Latvia in Honourvision Song Contest 1

Latvia participated in the Honourvision Song Contest 1 in Malmo, Sweden. They internally selected their entry, with Samanta Tīna as their country's representative with the song "I Got The Power". The song was written by Samanta Tina & Aminata Savadogo.

Background
Samanta Tīna has represented the country in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021, receiving last place overall. She attempted 6 times to go to the Eurovision Song Contest, proving her determination to represent her country. She is one of the most successful Latvian artists in history.

Before Honourvision
Latvia was not set to participate in the first edition of the Honourvision Song Contest, but after the withdrawal of Moldova, Latvia was allowed to participate, being the 48th country confirmed to enter. The Latvian broadcaster announced that they were to choose their entry internally. It was later revealed that Samanta Tīna would represent Latvia with her song "I Got The Power", written by her and Aminata Savadogo.

In the odds, Latvia was predicted to get last place in the Semi Final, as well as being at the bottom of the overall odds.

At Honourvision
Latvia participated in Semi Final 1 of the first edition of the Honourvision Song Contest. The running order was decided by the director of Honourvision, Onur, putting Latvia 1st in the running order. This means that it was the first ever performance in Honourvision history.

Voting
The voting points stayed the same as Eurovision, with each country giving out points 1-8, 10 & 12. The one major difference in the voting was that countries in the other semi final could vote as televote. There were no special jury performances, as everyone judged the same video. The jury were not enforced to judge like juries in Eurovision, as they judged by their own liking of the entries.


 * Televote results were not recorded for Semi Finals

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