Supernova is a Latvian music entertainment show created by the Latvian broadcaster, Latvijas Televīzija (LTV). It is currently used as the Latvian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Supernova began airing in 2015, replacing the previous Latvian selection format Dziesma. Its first winner, Aminata Savadogo, went on to bring Latvia to the Eurovision Song Contest final for the first time since 2008, earning the country its best placing since 2005, and its fourth-best placing ever.
Winners Year Artist Song Final Points Semi Points 2015Aminata"Love Injected"61862155 2016Justs"Heartbeat"151328132 2017Triana Park"Line"colspan=2 rowspan=3 1821 2018Laura Rizzotto"Funny Girl"12106 2019Carousel"That Night"1550 2020Samanta Tina"Still Breathing"colspan="4" 2022Citi Zēni"Eat Your Salad"rowspan=2 colspan=2 1455 2023Sudden Lights"Aijā"1134 2024Dons"Hollow"1664772 2025Tautumeitas"Bur man laimi"131582130 2026Atvara"Ēnā"colspan=2 1349 2027colspan="6"
Editions
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Year Premiere Final Contestants Episodes Winner Runner-up Third place 2015 18 January 2015 22 February 2015 20 6 Aminata"Love Injected" Markus Riva"Take Me Down" ElektroFolk"Sundance" 2016 24 January 2016 28 February 2016 20 6 Justs"Heartbeat" Catalepsia"Damnation" MyRadiantU"We Will Be Stars" 2017 22 January 2017 26 February 2017 22 6 Triana Park"Line" The Ludvig"I'm in Love with You" My Radiant You"All I Know" 2018 25 January 2018 24 February 2018 21 6 Laura Rizzotto"Funny Girl" Sudden Lights"Just Fine" Madara"" 2019 26 January 2019 16 February 2019 16 3 Carousel"That Night" Markus Riva"You Make Me So Crazy" Laime Pilnīga"Awe" 2020 8 February 2020 9 1 Samanta Tīna"Still Breathing" Katrīna Dimanta"Heartbeats" Annna"Polyester" 2022 5 February 2022 12 February 2022 17 2 Citi Zēni"Eat Your Salad" Aminata"I'm Letting You Go" Bujāns"He, She, You & Me" 2023 4 February 2023 11 February 2023 14 2 Sudden Lights"" Patrisha"Hush" 24. Avēnija"You Said" 2024 3 February 2024 10 February 2024 15 2 Dons"Hollow" Vēstulēs"?" Katrīna Gupalo"The Cat's Song" 2025 1 February 2025 8 February 2025 19 2 Tautumeitas"" Emilija"Heartbeat" Citi Zēni"" 2026 31 January 2026 14 February 2026 24 3 Atvara"" Kautkaili"" Emilija"All We Ever Had"
2015
Supernova 2015 consisted of two introduction shows, two heats, a semi-final, and a final. The introduction shows took place on 18 and 25 January 2015, the heats on 1 and 8 February 2015, the semi-final on 15 February 2015, and the final on 22 February 2015. The season started out with twenty competitors; however, only four made it to the final, where Aminata and her song "Love Injected" was declared the winner. A mix of jury voting and voting from the public decided the qualifiers of the heats and semi-finals; however, only voting from the public decided the winner of the final.
Artist Song Votes Total Place Internet Televote 1 Aminata "Love Injected" 8319 14017 22336 1 2 Mntha "Nefelibata" 3010 7352 10362 4 3 ElektroFolk "Sundance" 2803 7971 10774 3 4 Markus Riva "Take Me Down" 5818 9932 15750 2
2016
Supernova 2016 consisted of two introduction shows, two heats, a semi-final, and a final. The introduction shows took place on 24 and 31 January 2016, the heats on 7 and 14 February 2016, the semi-final on 21 February 2016, and the final on 28 February 2016. The competing artists and their songs were revealed during the second introduction show. The season started out with twenty competitors; however, only four made it to the final, where Justs and his song "Heartbeat" was declared the winner. A mix of jury voting and voting from the public decided the qualifiers of the heats and semi-finals; however, only voting from the public decided the winner of the final.
