Your Dreams"	9	987	10	Eliminated
8	Kristīna Zaharova feat. Julian	"Until You Find A Friend"	3	1,709	5	Advanced
9	Triānas Parks	"Bye Bye"	8	3,387	3	Advanced
10	Andris Ērglis	"Broken Lullaby"	1	7,256	1	Advanced

Final

The final took place on 1 March 2008. 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: "Wolves of the Sea" performed by Pirates of the Sea, "You Really Got Me Going" performed by Aisha and "Broken Lullaby" performed by Andris Ērglis. In the second round, "Wolves of the Sea" performed by Pirates of the Sea was declared the winner.

First Round – 1 March 2008
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Déjà 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

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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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).

For the 2008 contest the spokesperson for Latvia was Kristīne Virsnīte.^[7]

Points Awarded by Latvia^[8]

Semi-final 2

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.
^ "Latvia 2008".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Hondal, Victor (January 16, 2008). "Latvia: The Eirodziesma 2008 full line-up". esctoday.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b "LATVIAN SEMI-FINALS 2008".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ 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.
^ "AKTUALITĀTES > Eirovīzijā triumfē Dima Bilans no Krievijas, Pirāti – vienpadsmitie / divpadsmitie". eirovizija.lv. Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
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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

Revision as of 02:12, 9 July 2020

Before Eurovision

Eirodziesma 2008

Format

Competing entries

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 2

Final

At Eurovision

Points Awarded by Latvia[8]

Semi-final 2

Final

References

See also

Points Awarded by Latvia^[8]