The Latvian Public Broadcaster has announced a new format for Supernova 2026, and opened the window to submit entries to the competition.
LSM, the Latvian national broadcaster, has revealed today the new format for Supernova 2026, the national final that will choose a representative for Latvia at Eurovision 2026 in Austria. For the first time since 2019, this year’s Supernova will consist of two semi-finals and a final over the course of three weeks.
The semi-finals will take place on January 31 and February 7, while the final will take place on February 14. Across the two semi-finals, 10 entries will qualify for the final. LSM also added that they will be allowed to award a wildcard to one entry that did not originally qualify for the final.
The song submission window is open from today August 1 at 07:00 CEST, and will close on October 1 at 22:59 CEST. LSM will release the name of the artists and their competing entries in November. Like in previous years, the songs will be selected by a jury made up of independent music and entertainment industry experts.
People not residing in Latvia have the opportunity to participate in the competition as songwriters, music authors or phonogram producers, but the percentage of copyright and related rights in the submitted song to non-residents may not exceed 49% of the total relevant rights. More regulation are available on the LSM wesbite.
Tautumeitas represented Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with “Bur man laimi”. Latvia finished 13th in the final scoring 158 points, including 12 points from the juries of Denmark, Lithuania and the United Kingdom, and 12 points from the public in Lithuania. This was Latvia’s best result in the contest since 2015.
Image source: Alma Bengtsson / EBU | Source: LSM
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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Posted by:Davide Conte
News Editor here, polyglot who wants to learn too many languages in real life. Italy based, European raised, currently enjoying Ireland’s seven victories. My first Eurovision was Tel Aviv 2019, but I managed to become a huge nerd in a very short time. Don’t ask me what my favourite entry is, I have too many.