Latvia in Eurovision Choir

The participation of Latvia in Eurovision Choir began in Riga, Latvia, at the Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017. Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are responsible for the selection process of their participants, for their debut in 2017. Spīgo was the first representative to participate for the nation at the 2017 edition after winning the national selection show entitled Latvija Dzied (Latvia Sings) on 29 April 2017.

Latvia
Member stationLatvijas Televīzija (LTV)
National selection events
  • National Final
    Latvija Dzied
    2017
Participation summary
Appearances2
First appearance2017
Best result2nd (2019)
Worst result3rd (2017)
For the most recent participation see
Latvia in Eurovision Choir 2017

Origins of the event

The Eurovision Choir of the Year is a new event being launched by the EBU, and the latest event to be launched since the Eurovision Magic Circus Show. The event will consist of non-professional choirs who are members of the EBU, with the inaugural contest scheduled to take place on 22 July 2017, hosted by the Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), and to coincide with the closing ceremony of the European Choir Games 2017.[1] The event will be officially confirmed on 30 November 2016 depending on a reasonable amount of interest from active members of the European Broadcasting Union.[2]

History

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced on 8 August 2016 that they were going to develop a new show to join the existing Eurovision Family of Events.[3] The event was officially confirmed on 30 November 2016,[4] with Latvia chosen to host the inaugural event scheduled to take place on 22 July 2017.[5]

On 14 February 2017, it was confirmed that the inaugural contest would take place at the Arena Riga, located in the Latvian capital.[6] The arena is primarily used for ice hockey, basketball and concerts. Riga Arena holds a maximum of 14,500 and was completed in 2006. It was built to be used as one of the venues for the 2006 IIHF World Championship, the other being Skonto Arena. It has been home to the Kontinental Hockey League club Dinamo Riga since 2008. During the years the Arena has also hosted many well-known artists from all over the world. The arena hosted the 'D' group of Eurobasket 2015.[6]

A national selection show entitled Latvija Dzied (Latvia Sings), took place on 29 April 2017, in which the choir who will represent the host country, Latvia, was be chosen.[7] The young female choral group Spīgo, conducted by Līga Celma–Kursiete, won the national selection.[8]

Participation
Table key

 1st place   2nd place   3rd place   Last place 

Year Choir Song(s) Language Place
2017 Spīgo "Grezna saule debesīs"
"Es čigāna meita biju"		 Latvian 3
2019 Babite Municipality Mixed Choir Maska[9] "Pērkontēvs”,
"Come, God!"		 Latvian 2

Broadcasts

Commentators

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Eurovision Choir of the Year website eurovisionchoir.tv and YouTube. The Latvian broadcaster, LTV, will send their own commentator to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Latvian language.[5]

Year(s) Commentator(s)
2017 Edgars Raginskis
2019 Kristīne Komarovska and Jānis Holšteins-Upmanis[10]

Hostings
Year Location Venue Presenters
2017 Riga Arena Riga Eva Ikstena and Eric Whitacre[11]

See also

References
  1. Granger, Anthony (8 August 2016). "EBU to launch "Choir of the Year" contest". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. Trustram, Matthew. "Choir of the Year 2017". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. Granger, Anthony (8 August 2016). "EBU to launch "Choir of the Year" contest". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. Trustram, Matthew. "Choir of the Year 2017". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. Granger, Anthony (28 February 2017). "Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017 officially launched". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  6. Granger, Anthony (14 February 2017). "Choir of the Year 2017 details to be released later this month". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  7. Granger, Anthony (29 March 2017). "Latvia: "Latvija Dzied!" to select Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017 participant". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  8. Granger, Anthony (29 April 2017). "Latvia Spīgo selected to competeat Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  9. "Latviju starptautiskajā konkursā «Eirovīzijas koris» pārstāvēs koris «Maska»" (in Latvian). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  10. Granger, Anthony (1 August 2019). "Latvia: Kristīne Komarovska and Jānis Holšteins-Upmanis to Commentate on Eurovision Choir 2019". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  11. Granger, Anthony (27 February 2017). "Seven countries to compete in Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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