Twelve songs ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 22 February 2014 where two rounds of voting by a public televote and a nine-member jury panel selected "Cake to Bake" performed by Aarzemnieki as the winner.

Performing during the show in position 2, "Cake to Bake" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.

Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster announced that they would organise Dziesma 2014 in order to select the Latvian entry for the 2014 contest.

LTV adopted the slogan Made in Latvia for the competition, meaning that all songwriters were required to have Latvian citizenship or residency unlike in previous years.

In each semi-final twelve acts competed and six entries qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public.

[8][12] The jury panel that voted in the semi-finals consisted of Kristaps Krievkalns (musician, composer and arranger), Jegors Jerohomovičs (music critic and cultural journalist), Aija Strazdiņa (director and producer), Ģirts Lūsis (musician, composer, producer and manager), Uldis Cīrulis aka DJ Monsta (DJ at Riga Radio), Gabriel Broggini (member of 2012 Swiss Eurovision entrant Sinplus), Ivan Broggini (member of 2012 Swiss Eurovision entrant Sinplus), Vineta Elksne (singer, vocal coach, conductor and songwriter; first semi-final), Jānis Palkavnieks (spokesman for Draugiem.lv; first semi-final), Zita Lunde (editor-in-chief of web portal TVNET; second semi-final) and Artūrs Ancāns (artistic director of the Emīls Dārziņš Mixed Choir and chairman of the board of the Latvian Choir Conductors Association; second semi-final).

[15] In the superfinal, "Cake to Bake" performed by Aarzemnieki was selected as the winner through the combination of votes from the jury and public.

[16] The jury panel that voted in the final consisted of Kristaps Krievkalns (musician, composer and arranger), Sandris Vanzovičs (music journalist), Aija Strazdina (director and producer), Ģirts Lūsis (musician, composer and manager of the groups Labvēlīgais tips and 2007 Latvian Eurovision entrant Bonaparti.lv), Uldis Cīrulis aka DJ Monsta (DJ at Riga Radio), Ieva Rozentāle (head of the LTV Culture Broadcasts Editorial Office), Agnese Cimuška (general manager of the Latvian Music Development Society and Music Export Latvia), Andres Kõpper (singer, lead vocalist of the Estonian band Tenfold Rabbit) and Rihards Zaļupe (composer and percussionist).

[19] Aarzemnieki made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Cake to Bake" as the Latvian Eurovision entry.

[20] On 5 April, Aarzemnieki performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Sandra Reemer.

[23] On 20 January 2014, 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.

[25] The two semi-finals and the final were broadcast in Latvia on LTV1 with all shows featuring commentary by Valters Frīdenbergs and Kārlis Būmeisters.

The performance began with lead singer Jöran Steinhauer and guitarist as well as composer of "Cake to Bake" Guntis Veilands making their way to the centre of the stage in order to join the other two members of the band.

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.