Latvia: LTV reveals more details on Supernova 2019 national final
Latvia’s national briadcaster LTV revealed more details on the country’s national selection process of Supernova 2019.
THE SEMI FINAL ALLOCATION
Specificaly, LTV announced in which semi final each act will perform. A total of 16 contestants will compete in the two semi final rounds claiming the right to win the golden ticket to Tel Aviv. But that’s go and see in which semi final will each hopeful perform:
1st Semi final (January 26):
- Samanta Tina
- Edgars Kreilis
- Elza Rosenthal
- Aivo Oskis
- Alex Silvers
- Līga Rīdere
- Kris & Oz
- Full happiness
2nd Semi final (February 2):
- Adriana Miglane
- Markus Riva
- Deep purple feat. Cosmic,
- The River of Time
- Double Faced Eels
- Christian Bumbee
- Kristine Pastare (Peress)
- Carousel
Host of this year’s edition will be the duo Dagmar Legant and Ketija Schoenberg. The contestants will be judged by a jury and the audience at home, which can cast its votes by telephone, messages and the official website of Supernova.
THIS YEAR’S CHANGES
The national broadcaster has introduced significant changes in Supernova 2019. The age limit for interested performers, songwriters and acts falls, as even aged 16 will be allowed to take part in the national selection. A second change to be introduced is the kind of song they are seeking this year. Objective of this year’s selection is to spot a “radio hit” for the 64th Eurovision Song Contest . Therefore the evaluation of the submitted songs was held by a jury formed by representatives of the most popular Latvian radio stations. Furthermore, the national broadcaster this year implemented more strict criteria during evaluating the songs. All submitted songs should be professionally recorded and expressing the song writer’s ideas and philosophy.
While Latvian performers are in higher priority in the national selection, foreign producers, song writers and singers are able to take part in the selection. Especially for singers they must be part of a group formed of Latvian locals. Meanwhile Supernova will continue its collaboration with Universal Music Group in order to promote Latvian music internationally.
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