won it in 2002
Latvia at Eurovision
Latvia first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 and has entered 26 contests. It has won once, in 2002, with “I Wanna” by Marie N. The contest has been held there once, in Riga in 2003.
- 26
- contests
- 1
- win
- 1
- hosted
- first song
- 2000
- contests
- 26
- wins
- 1 — 2002
- in the final
- 8 of 22 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
- sung in
- English (21), Latvian (3), Italian (1), Russian (1)
- hosted
- Riga 2003
The win
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2002, Tallinn “I Wanna”
Marie N · 176 points
Photos are stills from the contest’s own videos on YouTube. Each one opens that year’s story.
Every song
All 27 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.
| Year | Artist | Song | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Vienna | Atvara | “Ēnā” Latvian | Out in semi-final 2 (13th of 15) | 49 |
| 2025 Basel | Tautumeitas | “Bur man laimi” Latvian | 13th of 26 | 158 |
| 2024 Malmö | Dons | “Hollow” English | 16th of 26 | 64 |
| 2023 Liverpool | Sudden Lights | “Aijā” English | Out in semi-final 1 (11th of 15) | 34 |
| 2022 Turin | Citi Zēni | “Eat Your Salad” English | Out in semi-final 1 (14th of 17) | 55 |
| 2021 Rotterdam | Samanta Tīna | “The Moon Is Rising” English | Out in semi-final 2 (17th of 17) | 14 |
| 2020 Rotterdam | Samanta Tīna | “Still Breathing” English | Contest cancelled | — |
| 2019 Tel Aviv | Carousel | “That Night” English | Out in semi-final 2 (15th of 18) | 50 |
| 2018 Lisbon | Laura Rizzotto | “Funny Girl” English | Out in semi-final 2 (12th of 18) | 106 |
| 2017 Kyiv | Triana Park | “Line” English | Out in semi-final 1 (18th of 18) | 21 |
| 2016 Stockholm | Justs | “Heartbeat” English | 15th of 26 | 132 |
| 2015 Vienna | Aminata | “Love Injected” English | 6th of 27 | 186 |
| 2014 Copenhagen | Aarzemnieki | “Cake to Bake” English | Out in semi-final 1 (13th of 16) | 33 |
| 2013 Malmö | PeR | “Here We Go” English | Out in semi-final 2 (17th of 17) | 13 |
| 2012 Baku | Anmary | “Beautiful Song” English | Out in semi-final 1 (16th of 18) | 17 |
| 2011 Düsseldorf | Musiqq | “Angel in Disguise” English | Out in semi-final 2 (17th of 19) | 25 |
| 2010 Oslo | Aisha | “What For?” English | Out in semi-final 1 (17th of 17) | 11 |
| 2009 Moscow | Intars Busulis | “Probka (Пробка)” Russian | Out in semi-final 2 (19th of 19) | 7 |
| 2008 Belgrade | Pirates of the Sea | “Wolves of the Sea” English | 12th of 25 | 83 |
| 2007 Helsinki | Bonaparti.lv | “Questa notte” Italian | 16th of 24 | 54 |
| 2006 Athens | Vocal Group Cosmos | “I Hear Your Heart” English | 16th of 24 | 30 |
| 2005 Kyiv | Walters and Kazha | “The War Is Not Over” English | 5th of 24 | 153 |
| 2004 Istanbul | Fomins and Kleins | “Dziesma par laimi” Latvian | Out in the semi-final (17th of 22) | 23 |
| 2003 Riga | F.L.Y. | “Hello from Mars” English | 24th of 26 | 5 |
| 2002 Tallinn | Marie N | “I Wanna” English | winner! | 176 |
| 2001 Copenhagen | Arnis Mednis | “Too Much” English | 18th of 23 | 16 |
| 2000 Stockholm | Brainstorm | “My Star” English | 3rd of 24 | 136 |
Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.
Sent more than once
The one act Latvia has sent to more than one contest.
- Samanta Tīna 2020 (cancelled), 2021
Hosting
The one contest held in Latvia.
On air at home
The channels that carried the contest in Latvia, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.
- 2026
- LTV1 (semi-finals) Toms Grēviņš
- LTV1 (final) Toms Grēviņš and Katija Šēnberga
- Latvijas Radio 5 Mārtiņš Pabērzis
- 2025
- LTV1 (semi-finals) Toms Grēviņš
- LTV1 (final) Toms Grēviņš and Marija Naumova
- 2024
- LTV1 (semi-finals) Toms Grēviņš
- LTV1 (final) Toms Grēviņš and Lauris Reiniks
- 2023
- LTV1 Toms Grēviņš
- LTV1 (final) Lauris Reiniks
- 2022
- LTV1 Toms Grēviņš and Lauris Reiniks
- 2021
- LTV1 (semi-finals) Toms Grēviņš
- LTV1 (final) Toms Grēviņš and Marie N
- 2019
- LTV1 Toms Grēviņš and Ketija Šēnberga
- 2018
- LTV1 (semi-finals) Toms Grēviņš
- LTV1 (final) Toms Grēviņš and Magnuss Eriņš
- 2017
- LTV1 Valters Frīdenbergs
- 2016
- LTV1 Valters Frīdenbergs
- LTV1 (final) Toms Grēviņš
- 2015
- LTV1 Valters Frīdenbergs
- LTV1 (final) Toms Grēviņš
- 2014
- LTV1 Valters Frīdenbergs and Kārlis Būmeisters
- 2013
- LTV1 Valters Frīdenbergs
- LTV1 (final) Kārlis Būmeisters
- 2012
- LTV1 Valters Frīdenbergs
- LTV1 (final) Kārlis Būmeisters
- 2011
- LTV Valters Frīdenbergs and Uģis Joksts
- 2009
- LTV Kārlis Streips
- 2008
- LTV Kārlis Streips
- 2007
- LTV1 Kārlis Streips
- 2006
- LTV1 Kārlis Streips
- 2005
- LTV Kārlis Streips
- 2004
- LTV Kārlis Streips
- 2003
- LTV1 Kārlis Streips
- 2002
- LTV Kārlis Streips
- 2001
- LTV Kārlis Streips
- 2000
- LTV Kārlis Streips
- 1999
- LTV Kārlis Streips
- 1998
- LTV Kārlis Streips
In our contest stories
Lines about Latvia from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1999 Who was there
Latvia was to have made its debut, and pulled out late.
- 2000 Who was there
Latvia entered for the first time.
- 2000 Enschede
Latvia used its jury as well, for a different reason.
- 2002 The place Latvia nearly did not get
Latvia had finished joint eighteenth in 2001 and was due to be relegated as well.
- 2002 The place Latvia nearly did not get
The spare place went to the next country down. That was a tie, between Latvia and the Netherlands, and Latvia had been given more eight-point scores.
- 2003 A host in difficulty
In March a Danish paper carried accusations from a senior EBU figure that the organisation was in chaos and Latvia might lose the contest.
- 2007 The semi-final
The ten that went through were Serbia, Hungary, Turkey, Belarus, Latvia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Georgia, Macedonia and Moldova.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Latvia was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.