Latvian broadcaster, LTV, has revealed its broadcast plans and commentators for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
All three shows of Eurovision 2025 will be broadcast on LTV1 and REplay.lv. Toms Grēviņš will once again provide commentary, with Marija Naumova joining him for the Grand Final. Marija won the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 under the stage name Marie N with “I Wanna”.
In addition to the live shows, LTV will also broadcast other various programs. The documentary, ABBA: The Road to Success, about the former Swedish Eurovision winners from 1974 will be broadcast on Monday, May 10 at 21:10 (EET) on LTV1.
Ahead of Semi-Final Two on Thursday, May 15, a special Eurovision episode of the show, Gudrs, vēl gudrāks, will be broadcast. The show will feature artists who have competed in previous editions of the Latvian national selection, Supernova. The artists include The Ludvig, Patrisha, Marats Ogļezņevs, Marta Krampe, Normunds Jakušonoks and Emilija Bērziņa.
The live discussion program, Iesūpo Erovīziju!, will air before the Grand Final on May 17 at 21:10 (EET) on LTV1, where the songs in this year’s contest will be analysed and evaluated, as well as featuring a live update from the Latvian delegation in Basel. The program will be hosted by former Eurovision participant, Jānis Pētersons, part of the group, Citi Zēni (Latvia 2022), together with Dons (Latvia 2024) and DJ Rudd.
On LTV’s youth platform on YouTube, LTV16plus, a special Eurovision-themed episode of the program, Atpakaļmetiens, will be made available, where young people will look back on Latvian Eurovision performances from previous years.
Latvian representatives at Eurovision 2025, Tautumeitas, is an all female group consisting of six vocalists and instrumentalists. Their song “Bur man laimi” is entirely in Latvian. They will perform fourth in Semi-Final Two on May 15. Find out more about the group below:
🇱🇻 Latvia: Who Are Tautumeitas?
We had the chance to speak to Tautumeitas at the London Eurovision Party. You can watch the interview here:
Source: LSM | Image source: LTV/Lauris Vīksne
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 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 in a row 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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