Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
It won the contest once in 2002 with the song "I Wanna" performed by Marie N. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, it was able to qualify for the final between 2005 and 2008.Since their debut in 2000 until 2012, LTV had organised the selection show Eirodziesma, which was rebranded and retooled as Dziesma in 2013 and 2014.[5] A songwriting camp was also held in Riga in late August 2024 where artists cooperated with musicians from Latvia and Sweden in order to create their songs to be submitted for the competition.[10] On 28 January 2025, it was announced that Grēta Grantiņa had withdrawn her participation due to health problems.19 acts competed and the top ten entries qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a jury panel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.