Artist Song Votes Total Place Internet Televote 1 Catalepsia "Damnation" 5393 13521 18914 2 2 MyRadiantU "We Will Be Stars" 2432 4219 6651 3 3 Justs "Heartbeat" 8995 11730 20725 1 4 Marta Ritova "Not From This World" 1869 3172 5041 4
2017
Supernova 2017 consisted of two introduction shows, two heats, a semi-final, and a final. The introduction shows took place on 22 and 29 January 2017, the heats on 5 and 12 February 2017, the semi-final on 19 February 2017, and the final on 26 February 2017. The competing artists and their songs were revealed on 13 January 2017. The season started out with twenty-two competitors; however, only four made it to the final, where Triana Park and their song "Line" were declared the winners. A mix of jury voting and voting from the public decided the qualifiers of the heats and semi-finals; however, only voting from the public decided the winner of the final. ArtistSongPublic VotePlaceOnlineTelevote/SMSSpotify streams Total 1 Santa Daņeļeviča "Your Breath" 9.29% 13.71% 15.83% 12.94% 4 2 The Ludvig "I'm in Love With You" 15.24% 12.76% 28.95% 18.98% 2 3 My Radiant You "All I Know" 14.73% 15.66% 19.15% 16.52% 3 4 Triana Park "Line" 60.74% 57.87% 36.07% 51.56% 1
2018
Supernova 2018 consisted of two introductory shows and four competition shows. Twenty-one artists competed in this season, which consisted of three semifinals and a final; the top two artists from each semifinal and the next-highest ranked artist from all three semifinals advanced to the final (for a total of seven artists). The first semifinal took place on 3 February, and the second and third semifinals took place on 10 February and 17 February, respectively. Technical voting errors were encountered during the second semifinal; this increased the number of artists in the final to eight. In the final, which was held on 24 February, Laura Rizzotto was declared the winner of the competition after her song "Funny Girl" scored the highest number of votes from the public. ArtistSongTelevotesJury VotesInternet votes Spotify Streams TotalPlace 1 Sudden Lights "Just Fine" 1563 2 2357 28% 4 2 2 Ritvars "Who's Counting?" 488 4 490 11% 10 4 3 Madara "Esamība" 1490 3 2785 18% 7 3 4 Liene Greifane "Walk the Talk" 398 8 800 7% 13 7 5 Lauris Valters "Lovers Bliss" 285 6 366 5% 14 8 6 Edgars Kreilis "Younger Days" 413 5 781 9% 12 6 7 Laura Rizzotto "Funny Girl" 2956 1 5172 12% 2 1 8 Markus Riva "This Time" 2321 7 2839 10% 10 5
2019
Supernova 2019 consisted of three shows. Sixteen artists competed this season, which consisted of two semi-finals and a final; the top four artists from each semi-final advanced to the final (for a total of eight artists). The first semi-final took place on 26 January, while the second semi-final took place on 2 February. In the final, which was held on 16 February, Carousel and their song "That Night" were declared the winners following a mix of jury voting and votes from the Latvian public. ArtistSongJuryPublic TotalPlaceTelevotesInternetSpotifyAlfaTotal 1 Markus Riva "You Make Me So Crazy" 5 23.86% 17.38% 24.48% 42.25% 1 6 2 2 Edgars Kreilis "Cherry Absinthe" 4 3.68% 3.53% 6.30% 1.94% 7 11 6 3 Aivo Oskis "Somebody's Got My Lover" 8 1.22% 0.85% 12.00% 1.94% 8 16 8 4 Double Faced Eels "Fire" 3 5.44% 8.64% 39.46% 11.24% 4 7 4 5 Dziļi Violets feat. Kozmens "Tautasdziesma" 7 13.46% 17.88% 4.59% 17.05% 3 10 5 6 Laime Pilnīga "Awe" 2 18.33% 14.85% 4.80% 6.20% 5 7 3 7 Samanta Tīna "Cutting the Wire" 6 8.73% 10.61% 3.80% 10.85% 6 12 7 8 Carousel "That Night" 1 25.28% 26.26% 4.57% 8.53% 2 3 1
2020
Supernova 2020 consisted of a qualification round and a final. This was the first year, that semi-finals did not happen. 28 artists competed in the qualification round. 9 songs reached a final. In the final, which was held on 8 February, Samanta Tīna with her song "Still Breathing" was declared as the winning song, following a mix of jury and televote.
