It won the contest once in 2002 with the song "I Wanna" performed by Marie N. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, it was able to qualify for the final between 2005 and 2008.

[3] Supernova 2025 was the tenth edition of the national final format used to select Latvia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

The semi-final, held on 1 February 2025, featured nineteen competing entries from which the top ten advanced to the final from each show.

[7][6] On 20 August 2024, LTV opened a song submission window for artists to apply, with the deadline set for 21 October 2024.

Additionally, a songwriting camp was held in Riga in late August 2024 in order to create songs to be submitted for the competition.

The participants were selected by a jury composed of representatives of the Latvian music and television industry, as well as foreign professionals (whose names will be disclosed after the Eurovision Song Contest has taken place), and were announced on 20 November 2024 on the programme Rīta Panorāma [lv], broadcast on LTV1.

The top ten entries qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public.