Right now, rehearsals are happening in Vienna,so it's high time I finished up the tour of the national finals with Latvia.
Latvia has has one of the worst track records at Eurovision in the past few years, not qualifying for the final since 2008. And because of those duff results, it was rumored that Latvia would withdraw this year.
Instead of withdrawing, Latvia has completely rethought their selection process, and unlike some other countries (Ireland), the rethink worked.
Instead of the weird tweeness that has haunted the national finals of prior years, Latvia's final had four interesting and rather modern songs to choose among.
ElektroFolk "Sundance"
Markus Riva "Lights On"
MNTHA "Nefelibata"
(Well, maybe not Markus Riva. His song is really kind of lame.)
But the jury and televoters selected the best of the songs to represent them.
Aminata "Love Injected"
She's got a powerful voice, the visual is striking, and all in all, it think this is the best song Latvia has ever sent. If they can't qualify for the Eurovision final then there is no justice.
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