Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

On March 1, 2008, the band Pirates of the Sea was chosen to represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song Wolves of the Sea.^[1] It was placed 12th.

It was the last time Latvia had made it to the ESC final until 7 years later, when they finally qualified for the final in 2015 with the song Love Injected by Aminata.

Draw	Artist	Song	First vote	Place	Final vote	Place
1	Deja vu	"I’m a Part Of You"	1,485	7
2	Kristīna Zaharova feat. Julian	"Until You Find A Friend"	862	9
3	Sabīne Berezina	"If I Only Knew"	5,142	5
4	Pirates of the Sea	"Wolves of the Sea"	16,818	1	29 228	1
5	Peter Garden & Juris Vizbulis	"Memory Lane"	1,932	6
6	Funky Drivers	"Summertime"	1,245	8
7	Triānas Parks	"Bye Bye"	5,656	4
8	Elizabete Zagorska	"Take Me Home"	599	10
9	Aisha	"You Really Got Me Going"	8,021	3	22,721	2
10	Andris Ērglis	"Broken Lullaby"	10,751	2	21,580	3

Spokespersons

For the 2008 contest the spokesperson for Latvia was Kristīne Virsnīte.^[2]

At Eurovision

Points Awarded by Latvia^[3]

Semi final

12 points	Lithuania
10 points	Georgia
8 points	Denmark
7 points	Croatia
6 points	Ukraine
5 points	Belarus
4 points	Malta
3 points	Portugal
2 points	Iceland
1 point	Bulgaria

Final

12 points	Russia
10 points	Ukraine
8 points	Georgia
7 points	Denmark
6 points	Norway
5 points	Croatia
4 points	Azerbaijan
3 points	France
2 points	Iceland
1 point	Finland

Points Awarded to Latvia (Semi-Final 2)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Lithuania	Portugal	Sweden	Iceland	Belarus Croatia Denmark Georgia Malta
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Czech Republic United Kingdom	Macedonia		Serbia Ukraine	Bulgaria

Points Awarded to Latvia (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Ireland	Lithuania United Kingdom	Portugal	Estonia Malta	Denmark
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Croatia Iceland	Czech Republic Montenegro Sweden	Andorra Georgia Spain

References

↑ "Latvia decided: The Pirates to Eurovision". ESCtoday.com. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
↑ "AKTUALITĀTES > Eirovīzijā triumfē Dima Bilans no Krievijas, Pirāti – vienpadsmitie / divpadsmitie". eirovizija.lv. Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Semi-final 1	"Vrag naj vzame" "A Century of Love" "Your Heart Belongs To Me" "Zauvijek volim te" "Casanova" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "O Julissi" "Leto svet" "Complice"
Semi-final 2	"Let Me Love You" "DJ, Take Me Away" "Era stupendo" "Vodka" "Femme Fatale" "Nomads in the Night" "Hasta La Vista" "Have Some Fun" "Candlelight"

(Note : "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

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