Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Latvia selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 using the Eirodziesma 2007 format, on 24 February 2007. Prior to the final, there were 10 participants competing in the two semi-finals held on 27 January 2007 and 3 February 2007. The top 5 songs qualified to the final by a 50/50 jury vote and televote. In the final, the top three song proceeded towards the super-final. The opera group, Bonaparti.lv won the competition with a convincing amount of televotes. "Questa Notte" is a song in the Italian language, which finished sixteenth in the final competition, with 54 points.

The final of Eirodziesma took place on 24 February in Ventspils, with semi finals on 27 January and 3 February. LTV received 106 entries, which were narrowed down to 20 songs on 11 December 2006.

Result of National Final

**Final - 24 February**
Draw	Artist	Song	Round 1	Round 2	Place
1	Intars Busulis	"Gonki"	13,219	16,676	2
2	Robert Wells, Johnny Salamander & Meldra	"The legends of rock'n roll"	3,728	-	7
3	Red Bee	"Can’t buy good lovin'"	2,002	-	10
4	Lenii	"Take off Your Mask"	10,477	-	4
5	Gunārs Kalniņš & Jolanda Suvorova	"What a love can do to me"	12,776	13,838	3
6	Re:public	"Home"	5,945	-	6
7	Ksenija	"You are losing me"	2,635	-	9
8	Bonaparti.lv	"Questa Notte"	32,900	49,422	1
9	Klaidonis & Linita	"My vow to you"	6,702	-	5
10	Igeta & Project Bradans	"Dundari dandari"	3,329	-	8

Semifinals

Semi Final 1

Beate - "I Will"
Elli U - "Trans-European Express"
Red Bee - "Can't Buy Good Lovin'"
re:public - "Home"
Ēnas - "Always"
Iveta Baumane - "In Our Life"
Gunārs Kalniņš & Jolanda Suvorova - "What A Love Can Do To Me"
Igete Gaiķe - "Dundari Dandari"
H2O - "Boys Never Tell They're Sorry"
Liene Šomase - "Take Off Your Mask"

Semi Final 2

Intars Busulis - "Гонки (Races)"
VIA Meitenes - "Little Bit Of This"
Johnny Salamander & Meldra - "The Legends Of Rock N' Roll"
Morning After - "Bye My Baby, Bye"
Bonaparti.lv - "Questa Notte"
Aisha - "Close Your Eyes"
Kesija - "You Are Losing Me"
Stacey - "Feels Like Heaven"
Klaidonis and Linita - "My Vow To You"
Elli U - "Always And Forever"

Eurovision

Points Awarded to Latvia (Semi-Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Estonia Ireland Lithuania Malta Poland	Israel	Belgium Portugal United Kingdom	Netherlands Norway Slovenia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Cyprus Denmark Georgia Iceland Romania	Croatia Hungary	Czech Republic Finland Ukraine	Belarus Moldova Russia Switzerland	Austria Greece Sweden

Points Awarded to Latvia (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Estonia Ireland Lithuania			Slovenia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Malta United Kingdom	Netherlands Norway	Romania	Poland

Final (by final results)	Serbia (winner) Ukraine Russia Turkey Bulgaria Belarus Greece Armenia Hungary Moldova Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia Romania Macedonia Slovenia Latvia Finland Sweden Germany Spain Lithuania France United Kingdom Ireland

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	Albania Andorra Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Iceland Israel Malta Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Switzerland

Artists

Final (by final results)	Marija Šerifović Verka Serduchka Serebro Kenan Doğulu Elitsa & Stoyan Dmitry Koldun Sarbel Hayko Magdi Rúzsa Natalia Barbu Maria Sopho Todomondo Karolina Alenka Gotar Bonaparti.lv Hanna The Ark Roger Cicero D'Nash 4Fun Les Fatals Picards Scooch Dervish

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	Anonymous DJ BoBo DQ Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić Edsilia Rombley Eiríkur Hauksson Eric Papilaya Evridiki Frederik Ndoci Gerli Padar Guri Schanke Kabát Olivia Lewis Sabrina Stevan Faddy Teapacks The Jet Set The KMG's

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Molitva" "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" "Song #1" "Shake It Up Şekerim" "Water" "Work Your Magic" "Yassou Maria" "Anytime You Need" "Unsubstantial Blues" "Fight" "Rijeka bez imena" "Visionary Dream" "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" "Mojot svet" "Cvet z juga" "Questa notte" "Leave Me Alone" "The Worrying Kind" "Frauen regier'n die Welt" "I Love You Mi Vida" "Love or Leave" "L'amour à la française" "Flying the Flag (for You)" "They Can't Stop the Spring"

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	"'Ajde, kroči" "Comme ci, comme ça" "Dança comigo" "Drama Queen" "Get a Life - Get Alive" "Hear My Plea" "Love Power" "Malá dáma" "On Top of the World" "Partners in Crime" "Push the Button" "Salvem el món" "Time to Party" "Valentine Lost" "Vampires Are Alive" "Ven a bailar conmigo" "Vertigo" "Vjerujem u ljubav"

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

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