Having listened to the Latvian entries (all 20 of them) I was rather stunned at what I considered to be the high quality of most of them. Imagine my dismay when scouring the various Eurovision forums where very few shared my opinion. Now, I'm not suggesting I heard any potential winners here, far from it, but I felt the standard was very high and I'm not impressed with the general concencus of opinion "Boring" "Snoozefest" "Ordinary". I have heard a hell of a lot worse over the years!! I do agree with one thing, there could have been a couple of Lavian language efforts to vary the content.
The only entry that seems to gaining any favour is one of the very few I ditched before the 3 minutes were up, so poor did I consider it. Lauris Reiniks, who I remember as one member of F.L.Y., has returned as a soloist with a song entitled "Banjo Laura". I hate it. I can only think that it is his popularity in Latvia that is carrying him on, because the song is awful. If it should get the Latvian nod then it is a certain non-qualifier (surely Latvian TV aren't still paying for Marie Ns win of years ago....). I would wager good money that the winner will be found elsewhere.
Narrowed it down to three I like:
"Live On!" - Oksana Lepska
"Cinderella" - Ivo Grisnins-Grislis
"Summer Night" - The Secretz
The songs are all here: Latvian Pre Selection
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No EuroNite this week due to a late work finish, back to normal on Wednesday 29th December.
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