Samantha Tina does not make it to the Eurovision final; Latvia is left behind for the 4th time in a row / Article

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The second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest took place on 20 May. Latvian representative Samanta Tīna climbed the stage with the number 15 and performed the song “The Moon Is Rising”, but did not reach the final of the competition. –

The fight for victory in Eurovision will continue with participants representing Albania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Portugal, Iceland, San Marino, Switzerland, Greece and Finland.

In the first semifinalsOn May 18, musicians from Norway, Israel, Russia, Azerbaijan, Malta, Lithuania, Cyprus, Sweden, Belgium and Ukraine qualified for the finals.

The finalists were determined by the viewers and jury of 17 members of this semi-final, as well as France, Spain and Great Britain. The Eurovision Song Contest was attended not only by accredited media representatives, but also by a limited number of viewers.

Participants of the second semi-final:

1. Senhit – Adrenaline (San Marino)

2. Uku Suviste – “The Lucky One” (Estonia)

3. Benny Cristo – Omaga (Czech Republic)

4. Stefania – “Last Dance” (Greece)

5. Vincent Bueno – “Amen” (Austrija)

6. Rafał – “The Ride” (Polija)

7. Natalia Gordienko – “Sugar” (Moldova)

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

9. “Hurricane” – Loco Loco (Serbija)

10. Tornike Kipiani – “You” (Gruzija)

11. Angela Peristeri – “Karma” (Albania)

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

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

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

15. Samanta Tīna – “The Moon Is Rising” (Latvia)

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

17. “Fire And Flame” – “Practice Us On Each Other” (Dānija)

65. The final of the Eurovision Song Contest will take place on May 22 in Rotterdam’s “Ahoy” arena, it will be available on LTV and live on the LSM portal from 22.00.

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

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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, has also gone to Rotterdam ar dziesmu “The Moon is Rising”. She will participate in the second semi-final of the competition on May 20.

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