#LATVIA: Details of Supernova 2018
Latvian broadcaster LTV has announced more details of its selection process for Lisbon. As in previous years, ‘Supernova’ will be the vehicle, and we know the 21 participating songs. We’ll get more details of the format soon, but here’s the list:
| Agnese Stengrevics | “You Are My World” | Helvijs Stengrevics, Agnese Stengrevics |
| DVINES | “More Than Meets the Eye” | DVINES, Pēteris Pāšs, Andris Strazds, Kaspars Ansons |
| Ed Rallidae | “What I Had with You” | Aminata Savidogo, Kaspars Ansons |
| Edgars Kreilis | “Younger Days” | Edgars Kreilis, Kaspars Ansons |
| Hypnotic | “Pray” | Sabīne Geiba, Beatrise Heislere, Ruslans Kuksinovičs |
| In My Head | “Sunset” | Evija Smagare, Armands Varslavāns, Rūdolfs Iļķēns |
| Jenny May | “Soledad” (Loneliness) | Maija Stuģe, Martin Karl Hägglund, Martin Björn Hanzén, Tim Erik Åström, Michael Javier Hernan Barraza Alfaro |
| Katrīna Gupalo and The Black Birds | “Intoxicating Caramel” | Katrīna Gupalo |
| Katrine Lukins | “Running Red Lights” | Katrine Lukins, Andris Lūkins, Kaspars Ansons |
| Kris & Oz | “Morning Flight” | Artūrs Osipovs, Kristīne Morina, Kristīne Sisējeva, Aleksandrs Solovjovs |
| Laura Rizzotto | “Funny Girl” | Laura Rizzotto |
| Lauris Valters | “Lovers Bliss” | Lauris Valters, Reinis Briģis |
| Liene Greifāne | “Walk the Talk” | Liene Greifāne, Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Roeland Ruijsch |
| MADARA | “Esamība” (Existence) | Madara Fogelmane |
| Markus Riva | “This Time” | Markus Riva, Kaspars Ansons, Edgars Krastiņš, Quincy Thompson |
| MIONIA | “You” | Maija Līcīte |
| Monta | “1000 Roses” | Monta Ķimene |
| Rahu the Fool | “Oh Longriver” | Pēteris Narubins, Rahu the Fool |
| Riga Reggae | “Stop the War U2” | Horens Stalbe, Vladimirs Eglītis, Mārtiņš Burkevics, Renarts Braufmanis |
| Ritvars | “Who’s Counting?” | Rihards Lībietis, Mārcis Vasiļevskis, Toms Lisments, Kristīne Pleša, Erna Daugaviete, Toms Kursītis, Mārtiņš Miļevskis, Dāvis Bindemanis, Sabīne Žuga |
| Sudden Lights | “Just Fine” | Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis, Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis, Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis, Kārlis Vārtiņš |
The stand out name in this list is Aminata Savidogo. She’s co-written ‘What I had with you’. As you may know, the format in 2017 was two semi-finals, an eight-song final and four-song super-final.
Do you have a favourite artist or writer from this list? Do you think Latvia has what it takes to make the Grand Final in Lisbon?
Latvia has been participating since 2000, and managed to win at the third attempt in 2002 in Tallinn.
Supernova 2017 selected progressive band Triana Park for Kyiv. Here’s their performance at Supernova.
Author: John Stanton
Source: Eurovision Ireland, LTV
Categories: Eurovision, Eurovision 2018, Eurovision Song Contest, Latvia, Supernova
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