ArtistSongPublic VotePlace Internet Televote Total 1 Seleste "Like Me" 2.43% 3.31% 2.82%6 2 Driksna "Stay" 1.04% 1.90% 1.42%9 3Katrīna Bindere"I Will Break Your Heart" 1.22% 1.89% 1.52%8 4 Edgars Kreilis "Tridymite" 2.74% 2.11% 2.46%7 5Katrīna Dimanta"Heart Beats" 22.63% 34.98% 28.12%2 6Miks Dukurs"I'm Falling for You" 7.69% 6.93% 7.35%4 7Annna"Polyester" 19.22% 13.84% 16.83%3 8Bad Habits"Sail with You" 3.79% 4.40% 4.06%5 9Samanta Tīna"Still Breathing" 39.24% 30.63% 35.42%1
Following the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Samanta Tīna was internally re-selected to represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, with a new song, "The Moon Is Rising".
2022
Supernova 2022 consisted of a semi-final and a final. In the semi-final, which took place on 5 February, seventeen 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. On 10 February 2022, LTV announced that the song "First Love" performed by Miks Dukurs had been awarded a wildcard to qualify to the final due to technical issues that impacted his semi-final performance. In the final, which was held on 12 February, Citi Zēni were declared the winners following a mix of jury voting and votes from the Latvian public.
Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place VotesPoints 1 Miks Dukurs "First Love"02,11600 11 2 Raum "Plans"53,48627 9 3 Linda Rušeniece "Pay My Own Bills"63,39417 10 4 Bermudu Divstūris "Bad"224,21668 7 5 Miks Galvanovskis "I'm Just a Sinner"716,060512 4 6 Bujāns "He, She, You & Me"338,9241013 3 7 Elīna Gluzunova ""83,572311 5 8 "Eat Your Salad"1250,5661224 1 9 Inspo "A Happy Place"46,43248 8 10 "Rich Itch"126,69278 6 11 Aminata "I'm Letting You Go"1030,983818 2
2023
The semi-final took place on 4 February 2023. In the semi-final, 14 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. Sudden Lights won both the jury and public votes in the final held on 11 February.
Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place VotesPoints 1 Alise Haijima "Tricky" 3 5,607 3 6 8 2 Luīze "You to Hold Me" 2 2,384 1 3 10 3 Raum "Fake Love" 4 6,986 5 9 6 4 Toms Kalderauskis "When It All Falls" 7 2,608 2 9 7 5 Artūrs Hatti "Love Vibes" 1 6,251 4 5 9 6 Patrisha "Hush" 10 50,958 10 20 2 7 Sudden Lights "" 12 66,307 12 24 1 8 24. Avēnija "You Said" 8 8,735 7 15 3 9 Avéi "Let Me Go" 5 8,294 6 11 5 10 Markus Riva "Forever" 6 27,302 8 14 4
2024
The semi-final took place on 3 February 2024. 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. The final took place on 10 February 2024 among the ten entries that advanced from the semi-final. The song with the highest number of votes based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public, "Hollow" by Dons, was declared the winner.
Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place Votes Points 1 "" 10 31,477 10 20 2 2 Avéi "Mine" 4 2,946 3 7 8 3 "Mind Breaker" 1 2,018 2 3 10 4 Katrīna Gupalo "The Cat's Song" 8 17,739 8 16 3 5 Ecto "Outsider" 2 4,915 5 7 7 6 Dons "Hollow" 12 64,845 12 24 1 7 Saint Levića "Tick-Tock" 6 3,487 4 10 5 8 Edvards Strazdiņš "Rock n' Roll Supernova" 3 7,830 6 9 6 9 Funkinbiz "" 5 1,143 1 6 9 10 Alekss Silvers "For the Show" 7 8,285 7 14 4
2025
The semi-final took place on 1 February 2025. 19 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. The final took place on 8 February 2025 among the ten entries that advanced from the semi-final. After combining the number of votes based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public, Citi Zēni, Emilija, and Tautumeitas were tied with eighteen points each, but the latter received the most public votes of the three entries, so the song "" by was declared the winner. This is the first time since Supernova returned and adopted its current voting format in 2022 where the public and the jury did not agree on a winner; Citi Zēni—who won Supernova 2022—won the jury vote, while The Ludvig won the public vote.