Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Latvia
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	February 26, 2005
Selected entrant	Valters & Kaža
Selected song	"The War Is Not Over"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (10th, 85 points)
Final result	5th, 153 points
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Latvia was represented by Valters & Kaža in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "The War Is Not Over". It placed tenth in the semi-final and fifth at the Eurovision Final giving Latvia its third-best position ever in the contest.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held on 26 February 2005 in Ventspils, hosted by Elvis Jansons and Ija Circene. The winner was chosen in two rounds of televoting - the first to select the top 3 and the second to select the winner. Valters & Kaža won the event with "The War Is Not Over". The song is written and composed by Mārtiņš Freimanis.

First Round – 26 February 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Prego	"We Are One"	1,844	6
2	Valters & Kaža	"The War Is Not Over"	—	—
3	Ella & Marizo	"Sing With Me"	1,790	7
4	Flash	"In Your Arms"	622	9
5	Ksenija	"In the Heat of the Night"	—	—
6	Agnese & Intars	"Sing it! Swing it!"	—	—
7	Iedomu Sparni	"No Way Back"	2,344	5
8	Nicol	"A Woman To Love"	1,546	8
9	Amber	"Dance Together"	486	10
10	Marta	"Loving, missing, crying"	6,977	4

Second Round – 26 February 2005
Draw	Singer	Song	Televote	Place
1	Valters & Kaža	"The War Is Not Over"	28,214 (50%)	1
2	Ksenija	"In the Heat of the Night"	8,308 (15%)	3
3	Agnese & Intars	"Sing it! Swing it!"	20,318 (36%)	2

At Eurovision

Because Latvia failed to qualify in 2004 country was forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final. They performed 5th, following Moldova and preceding the Monaco "The War Is Not Over" qualified for the final by placing 10th in the semi-final and scoring 85 points. At the Contest final,Latvia performed 23rd, following Switzerland and preceding the France it placed fifth with 153 points.Meaning that Latvia automatically qualified for the final in the 2006 contest..

The spokesperson who revealed Latvia's votes for other countries was the 2002 Contest winner and 2003 Contest host Marie N.[1]

Points awarded by Latvia[2]

Semi final

12 points	Estonia
10 points	Moldova
8 points	Lithuania
7 points	Switzerland
6 points	Norway
5 points	Hungary
4 points	Croatia
3 points	Belarus
2 points	Denmark
1 point	Poland

Final

12 points	Switzerland
10 points	Russia
8 points	Moldova
7 points	Croatia
6 points	Norway
5 points	Malta
4 points	Denmark
3 points	Hungary
2 points	Israel
1 point	Serbia and Montenegro

Points awarded to Latvia (semi-final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Lithuania Malta	Estonia		Belarus Croatia	Ireland Israel Slovenia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Denmark	Portugal	Norway	Cyprus Iceland Ukraine	Russia

Points awarded to Latvia (final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Ireland Lithuania Moldova	Andorra Estonia Malta	Norway	Croatia Germany Slovenia	Belarus Denmark Israel Portugal United Kingdom
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Belgium Russia	Finland Poland	Iceland Sweden		Cyprus Greece Hungary Ukraine

References

Philips, Roel (2005-05-17). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 2005-12-19. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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[1] Philips, Roel (2005-05-17). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 2005-12-19. Retrieved 2009-04-28.

[2] Eurovision Song Contest 2005