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Samanta Tina is ‘Still Breathing’ and will represent Latvia at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest

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Samanta Tina has won the Supernova national final and will represent Latvia at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest with her song Still Breathing.

Samanta composed Still Breathing with Aminita Savadogo (who represented Latvia at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest).

The nine songs that took part in the Supernova final were –

  1. Seleste – Like Me
  2. DRIKSNA – Stay
  3. Katrīna Bindere – I Will Break Your Heart
  4. Edgars Kreilis – Tridymite
  5. Katrīna Dimanta – Heart Beats
  6. Miks Dukurs – I’m Falling For You
  7. ANNNA – Polyester
  8. Bad Habits – Sail With You
  9. Samanta Tīna – Still Breathing

You can see Samanta perform her winning song below.

Source: ESC Covers; Eurovision.tv

Carousel/That Night

Carousel to perform ‘That Night’ for Latvia at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

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Carousel {copyright: LTV}

Carousel have won the Supernova national final with That Night and will represent Latvia at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.

Eight acts were in the final –

  1. Markus Riva – You Make Me So Crazy
  2. Edgars Kreilis – Cherry Absinthe
  3. Aivo Oskis – Somebody’s Got My Lover
  4. Double Faced Eels – Fire
  5. Dziļi Violets feat. Kozmens – Tautasdziesma (“Folk song”)
  6. Laime Pilnīga – Awe
  7. Samanta Tīna – Cutting The Wire
  8. Carousel – That Night

Carousel emerged the eventual winners and fly the Latvian flag in Israel in May.

You can see Carousel perform That Night below.

Source: ESC Covers; Eurovision.tv

News roundup

Eurovision: Saturday 26 January 2019 – Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Georgia, Israel

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It was a busy night of Eurovision selections on Saturday 26 January. ESC Covers told you already about France and Malta Here is an update on what happened elsewhere.

LITHUANIA – Here are the qualifiers from Heat 3 of Eurovizijos nacionalinė atranka 2019 –

  • Jurijus – Run With The Lions
  • Monika Marija – Criminal
  • Jurgis DID & Erica Jennings – Sing!
  • Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio Dantys – Mažulė
  • Cheri – Again
  • Jurgis Brūzga – CTRL ALT DELETE

LATVIA – Here are the qualifiers from Heat 1 of the 2019 Supernova –

  • Samanta Tina – Cutting the Wire 
  • Edgars Kreilis – Cherry Absinthe
  • Aivo Oskis – Somebody’s Got My Lover
  • Laime Pilnīga – Awe

HUNGARY – Here are the acts that made it from Heat 2 of the 2019 A Dal –

  •  Fatal Error
  • Acoustic Planet
  • The Middletonz
  • Bence Vavra
  • The Sign
  • yesyes

GEORGIA – Georgian Idol began and the 8 acts continuing are –

  • Ikako Aleksidze
  • Dima Kobeshavidze
  • Liza Kalandadze
  • Nini Tsnobiladze
  • Giorgi Pruidze
  • Giorgi Nakashidze
  • Oto Nemsadze
  • Tamar Lachkhepiani

Unfortunately, two acts left the competition – Beso Nemsadze and Mariam Kakhelishvili.

ISRAEL – One act leaves HaKokhav HaBa L’Eurovizion 2019 –

Danielle Mazuz is the latest singer to be eliminated from the competition.

Source: ESC Covers; Eurovision.tv; eurovoix