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Liverpool live: Sweaty sweaters, video games and red feathers

Every participant has it’s second rehearsal today. That means we already know a lot and we can just say whether there are (major) changes or not. Different from other years, no independent journalists or fan media can join the rehearsals. What you read is what Eurovision.tv wants us to know. photo credits: EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett/Corinne Cummings/Chloe Hashemi Norway The Norwegian act is the same as in the first rehearsal. According to the reporters of eurovision.tv she hit the high notes. Alessandra is currently 6th at the bookmakers, which means she might do well for Norway this year. Malta The Maltese act is one were a lot happens. And singer Dav jr. even wears two sweaters. He takes one off during the show. According to him that is quite…. sweaty. Dav already took part in the national final in 2020. However, he says it is now the right time to go to Eurovision. The day after he was eliminated from the X-Factor 2020, his father passed away, so that was not a good moment for Eurovision.Unfortunately the bookmakers are not happy about Malta yet. Hopefully they are wrong this time! Serbia Sometimes it is difficult to know what will happen on tv when you are in the hall. That is why only now a lot of on-screen video game references came up in the reports. It fits in the act: somebody who just wants to sleep as there are so many bad things going on in the world. The song is written during the COVID19 lockdowns. Currently, Serbia is no. 17 in the betting odds. Latvia At least they have their outfits now, so it seems the luggage problem is solved. The band members are all wearing jackets and blouses with long, thin ties over it. Lead singer Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis wears a beige jacket, the others have darker cloths. Currently Latvia does not do well in the betting odds with a 35th place. However, we can not exclude a place in the final. Portugal Enthusiasm for the uptempo song Portugal brings on stage. There have not been many changes at all in the Portuguese entry. Mimicat still wears the feather dress that impressed in the first rehearsal. Portugal is currently 26th in the betting odds, which makes it likely that Mimicat will go through to the final. Ireland About Ireland, the same information is given by eurovision.tv as they did Monday: the members of Wild Youth are having fun on stage. Ireland is currently 24th at the betting odds. However, if you look at the qualifiers of semifinal one, they are 14th. A strange contradiction, and it makes the line on the official website quite cynical: “…and they look like they’re having the best time ever – the Irish delegation should be really happy”. Croatia Croatia’s Let 3 is having their second rehearsal, and their performance looks just as impressive on the big screen as it did in the hall, says eurovision.tv. However, the visual spectacle appears even more impressive and vibrant than before. The colors are now more intense and psychedelic, and the removal of clothing is now even more detailed and noticeable due to the high definition visuals. Judge for yourself if you should be happy with that. The betting ods give Croatia a 15th place. in collaboration with Eurovision Artists

Liverpool live: rehearsal schedule

The rehearsals continue with the 2nd rehearsal of 15 countries. The countries now have only 20 minutes to rehearse. 11.30 – 11.50 Norway11.55 – 12.15 Malta12.20 – 12.40 Serbia12.45 – 13.05 Latvia13.10 – 13.30 Portugal13.35 – 13.55 Ireland15.00 – 15.20 Croatia15.25 – 15.45 Switzerland15.50 – 16.10 Israel16.15 – 16.35 Moldova16.40 – 17.00 Sweden17.05 – 17.25 Azerbaijan17.30 – 17.50 Czechia17.55 – 18.15 The Netherlands18.20 – 18.40 Finland

Road to Liverpool: Latvia

We can not wait for the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. Therefore, we have a closer look at one of the contestants every day. Today: Latvia. Sudden Lights Sudden Lights won Supernova, the Latvian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. They sang the selfwritten song “Aijā”, which is sung in both English and Latvian. Sudden Lights exists of Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis, Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis, Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis and Kārlis Vārtiņš. They started the band in 2012, but got their first chances to record songs in 2015. After they won a music competition they released their debut single “Tik Savādi”. One of their biggest hits in 2016 was “Priekšpilsētas valsis“. In 2018, Sudden Lights already took part in Supernova with their song “Just fine“. They became 2nd. In 2020 they teamed up with the band Astro’n’out for the song “Haosā“. In total, Sudden Lights released three albums. Supernova The national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in Latvia is named Supernova. The contest was held first in 2015, when Aminata won the contest with “Love injected”. Every year, one or two semifinals are held before the final. This year, it was only one semifinal. Aminata often took part, not only as a singer but also as a composer. One of her songs, sung by Justs, won in 2016. Another singer who attempted to win the ticket to Eurovision many times was Markus Riva. He never made it to the Eurovision stage so far. Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest Latvia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000, and immediately with success. Brainstorm reached a third place with “My star”. Two years later, Marie N led the country to a victory with her song “I wanna”. That brought the contest to the capital Riga in 2003. After this, only one top-5 position was there for Latvia. In 2005 Walters and Kazha sang “The war is not over”. It was in two languages: English and sign language. The bookmakers Latvia is in 35th place at the bookmakers at this moment. That would be a big disappointment for the country that never made it to the final after 2016. Let’s hope for them the bookmakers are wrong. The song And of course, this is the song:

