Supernova (Latvian TV series)

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Supernova
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Genre Music competition
Reality television
Presented by Lauris Reiniks
Ketija Šēnberga
Toms Grēviņš
Beta Beidz
Justs Sirmais
Dagmāra Legante
Judges Kaspars Roga
Guntars Račs
Ieva Kerēvica
Dons
Intars Busulis
DJ Rudd
Ralfs Eilands
Linda Leen
Petri Mannonens
Artis Dvarionas
Country of origin Latvia
Original languageLatvian
No. of series9
Original release
Network Latvijas Televīzija (LTV)
Release18 January 2015 (2015-01-18) 
present

Supernova is a Latvian music entertainment show created by the Latvian broadcaster, LTV. It is currently used as the Latvian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Contents

Supernova began airing in 2015, replacing the previous short-lived Latvian national selection Dziesma . Its first winner, Aminata Savadogo went on to bring Latvia to the Eurovision Song Contest final for the first time since 2008, earning Latvia their best placing since 2005, and their fourth best placing ever.

Winners

YearSongArtistFinalPointsSemiPoints
2015 "Love Injected" Aminata 61862155
2016 "Heartbeat" Justs 151328132
2017 "Line" Triana Park Did not qualify1821
2018 "Funny Girl" Laura Rizzotto 12106
2019 "That Night" Carousel 1550
2020 "Still Breathing" Samanta Tina Contest cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 "Eat Your Salad" Citi Zēni Did not qualify1455
2023 "Aijā" Sudden Lights 1134
2024 "Hollow" Dons Upcoming

Seasons

Supernova 2015

Supernova 2015 consisted of two introduction shows, two heats, a semi-final, and a final. The introduction shows took place on 18 and 25 January 2015, the heats on 1 and 8 February 2015, the semi-final on 15 February 2015, and the final on 22 February 2015. [1] [2] [3] The season started out with twenty competitors; however, only four made it to the final, where Aminata and her song "Love Injected" was declared the winner. A mix of jury voting and voting from the public decided the qualifiers of the heats and semi-finals; however, only voting from the public decided the winner of the final. [4] [5]

DrawArtistSongVotesTotalPlace
InternetTelevote
1 Aminata "Love Injected"831914017223361
2Mntha"Nefelibata"30107352103624
3ElektroFolk"Sundance"28037971107743
4 Markus Riva "Take Me Down"58189932157502

Supernova 2016

Supernova 2016 consisted of two introduction shows, two heats, a semi-final, and a final. The introduction shows took place on 24 and 31 January 2016, the heats on 7 and 14 February 2016, the semi-final on 21 February 2016, and the final on 28 February 2016. The competing artists and their songs were revealed during the second introduction show. [6] [7] The season started out with twenty competitors; however, only four made it to the final, where Justs and his song "Heartbeat" was declared the winner. A mix of jury voting and voting from the public decided the qualifiers of the heats and semi-finals; however, only voting from the public decided the winner of the final. [8]

DrawArtistSongVotesTotalPlace
InternetTelevote
1Catalepsia"Damnation"539313521189142
2MyRadiantU"We Will Be Stars"2432421966513
3 Justs "Heartbeat"899511730207251
4Marta Ritova"Not From This World"1869317250414

Supernova 2017

Supernova 2017 consisted of two introduction shows, two heats, a semi-final, and a final. The introduction shows took place on 22 and 29 January 2017, the heats on 5 and 12 February 2017, the semi-final on 19 February 2017, and the final on 26 February 2017. [9] [10] The competing artists and their songs were revealed on 13 January 2017. [11] [12] The season started out with twenty-two competitors; however, only four made it to the final, where Triana Park and their song "Line" were declared the winners. A mix of jury voting and voting from the public decided the qualifiers of the heats and semi-finals; however, only voting from the public decided the winner of the final.

DrawArtistSongPublic Vote [13] Place
OnlineTelevote/SMS Spotify streamsTotal
1Santa Daņeļeviča"Your Breath"9.29%13.71%15.83%12.94%4
2The Ludvig"I'm in Love With You"15.24%12.76%28.95%18.98%2
3My Radiant You"All I Know"14.73%15.66%19.15%16.52%3
4 Triana Park "Line"60.74%57.87%36.07%51.56%1

Supernova 2018

Supernova 2018 consisted of two introductory shows and four competition shows. Twenty-one artists competed in this season, which consisted of three semifinals and a final; the top two artists from each semifinal and the next-highest ranked artist from all three semifinals advanced to the final (for a total of seven artists). The first semifinal took place on 3 February, and the second and third semifinals took place on 10 February and 17 February, respectively. Technical voting errors were encountered during the second semifinal; this increased the number of artists in the final to eight. [14] In the final, which was held on 24 February, Laura Rizzotto was declared the winner of the competition after her song "Funny Girl" scored the highest number of votes from the public. [15] [16] [17]

DrawArtistSongTelevotesJury VotesInternet votesSpotify StreamsTotalPlace
1Sudden Lights"Just Fine"15632235728%42
2Ritvars"Who's Counting?"488449011%104
3Madara"Esamība"14903278518%73
4Liene Greifane"Walk the Talk"39888007%137
5Lauris Valters"Lovers Bliss"28563665%148
6Edgars Kreilis"Younger Days"41357819%126
7 Laura Rizzotto "Funny Girl"29561517212%21
8Markus Riva"This Time"23217283910%105

