Latvia: Samanta Tina's Eurovision entry to be released on March 12

Latvia: Samanta Tina's Eurovision entry to be released on March 12
Wednesday, 03 February 2021

  • The entry that Latvia's Eurovision hopeful will perform next May in Rotterday Ahoy, titled "Moon is Rising" will be released on March 12 through the special show “How to win at Eurovision? Samantha Tina's Road to Rotterdam".

    Samanta Tina, the winner of last year's Supernova competition, is preparing to represent Latvia at Eurovision 2021 in May this year. In order to find a song, create a show suitable for the song, prepare a stage costume and do hundreds more small and large things before  reaching the Eurovision stage in Rotterdam, Latvian Television is working together with Samanta Tīna to get all the work done.

    Within this framework a series of programs will hit the screen titled “Kā uzvarēt Eirovīzijā? Samantas Tīnas ceļš uz Roterdamu”  (“How to win at Eurovision? Samantha Tina's Road to Rotterdam") The program will unfold on our screens according to the following schedule: 

    First episode: The episode will take a look at the song-making "kitchen" - Samanta Tina chose teams of musicians who created their vision of how a Eurovision song should sound in a two-day music workshop.

    Second episode: In the second episode, Samantha Tina will reveal the behind the scenes design of the costume.

    Third episode: Experts and former Eurovision participants will share their views on what constitutes a Eurovision victory formula;

    Fourth episode:  The artist will reveal more about how the performance and its choreography  created,

    Fifth and final episode: This final show will be dedicated to the creation of a video of the song.

     Samanta gives us some hints on her Eurovision 2021 entry saying: 

    "I'm not looking for a standard Eurovision classic! I want to stay with that surprise, that crazy. I want the song to have something glorifying, a cult, traditions, when everyone knows that Latvia is coming out! I'm not talking about thistles and the Lielvārde belt; I'm talking about something in modern colors."

    The series “How to win at Eurovision? of Samantha Tina's Road to Rotterdam", will reach the audience on February 12 and will be shown on Friday evenings at 21.00 on LTV1 and REPLAY.lv.

     

    Latvia in Eurovision 

    Latvia participated in Eurovision first time back in 2000. The country on its debut participation, with Brainstorm finished in 3rd place with the song My Star. It didn’t take long for Latvia to win the contest, since in  2002, with Marie N’s I Wanna the Baltic country was crowned winner.

    Latvia only participated in 2002 thanks to the withdrawal of Portugal from the contest, as Latvia’s poor result in 2001 had relegated them from the 2002 contest. From 2009 to 2014 Latvia met disappointing results as it failed to qualify to the Grand final. In 2015 achieved its best results the latest year with Animata and her Love Injected which ended in 6th place.  In 2018  the country was represented by Laura Rizzotto with her song Funny girl which finished 12th in the semi final failing to qualify to the final .

    In 2019 Supernova winner Carousel represented the countey in Tel Aviv with their entry That night. The song didn’t make it to the final marking Latvia’s third successive failure to qualify to the final.

    Samanta Tīna won the Latvian Eurovision national selection, Supernova 2020,  with her song “Still Breathing” last February. However her Eurovision journey never reached its destination in Rotterdam as the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic.  Samanta will have her secoond chance this year to complete her journey to Rotterdam next May. 

     

    News Source: Lsm.lv

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