| Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2026 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Public Broadcasting of Latvia (LSM) | |||
| Country |  Latvia | |||
| Selection process | Supernova 2026 | |||
| Selection date | 14 February 2026 | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Latvia will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The Latvian participating broadcaster, Public Broadcasting of Latvia (LSM), will organise the national final Supernova 2026 in order to select its entry for the contest.
Prior to the 2026 contest, Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) until 2024, and Public Broadcasting of Latvia (LSM) since 2025, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Latvia 25 times since its first entry in 2000. It won the contest once in 2002 with the song "I Wanna" performed by Marie N. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, it was able to qualify for the final between 2005 and 2008. Between 2009 and 2014, it failed to qualify to the final for six consecutive years before managing to qualify to the final in 2015 and 2016. Having once again failed to qualify to the final for six consecutive contests between 2017 and 2023, it managed to qualify to the final in 2024 with the song "Hollow" performed by Dons, placing 16th with a score of 64 points, and once again in 2025 with the song " Bur man laimi " performed by Tautumeitas , placing 13th with a score of 158 points. [1]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, LSM organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2026 contest on 1 August 2025. [2] LTV and LSM selected their entries for Eurovision through a national final. Since their debut in 2000 until 2012, LTV had organised the selection show Eirodziesma , which was rebranded and retooled as Dziesma in 2013 and 2014. Since 2015, LTV/LSM organised the Supernova national final in order to select its entry. Along with its participation confirmation, the broadcaster announced that it would return with organising Supernova2026 in order to select its entry for the 2026 contest. [2]
Supernova2026 will be the eleventh edition of the national final format used to select Latvia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition will commence on 31 January 2026 and will conclude with a final on 14 February 2026. All shows in the competition will take place at the Riga Film Studio in Riga and will be broadcast on LTV1 as well as online via the streaming platform Replay.lv. [3]
The format of the competition will consist of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. The two semi-finals, held on 31 January and 7 February 2026, will each feature twelve competing entries from which the top ten across both shows will proceed to the final. The final, held on 14 February 2026, will select the Latvian entry for Vienna from the remaining ten entries. Results during the semi-final and final shows will be determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote. [4] [5]
On 1 August 2025, LSM opened a song submission window for artists to apply, with the deadline set for 1 October 2025. Performers were required to be Latvian nationals or permanent residents of Latvia, while songwriters and producers could be from any country. [4] Additionally, a songwriting camp was held in Riga between 25 and 28 August 2025 in order to create songs to be submitted for the competition. [6] At the end of the submission period, 124 entries had been received. [7] The twenty-four competing artists and songs were selected by a jury composed of representatives of the Latvian music, event and television industry, as well as foreign professionals, and were announced on 20 November 2025 on the programme Rīta Panorāma , broadcast on LTV1. [8] [9] [10]
Among the selected competing artists are Robert Ox, who represented Latvia in 2022 as part of Citi Zēni , and Amanda Bašmakova (member of Elpo), who represented Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011. [8]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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| Agnesse | "Oh My My" |
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| Aivo Oskis | "Walking Out" |
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| Antra Stafecka | "Divejāda" |
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| Atvara | "Ēnā" |
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| Blurie | "Lovin' Always Gets Me Down" | Renārs Dagilis |
| Daba | "Panic Attack" |
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| De Mantra | "Let Them" |
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| Edvards Strazdiņš | "I Ain't Got the Guts" | Edvards Strazdiņš |
| Elpo | "Blakus" |
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| Emilija | "All We Ever Had" |
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| Honey Blue | "Blue Disco" |
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| Ivo Grīsniņš Grīslis | "Home" | Ivo Grīsniņš Grīslis |
| Jānis Rugājs | "Smoke" |
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| Kautkaili | "Te un tagad" |
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| Kristīne Megija | "Insanity" | Daina Laima |
| Krisy | "Take It" |
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| Legzdina | "Ribbon" |
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| Miks Galvanovskis | "Cruel Angel" |
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| Nolark | "Different Places" |
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| Papīra lidmašīnas | "You're My Saviour" |
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| Paula | "Dejot vien" |
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| Robert Ox | "Ravin' At the Taj Mahal" |
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| Tikasha Sakama | "#010126 Coda" | Nansija Garkalne |
| Vēstnieks | "Vai tas ir kāds brīnums?" | Rūdolfs Macats |