Supernova 2019

Supernova 2019 consisted of three shows. Sixteen artists competed this season, which consisted of two semi-finals and a final; the top four artists from each semi-final advanced to the final (for a total of eight artists). The first semi-final took place on 26 January, while the second semi-final took place on 2 February. In the final, which was held on 16 February, Carousel and their song "That Night" were declared the winners following a mix of jury voting and votes from the Latvian public. [18]

DrawArtistSongJuryPublicTotalPlace
TelevotesInternetSpotifyAlfaTotal
1Markus Riva"You Make Me So Crazy"523.86%17.38%24.48%42.25%162
2Edgars Kreilis"Cherry Absinthe"43.68%3.53%6.30%1.94%7116
3Aivo Oskis"Somebody's Got My Lover"81.22%0.85%12.00%1.94%8168
4Double Faced Eels"Fire"35.44%8.64%39.46%11.24%474
5Dziļi Violets feat. Kozmens"Tautasdziesma"713.46%17.88%4.59%17.05%3105
6Laime Pilnīga"Awe"218.33%14.85%4.80%6.20%573
7Samanta Tīna"Cutting the Wire"68.73%10.61%3.80%10.85%6127
8 Carousel "That Night"125.28%26.26%4.57%8.53%231

Supernova 2020

Supernova 2020 consisted of a qualification round and a final. This was the first year, that semi-finals did not happen. 28 artists competed in the qualification round. 9 songs reached a final. In the final, which was held on 8 February, Samanta Tīna with her song "Still Breathing" was declared as the winning song, following a mix of jury and televote.[ citation needed ]

DrawArtistSongPublic VotePlace
InternetTelevoteTotal
1Seleste"Like Me"2.43%3.31%2.82%6
2Driksna"Stay"1.04%1.90%1.42%9
3Katrīna Bindere"I Will Break Your Heart"1.22%1.89%1.52%8
4Edgars Kreilis"Tridymite"2.74%2.11%2.46%7
5 Katrīna Dimanta "Heart Beats"22.63%34.98%28.12%2
6Miks Dukurs"I'm Falling for You"7.69%6.93%7.35%4
7 Annna "Polyester"19.22%13.84%16.83%3
8Bad Habits"Sail with You"3.79%4.40%4.06%5
9 Samanta Tīna "Still Breathing"39.24%30.63%35.42%1

Following the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Samanta Tīna was internally re-selected to represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, with a new song, "The Moon Is Rising".

Supernova 2022

Supernova 2022 consisted of a semi-final and a final. In the semi-final, which took place on 5 February, seventeen acts competed and the top ten entries qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public. [19] On 10 February 2022, LTV announced that the song "First Love" performed by Miks Dukurs had been awarded a wildcard to qualify to the final due to technical issues that impacted his semi-final performance. [20] In the final, which was held on 12 February, Citi Zēni were declared the winners following a mix of jury voting and votes from the Latvian public.

DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1Miks Dukurs"First Love"02,1160011
2Raum"Plans"53,486279
3Linda Rušeniece"Pay My Own Bills"63,3941710
4 Bermudu Divstūris "Bad"224,216687
5Miks Galvanovskis"I'm Just a Sinner"716,0605124
6Bujāns"He, She, You & Me"338,92410133
7Elīna Gluzunova"Es pabiju tur"83,5723115
8 Citi Zēni "Eat Your Salad"1250,56612241
9Inspo"A Happy Place"46,432488
10Mēs Jūs Mīlam"Rich Itch"126,692786
11 Aminata "I'm Letting You Go"1030,9838182

Supernova 2023

The semi-final took place on 4 February 2023. In the semi-final, 14 acts competed and the top ten entries qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public. [21] Sudden Lights won both the jury and public votes in the final held on 11 February.

DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1Alise Haijima"Tricky"35,607368
2Luīze"You to Hold Me"22,3841310
3Raum"Fake Love"46,986596
4Toms Kalderauskis"When It All Falls"72,608297
5Artūrs Hatti"Love Vibes"16,251459
6 Patrisha "Hush"1050,95810202
7 Sudden Lights " Aijā "1266,30712241
824. Avēnija"You Said"88,7357153
9Avéi"Let Me Go"58,2946115
10 Markus Riva "Forever"627,3028144

Supernova 2024

The semi-final took place on 3 February 2024. 15 acts competed and the top ten entries qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public. [22] The final took place on 10 February 2024 among the ten entries that advanced from the semi-final. The song with the highest number of votes based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public, "Hollow" by Dons, was declared the winner.

DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPlace
1Vēstulēs"Kur?"1031,47710202
2Avéi"Mine"42,946378
3Papīra Lidmašīnas"Mind Breaker"12,0182310
4Katrīna Gupalo"The Cat's Song"817,7398163
5Ecto"Outsider"24,915577
6 Dons "Hollow"1264,84512241
7Saint Levića"Tick-Tock"63,4874105
8Edvards Strazdiņš"Rock n' Roll Supernova"37,830696
9Funkinbiz"Na chystu vodu" (На чисту воду)51,143169
10Alekss Silvers"For the Show"78,2857144

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