Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Eleven songs ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 12 February 2022 where a public televote and a seven-member jury panel selected "Eat Your Salad" performed by Citi Zēni as the winner.Latvia had failed to qualify to the final for four consecutive years since 2017 including with their 2021 entry "The Moon Is Rising" performed by Samanta Tīna.All shows in the competition took place at the LTV studios in Riga, hosted by Ketija Šēnberga and 2003 Latvian Eurovision entrant Lauris Reiniks and broadcast on LTV1 as well as online via the streaming platform Replay.lv.[12] Among the artists competing in the online vote was Katrīna Dimanta who represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as part of Aarzemnieki.In the semi-final 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.[18] On 22 March, Citi Zēni released the official music video for "Eat Your Salad", which was directed by Niklāvs Vētra, produced by Mārtiņš Goldbergs and Elīna Sargune, and choreographed by Beāte Svarinska with support from the Riga Tourism Development Bureau LiveRiga.[24] On 9 April, Citi Zēni performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Edsilia Rombley.[25] On 16 April, Citi Zēni performed during the PrePartyES 2022 event which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid, Spain and hosted by Ruth Lorenzo.[28] The band also released several acoustic and drum covers of former and 2022 Eurovision songs prior to the contest, including a performance recreation of the 2002 Latvian winning entry "I Wanna" performed by Marie N.[29][30][31] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final.This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.[41] The individual rankings of each jury member in an anonymised form as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.
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