Sudden Lights

© EBU/Chloe Hashemi About Quick Facts MembersAndrejs Reinis ZitmanisKārlis Matīss ZitmanisMārtiņš Matīss ZemītisKārlis Vārtiņš Founded2012 Nationality🇱🇻 Latvian National SelectionSupernova 2018Supernova 2023 In Eurovision2023 Liverpool SongAijā (2023) Biography Sudden Lights is a Latvian alternative rock band. The band consists of Kārlis Vārtiņš (bass guitar), Mārtis Matīss Zemītis (percussion), Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis (voice) and Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis (guitar). The group was created in 2012 by Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis and Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis, who studied at the Pāvuls Jurjānas music school at the time. In 2014, Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis and Kārlis Vārtiņš joined the group. The first step on the way to growth for the group was the victory in the Riga State 1st Gymnasium’s young musicians competition Pirmā Plate in 2015. They reached the first place. It gave them the opportunity to record their song “Tik Savādi”. It became the first song released by Sudden Lights. Soon, the group’s debut album was created, with the singles “Suburban Waltz”, “Laikmets” and “Šājā sētas pāše” being released. The songs were immediately included in the rotations of Latvian radio stations. They released video clips for “Suburban Waltz” and “Šājā sētas pāše”. On September 22, 2017, the group presented their debut album “Priekšpilsētas”. It contained 10 songs in both Latvian and English. The first self-organized concert, in which the songs of the album were played, took place at the Music House “Daile” on April 12, 2018. In 2018, the band took part in Supernova, the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. They reached the final and became the runner up there with the song “Just fine”. Along with the presentation of the album “Par to zēnu ks sit skārdas bungas”, They were going to open for Brainstorm. For the first time in the history of Sudden Lights, the group performed in front of thousands of listeners. With the singles “Negribu pizezemētis” and “Dzīvnieks” the group has announced a new album. It was released on October 11, 2019 and is the band’s second studio album “Vislabāk ir tur, kur manis nav”. At the end of February 2020, the group went on its first Latvian concert tour with the same name. Due to measures to limit the spread of the virus “Covid 19”, the tour could not be finished. In 2023, the group participated in the Supernova 2023 contest with the song “Aijā”. The group won the competition and got the right to represent Latvia in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. Unfortunately they didn’t manage to reach the final. Entries Aijā Country🇱🇻 Latvia Year2023 LanguageEnglishLatvian LyricsAndrejs Reinis ZitmanisKārlis Matīss ZitmanisMārtiņš Matīss ZemītisKārlis Vārtiņš MusicAndrejs Reinis ZitmanisKārlis Matīss ZitmanisMārtiņš Matīss ZemītisKārlis Vārtiņš Backings– Results Semi Points: 34Position: 11Running order: 4 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/SEykwl9X9SY

Sudden Lights wins Supernova 2023

Sudden Lights has won Supernova 2023. The band will represent Latvia at Liverpool with “Aijā”. The song is sung in English and Latvian. It’s a mixture between a lullaby and a rock-drum song. You can find the Supernova performance of “Aijā” right over here: these are the full Supernova results: Sudden Lights – Aijā Patrisha – Hush 24. Avenija – you said Markus Riva – Forever Avéi – Let Me Go Raum – Fake Love Toms Kalderauskis – When It All Falls Alise Haijima – Tricky Arturs Hatti – Love Vibes Luize – You To Hold Me

Latvia: entry will be known tonight

Via Supernova, Latvia will select its Eurovision entry. The contest will contain 10 songs, one of which will be chosen through 50/50 jury and televoting. The show will start at 20:10 CET and you can watch it here. Below, you will find the titles of the songs: 1 Alise Haijima Tricky 2 Luīze You to hold me 3 Raum Fake love 4 Toms Kalderauskis When it all falls 5 Artūrs Hatti Love vibes 6 Patrisha Hush 7 Sudden Lights Aijā 8 24. Avēnija You said 9 Avéi Let me go 10 Markus Riva Forever Raum took part in 2019 (3rd with the band Double Faced Eels) and solo in 2022 (9th)Toms Kalderauskis took part in the heats in 2017, in the semifinals in 2020 and in the online voting in 2022.Sudden Lights was the 2018 runner up.Markus Riva took part in 2014 (11th), 2015 (2nd), 2016 (semifinal), 2017 (heats), 2018 (4th), 2019 (2nd), 2020 (semifinal) and 2022 (semifinal)

Latvia: Supernova results are in!

