Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country  Latvia
National selection
Selection process Eirodziesma 2007
Selection date(s) Semi-finals
27 January 2007
3 February 2007
Final24 February 2007
Selected entrant Bonaparti.lv
Selected song "Questa Notte"
Finals performance
Semi-final result 5th, 168 points
Final result 16th, 54 points
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2006 • 2007 • 2008►

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.

The final of Eirodziesma took place on 24 February in Ventspils, with semi finals on 27 January and 3 February. LTV received 106 entries, which were narrowed down to 20 songs on 11 December 2006.

Result of National Final

 Final - 24 February
Draw Artist Song Round 1 Round 2 Place
1 Intars Busulis "Gonki" 13,219 16,676 2
2 Robert Wells, Johnny Salamander & Meldra "The legends of rock'n roll" 3,728 - 7
3 Red Bee "Can’t buy good lovin'" 2,002 - 10
4 Lenii "Take off Your Mask" 10,477 - 4
5 Gunārs Kalniņš & Jolanda Suvorova "What a love can do to me" 12,776 13,838 3
6 Re:public "Home" 5,945 - 6
7 Ksenija "You are losing me" 2,635 - 9
8 Bonaparti.lv "Questa Notte" 32,900 49,422 1
9 Klaidonis & Linita "My vow to you" 6,702 - 5
10 Igeta & Project Bradans "Dundari dandari" 3,329 - 8

Semifinals

Semi Final 1

Semi Final 2

Eurovision

Points Awarded to Latvia (Semi-Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points Awarded to Latvia (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

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