Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
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Latvia
selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 using the Eirodziesma 2007
format, on 24 February 2007. Prior to the final, there were 10 participants competing in the two semi-finals held on 27 January 2007 and 3 February 2007. The top 5 songs qualified to the final by a 50/50 jury vote and televote. In the final, the top three song proceeded towards the super-final. The opera group, Bonaparti.lv
won the competition with a convincing amount of televotes. "Questa Notte" is a song in the Italian language
, which finished sixteenth in the final competition, with 54 points.
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Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 using the Eirodziesma 2007
Eirodziesma 2007
◄ 2006 | 2008 ►Eirodziesma 2007 was the television show in which Latvia selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, that was held in May in Helsinki, Finland. The final took place on the 24th February in Ventspils, with semi finals on the 27th January and the 3rd February...
format, on 24 February 2007. Prior to the final, there were 10 participants competing in the two semi-finals held on 27 January 2007 and 3 February 2007. The top 5 songs qualified to the final by a 50/50 jury vote and televote. In the final, the top three song proceeded towards the super-final. The opera group, Bonaparti.lv
Bonaparti.lv
Bonaparti.lv is a sextet consisting of Latvian tenors, that participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with their song "Questa Notte".In 2006 Swedish composer Kjell Jennstig composed a song named "Tonight", which he handed in to Eirodziesma 2007 - the Latvian national qualification for the...
won the competition with a convincing amount of televotes. "Questa Notte" is a song in the Italian language
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, which finished sixteenth in the final competition, with 54 points.
Result of National Final
For the full results, see the main article: Eirodziesma 2007Eirodziesma 2007
◄ 2006 | 2008 ►Eirodziesma 2007 was the television show in which Latvia selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, that was held in May in Helsinki, Finland. The final took place on the 24th February in Ventspils, with semi finals on the 27th January and the 3rd February...
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| № | Singer | Song | Round 1 | Round 2 | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intars Busulis Intars Busulis Intars Busulis is a Latvian singer represented Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia with the song Probka . It competed in the second semi-final on May 14 but finished last with seven points and failed to win a place in the final.- External links :* *... |
"Gonki" | 13219 | 16676 | 2 |
| 2 | Robert Wells Robert Wells Robert Wells may refer to:* Bob "Hoolihan" Wells , American TV personality* Rob Wells, Canadian musician, songwriter and producer* Robb Wells , Canadian actor and screenwriter* Robby Wells , American college football coach... , Johnny Salamander & Meldra |
"The legends of rock’n roll" | 3728 | - | 7 |
| 3 | Red Bee | "Can’t buy good lovin'" | 2002 | - | 10 |
| 4 | Lenii | "Take off Your Mask" | 10477 | - | 4 |
| 5 | Gunārs Kalniņš & Jolanda Suvorova | "What a love can do to me" | 12776 | 13838 | 3 |
| 6 | Re:public | "Home" | 5945 | - | 6 |
| 7 | Ksenija | "You are losing me" | 2635 | - | 9 |
| 8 | Bonaparti.lv Bonaparti.lv Bonaparti.lv is a sextet consisting of Latvian tenors, that participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with their song "Questa Notte".In 2006 Swedish composer Kjell Jennstig composed a song named "Tonight", which he handed in to Eirodziesma 2007 - the Latvian national qualification for the... |
"Questa Notte Questa Notte "Questa Notte" was the Latvian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, sung in Italian by Bonaparti.lv.Bonaparti.lv, a sextet of classically-trained tenors, performed in Italian, the first time the language was performed by Latvia... " |
32900 | 49422 | 1 |
| 9 | Klaidonis & Linita | "My vow to you" | 6702 | - | 5 |
| 10 | Igeta & Project Bradans | "Dundari dandari" | 3329 | - | 8 |
See also
- Latvia in the Eurovision Song ContestLatvia in the Eurovision Song ContestLatvia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 12 times, for unknown reasons only debuting at the 2000 contest, where Brainstorm came 3rd with the song "My Star". The country's first, and so far, only win came in 2002 when Marie N and her song "I Wanna" beat favourite's Malta by 12 points,...