For Latvia’s Dziesma finalists, the big moment is almost here. This Saturday Latvia will decide which artist and song will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest. Our Austrian…
On the 22nd of February, Latvia decides which song should represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. Patrick Melbler, our Austrian correspondent, spent last weekend catching up…
Last weekend Latvian voters sent 12 acts through to the final of Dziesma 2014, the Latvian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The dozen finalists are now busy preparing for the big…
The line-up for the Dziesma 2014 final is now complete. Twelve artists will complete in Ventspils on February 22, all hoping to get Latvia back into the Eurovision final for…
Eurovision fans with mutliple computers will need to put all of them to use tonight. That’s because it’s Super Saturday! Tonight Switzerland and Finland will stage their national finals, while…
On Saturday the first semi-final of Dziesma 2014, the Latvian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, finally kicks off. All singers are busy perfecting their performances and squeezing into their tightest pants.…
Edmunds Rasmanis and Ralfs Eilands—the Latvian duo better known as PeR—are rocking the Freddie Mercury look at Eurovision 2013. They caught up with wiwiblogger Deban Aderemi after the second rehearsal…
Ralfs Eilands and Edmunds Rasmanis—the Latvian duo better known as PeR—are two cool cucumbers. While other contestants performing at the London Eurovision Party rushed to their sound checks last Sunday,…
Today the Wiwi Jury—our in-house panel of music un-professionals—trekked to Riga to soak up the post-Soviet atmosphere and to review “Here We Go” from Grupa PeR. Did Ralfa Eilanda and…
Read the lyrics to PeR’s “Here We Go”—Latvia’s entry for ESC 2013. PeR will compete in the second semi-final on May 16. We suspect they won’t be performing in the…
Latvian voters are determined to stay out of the Eurovision final for a fifth year running. That’s the only way to explain why they chose PeR’s “Here We Go”. We…
Deban: Anmary’s “Beautiful Song” has improved a lot since February. The official music video played a part in this. Also, Anmary has been on the road non-stop, and the familiarity…