Results are in in Latvia. The 10 titles that will go to the final are known now. The final will be held next week. The full results of today are: Artūrs Hatti sings “Love vibes” Alise Haijima sings “Tricky” Inspo sings “Sway” Toms Kalderauskis sings “When it all falls” Katrine Miller sings “Beaten down” Justs sings “Stranger” Adriana Miglāne sings “Like I wanna” 24. Avēnija sings “You said” Markus Riva sings “Forever” Avéi sings “Let me go” Patrisha sings “Hush” Raum sings “Fake love” Luīze sings “You told me” Sudden Lights sing “Aijā”

Latvia: Supernova 2023 starts

Latvia will also start their national selection today: Supernova. The show will start at 20:00 and you can watch it here or with the lsvm.lv app. 14 songs will compete and 10 will head to the final. These are the songs: Artūrs Hatti sings “Love vibes” Alise Haijima sings “Tricky” Inspo sings “Sway” Toms Kalderauskis sings “When it all falls” Katrine Miller sings “Beaten down” Justs sings “Stranger” Adriana Miglāne sings “Like I wanna” 24. Avēnija sings “You said” Markus Riva sings “Forever” Avéi sings “Let me go” Patrisha sings “Hush” Raum sings “Fake love” Luīze sings “You told me” Sudden Lights sing “Aijā” Inspo took part in Supernova last year and became 8th.Toms Kalderauskis took part in the heats in 2017, in the semifinals in 2020 and in the online voting in 2022.Justs represented Latvia in 2016 with “Heartbeat”.Adriana Miglāne took part in 2019 and made it to the semifinal.Markus Riva took part in 2014 (11th), 2015 (2nd), 2016 (semifinal), 2017 (heats), 2018 (4th), 2019 (2nd), 2020 (semifinal) and 2022 (semifinal).Raum took part in 2019 (3rd with the band Double Faced Eels) and solo in 2022 (9th)Sudden Lights was the 2018 runner up.

Citi zēni

© EBU/Nathan Reinds About Quick Facts MembersJānis PētersonsDagnis RoziņšReinis VišķerisKrišjānis OzolsRoberts MemmēnsToms Kagainis Born2020 Nationality🇱🇻 Latvian National SelectionSupernova 2022 In Eurovision2022 Turin SongEat your salad (2022) Biography Citi Zēni (Other Boys) is a Latvian hip-hop and pop group. The band consists of Jānis Pētersons (vocals), Dagnis Roziņš (vocals, saxophone), Reinis Višķeris (keyboards), Krišjānis Ozols (guitar), Roberts Memmēns (bass) and Toms Kagainis (drums). They gained wide recognition at the end of 2020 with the song “Vienmēr kavēju”. They reached the 2nd place in the song competition “Muzikālā banka 2021” organized by Latvijas Radio 2, with the song “Limuzīns uz krīta”. They also participated in “Supernova 2022”, the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song “Eat Your Salad”. By winning the conest they got the opportunity to represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Citi Zēni was the first one of the participants to claim they did not want to participate as long as Russia would be among the contestants. EBU decided not to allow Russia in the contest. The band also faced problems with the lyrics of “Eat your salad”. They were not allowed to sing the word ‘pussy’. Their solution was to let the audience do it. Entries Eat your salad Country🇱🇻 Latvia Year2022 LanguageEnglish LyricsDagnis RoziņšJānis Pētersons MusicJānis JačmenkinsRoberts Memmēns Backings– Results Semi Points: 55Position: 14Running order: 2 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/TM0_0WfuxSk

Our predictions for the first semifinal

Tomorrow, the moment is there. We will have the first semifinal for the Eurovision Song Contest. What does the team of Eurovision Universe think? You will read it here. In fact, we are convinced of a final place for these countries: Albania, after all the fuzz around the act. Song and act are strong, Rona will qualify! Latvia: A song about veggies and (….). Cheerful, colourful and with a very modern topic. Lithuania: The act might not be what Monika wished for, but the song will stand out. Switzerland: The swiss song is in the style of Duncan Laurence and Gjon’s Tears, but less strong. It’s gonna be hard for Switzerland, but it is possible. Ukraine, because…. it’s Ukraine. The country is the hot favourite to even win the final. The Netherlands, S10 manages to tell the people where she sings about. Even in Dutch! Portugal: You can’t explain “Saudade” in any other language. MARO explains it by music. Not a sure qualifier, but we think it will. Greece; there is no such a song in Eurovision this year. It is unique and the act is strong. Norway, because every year needs an act like this. People vote for yellow masked wolves. Armenia: The song is strong, the singing is strong, the act is strong….. it has written final all over! But of course, we wish all the artists good luck. Tomorrow, by this time, we will know more….