Eurovision Song Contest Final / Article

The final of the 65th International Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 22 May, with 26 Member States competing for the victory.

The final of the competition will be commented on the LTV air by the DJ, radio and television host Toms Grēviņš and the singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2002 – Marija Naumova.

Information on how to watch live competitions outside Latvia can be found Eurovision website.

Musicians from Norway, Israel, Russia, Azerbaijan, Malta, Lithuania, Cyprus, Sweden, Belgium and Ukraine qualified for the finals in the first semi-final, which took place on May 18. In the second semi-final on May 20, participants representing Albania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Portugal, Iceland, San Marino, Switzerland, Greece and Finland qualified for the final. In addition to participating in the semi-finals, the representative of the previous winning country – the Netherlands – as well as the musicians representing the so-called “Big Five” – ​​France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Great Britain – automatically qualify.

Latvia was represented at Eurovision this year by Samantha Tina with the song “The Moon Is Rising”, but after participating in the second semi-final, she did not qualify for the final.

The winner will be determined by the combined vote of the international jury and the audience – Latvia will also give its assessment. The audience vote will be opened after the last Member State performs in the final show. It will be possible to vote by calling 902013XX or by sending an SMS to 1897 with the text XX (instead of XX, putting the serial number of the Member State in question from 01 to 26). Call / SMS fee 0.43 euros (with VAT). As always, viewers will not be able to vote for their country.

Sequence of Eurovision finalists

1. Elena Tsagrinou – “The Devil” (Kipra)

2. Angela Peristeri – “Karma” (Albania)

3. Eden Alene – “Set Me Free” (Izraēla)

4. “Hooverphonic” – “The Wrong Place” (Beļģija)

5. Manizha – “Russian Woman” (Krievija)

6. Destiny – “Je Me Casse” (Malta)

7. “The Black Mamba” – “Love Is On My Side” (Portugāle)

8. “Hurricane” – Loco Loco (Serbija)

9. James Newman – “Embers” (Great Britain)

10. Stefania – Last Dance (Greece)

11. “Gjon’s Tears” – “The Whole Universe” (Šveice)

12. “Daði og Gagnamagnið” – “10 Years” (Iceland)

13. Blas sang – “I’m going to stay” (Spānija)

14. Natalia Gordienko – “Sugar” (Moldova)

15. Jendrik – “I Don’t Feel Hate” (Germany)

16. “Blind Channel” – “Dark Side” (Somija)

17. Victoria – “Growing Up Is Getting Old” (Bulgārija)

18. “The Roop” – “Discoteque” (Lietuva)

19. “Go_A” – “Shum” (Ukraina)

20. Barbara Pravi – “Voilà” (France)

21. Efendi – Mata Hari (Azerbaijan)

22. TIX – Fallen Angel (Norway)

23. Jeangu Macrooy – “Birth Of A New Age” (Nīderlande)

24. “Måneskin” – “Shut Up And Good” (Itālija)

25. Tusse – Voices (Sweden)

26. Senhit – Adrenaline (San Marino)

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CONTEXT:

Due to the new coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest was canceled. It was planned to take place in Rotterdam, as the Dutch representative Duncan Lawrence won the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2019 with the ballad “Arcade”, winning the right of the Netherlands to hold the next competition. The Netherlands will exercise this right in 2021.

The rules of Eurovision stipulate that the representatives of the countries nominated in 2020 may participate in the 2021 competition, but not with the song that won last year. Samanta Tīna, the winner of the Latvian national selection competition “Supernova” in 2020, also went to Rotterdam ar dziesmu “The Moon is Rising”. She participated in the second semi-final of the competition on May 20, but did not qualify for the final.

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