Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Latvia’s entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was chosen in a final called Eirodziesma, which was held on March 11 following 2 semi-finals in February. The winning entry was the song I Hear Your Heart by the group Cosmos. The song is written by Molly-Ann Leikin & Guntars Račs and composed by Reinis Sējāns & Andris Sējāns. Gimmicks employed by the band on the night (aside from the unusual a cappella) included a rudimentary automaton who danced with the group and a heart-shaped helium balloon that was released from one of the singers' pockets at the end.

Cosmos is a group of six young Latvian performers who sing a cappella. They are Jānis Šipkēvics, Andris Sējans, Juris Lisenko, Jānis Ozols, Jānis Strazdiņš and Reinis Sējāns joining in 2004. Their first album sold 12,000 copies and reaching gold status as well as gaining the title of the best pop-album in Latvia of 2003. They were also triumphant in winning the third international song contest "New Wave 2004." In 2005, Cosmos released their second album "Pa un Par", presenting 16 tracks of Latvian and international songs, as wells as original compositions.

Latvia automatically qualified for the final due to the 2005 performance of Valters and Kazha, and finished 16th with 30 points.

Result of National Final

Position	Song	Singer	Points	Place
1	"I Hear Your Heart"	Cosmos	27,740	1st
2	"Say It Is"	Marts Kristiāns Kalniņš & Melo-Mania	23,948	2nd
3	"I'm Alone"	Jenny May	10,925	3rd

At Eurovision

Points Awarded by Latvia

Semi final

12 points	Russia
10 points	Lithuania
8 points	Finland
7 points	Estonia
6 points	Ukraine
5 points	Sweden
4 points	Ireland
3 points	Poland
2 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 point	Iceland

Final

12 points	Russia
10 points	Lithuania
8 points	Finland
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Norway
5 points	Ukraine
4 points	Ireland
3 points	Germany
2 points	Romania
1 point	United Kingdom

Points Awarded to Latvia (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Lithuania Monaco
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Ireland Ukraine	Estonia	United Kingdom	Russia

Final (by final results)	Finland (winner) Russia Bosnia and Herzegovina Romania Sweden Lithuania Ukraine Armenia Greece Ireland Turkey Macedonia Croatia Germany Norway Switzerland Latvia Denmark United Kingdom Moldova Spain France Israel Malta

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	Albania Andorra Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Estonia Iceland Monaco Netherlands Poland Portugal Slovenia

Artists

Final (by final results)	Lordi Dima Bilan Hari Mata Hari Mihai Trăistariu Carola LT United Tina Karol André Anna Vissi Brian Kennedy Sibel Tüzün Elena Risteska Severina Christine Guldbrandsen Texas Lightning six4one Vocal Group Cosmos Sidsel Ben Semmane Daz Sampson Arsenium feat. Natalia Gordienko & Connect-R Las Ketchup Virginie Pouchain Eddie Butler Fabrizio Faniello

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	Annet Artani Anžej Dežan Ich Troje feat. Real McCoy Jenny Kate Ryan Luiz Ejlli Mariana Popova Nonstop Polina Smolova Sandra Oxenryd Séverine Ferrer Silvia Night Treble

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Hard Rock Hallelujah" "Never Let You Go" "Lejla" "Tornerò" "Invincible" "We Are the Winners" "Show Me Your Love" "Without Your Love" "Everything" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "Süper Star" "Ninanajna" "Moja štikla" "Alvedansen" "No No Never" "I Hear Your Heart" "If We All Give A Little" "Twist of Love" "Teenage Life" "Loca" "Un Blodymary" "Il était temps" "Together We Are One" "I Do"

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	"Amambanda" "Coisas de nada" "Congratulations" "Follow My Heart" "Je t'adore" "La Coco-Dance" "Let Me Cry" "Mr Nobody" "Mum" "Sense tu" "Through My Window" "Why Angels Cry" "Zjarr e ftohtë"

Withdrawn	"Moja ljubavi" "Vous, c'est nous"

(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

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