Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

The Latvian participating broadcaster, Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), organised the national final Supernova 2024 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Latvia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2024 and was later selected to perform in position 9.

[1] Prior to 2024, Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Latvia 23 times since its first entry in 2000.

[3] Supernova 2024 was the ninth edition of the national final format used to select the Latvian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

The two shows in the competition took place at the LTV Studio 6 in Riga, hosted by Ketija Šēnberga and Lauris Reiniks and broadcast on LTV1 as well as online via the streaming platform REplay.lv and the official Supernova website supernova.lsm.lv.

A professional jury also had the opportunity to advance a wildcard act to the final from the remaining non-qualifying entries in the semi-final, but opted against doing so.

The panel consisted of:[9] On 12 September 2023, LTV opened a song submission window for artists to apply, with the deadline set for 30 November 2023.

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 9 January 2024 on the programme Rīta Panorāma [lv], broadcast on LTV1.

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

In addition to the competing entries, the show featured guest performances by 2023 Estonian representative Alika and Lithuanian singer Gabrielius Vagelis.

[31][32] In Latvia, all three shows of the contest were broadcast on LTV1, as well as on LTV's streaming platform REplay.lv,[33][34] with commentary by Toms Grēviņš [lv], joined by Lauris Reiniks for the final.

[43] The Latvian jury consisted of Elizabete Gaile, Kārlis Kazāks, Ance Krauze, Krista Luīze Priedīte, and Ingars Viļums.

[45][46] LTV appointed Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis, who represented Latvia in the 2023 contest as member of Sudden Lights, as its spokesperson to announce the Latvian jury's votes in the final.

Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent.

Dons , winner of Supernova 2024 , at the PrePartyES event in Madrid
Dons during a rehearsal before the second semi-final.