Twelve songs ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 26 February 2011 where two rounds of voting by the public and jury selected "Angel in Disguise" performed by Musiqq as the winner.
Performing during for the show in position 17, "Angel in Disguise" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.
Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster announced that they would organise Eirodziesma 2011 in order to select the Latvian entry for the 2011 contest.
The two semi-finals, held on 5 and 12 February 2011, each featured ten competing entries from which five advanced directly to the final from each show.
The panel consisted of:[9] Artists and songwriters with Latvian citizenship or residency were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster between 16 November 2010 and 7 December 2010.
[10] A jury panel appointed by LTV evaluated the submitted songs and selected twenty entries for the competition.
The jury panel consisted of Boriss Rezņiks (composer), Jānis Zvirgzdiņš (composer and producer), Ance Krauze (singer and vocal teacher), Vineta Elksne (singer, vocal coach, conductor and songwriter), Aigars Dinsbergs (director of the Musical Theater 7), Valdis Skujiņš (producer), Artis Dvarionas (musician and producer at Radio SWH) and members of the LTV working group: Māris Martinsons, Sanita Auškāpa, Zita Kaminska, Jana Priedniece and Arvīds Babris.
Prior to the final, Triānas parks withdrew their song "Upside Down" from the competition due to illness of the group's lead singer.
In the superfinal, "Angel in Disguise" performed by Musiqq was declared the winner through the combination of votes from the jury and public.
[18] Musiqq promoted "Angel in Disguise" as the Latvian Eurovision entry on 14 April 2011 by performing during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Club Air venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas, Esther Hart and Sascha Korf.
On 17 January 2011, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in.
The two semi-finals and the final were broadcast in Latvia on LTV1 with all shows featuring commentary by Valters Frīdenbergs and Uģis Joksts.
[21][22] Musiqq was joined on stage by four backing vocalists: Gatis Supe, Kristaps Šēnbergs, Lība Ēce-Kalniņa and Rūta Dūduma-Ķirse.
[23] At the end of the show, Latvia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final.
The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency.
This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.