The fifth entry that will be competing in Supernova 2025 has been released, “Bigger Than This” by Markus Riva.

Markus Riva is the fifth artist to release the song that he will be competing with in the Latvian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. “Bigger Than This” is the title track from his album which was released today. This is the tenth song that Markus Riva has competed in a Latvian Eurovision selection with having made his first appearance in 2014.

The five acts that have released their songs to date for the Latvian selection for Basel are:

Supernova 2025 will consist of a semi-final and a final. The semi-final will be held on February 1, where a jury and public voting will choose the participants to advance to the final. The final will take place on February 8. The same voting system will be used to select the Latvian entry for Eurovision 2025 in Basel. All of the songs competing in the contest will be revealed on December 4.

The complete line-up of the contest is as follows:

Adelina – “Electric Love”
Chris Noah – “Romance isn’t Dead”
Citi zēni – “Ramtai”
Emilija – “Heartbeat”
Grēta – “Monster”
Julianna – “Something in the Water”
Justs – “Fit Right”
Katrīna Gupalo – “Scarlett Challenger”
KoBra – “Zelts” (Gold)
LEGZDINA & Bel Tempo – “The Water”
LUKA – “Stronger”
Markus Riva – “Bigger Than This”
Marta – “Lovable”
PALÚ – “Delusional”
RĆ«ta DĆ«duma – “Chemical”
Sinerģija – “Bound By The Light”
Tautumeitas – “Bur man laimi” (Bring me luck)
Tepat – “Sadzejot” (By the way)
The Ludvig – “Līgo” (Midsummer)
Toms Kalderauskis – “Domāju, tu nāc” (I think you’re coming)

Dons represented Latvia at Eurovision 2024  with “Hollow” and brought Latvia to the Grand Final for the first time in 8 years. Dons placed 16th in the Grand Final, scoring a total of 64 points.

Image Source: LTV/Lauris VÄ«ksne

Latvia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000, being the last of the Baltic nations to join the contest. On their debut, Brainstorm finished in 3rd place with the song “My Star”. Latvia won the contest for the first and only time in 2002, with Marie N’s “I Wanna”. Latvia only participated in 2002 thanks to the withdrawal of Portugal from the contest, as Latvia’s poor result in 2001 had relegated them from the 2002 contest. Latvia struggled in the contest after 2002, failing to qualify for the final for six years between 2009 and 2014. After a non-qualification streak that lasted 7 years, Latvia eventually qualified in 2024 with Dons and “Hollow”.

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