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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.
Draw
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Artist
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Song
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First vote
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Place
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Final vote
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Place
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1
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Deja vu
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"I’m a Part Of You"
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1,485
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7
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2
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Kristīna Zaharova feat. Julian
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"Until You Find A Friend"
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862
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9
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3
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Sabīne Berezina
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"If I Only Knew"
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5,142
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5
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4
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Pirates of the Sea
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"Wolves of the Sea"
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16,818
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1
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29 228
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1
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5
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Peter Garden & Juris Vizbulis
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"Memory Lane"
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1,932
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6
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|
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6
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Funky Drivers
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"Summertime"
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1,245
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8
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|
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7
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Triānas Parks
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"Bye Bye"
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5,656
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4
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|
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8
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Elizabete Zagorska
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"Take Me Home"
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599
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10
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|
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9
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Aisha
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"You Really Got Me Going"
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8,021
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3
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22,721
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2
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10
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Andris Ērglis
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"Broken Lullaby"
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10,751
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2
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21,580
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3
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Spokespersons
For the 2008 contest the spokesperson for Latvia was Kristīne Virsnīte.[2]
At Eurovision
Points Awarded by Latvia[3]
Points Awarded to Latvia (Semi-Final 2)
12 points
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10 points
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8 points
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7 points
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6 points
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5 points
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4 points
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3 points
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2 points
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1 point
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Points Awarded to Latvia (Final)
12 points
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10 points
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8 points
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7 points
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6 points
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5 points
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4 points
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3 points
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2 points
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1 point
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References
See also
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Participation | |
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Songs | |
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- Note: Entries scored out signify where Latvia did not compete
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Songs | Final | |
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Semi-finals |
- "Candlelight"
- "Casanova"
- "A Century of Love"
- "Complice"
- "DJ, Take Me Away"
- "Era stupendo"
- "Femme Fatale"
- "Hasta la vista"
- "Have Some Fun"
- "Irelande Douze Pointe"
- "Let Me Love You"
- "Leto svet"
- "Nomads in the Night"
- "O Julissi"
- "Vodka"
- "Vrag naj vzame"
- "Your Heart Belongs to Me"
- "Zauvijek volim te"
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