Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Participating broadcasterLatvijas Televīzija (LTV)
Country Latvia
National selection
Selection processEirodziesma 2001
Selection date(s)24 February 2001
Selected artist(s)Arnis Mednis
Selected song"Too Much"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Arnis Mednis
  • Gustavs Terzens
Finals performance
Final result18th, 16 points
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2000 • 2001 • 2002►

Latvia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Too Much", written by Arnis Mednis and Gustavs Terzens, and performed by Arnis Mednis himself. The Latvian participating broadcaster, Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), organised the national final Eirodziesma 2001 in order to select the its entry for the contest. Ten songs were selected to compete in the national final on 24 February 2001 where a public televote and four thematical jury groups selected "Too Much" performed by Arnis Mednis as the winner.

Latvia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2001. Performing during the show in position 9, Latvia placed eighteenth out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 16 points.

Background

Main article: Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2001 contest, Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Latvia once, with the song "My Star" performed by Brainstorm which placed 3rd.[1] As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, LTV organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster has selected its entry in 2000 through the national selection show Eirodziesma, a selection procedure that was continued in order to select its entry for the 2001 contest.[2]

Before Eurovision

Eirodziesma 2001

Eirodziesma 2001 was the second edition of Eirodziesma, the music competition organised by LTV to selects its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. 45 entries were submitted for the competition following the submission deadline on 11 December 2000 and a jury panel appointed by LTV selected ten entries.[3][4] The ten competing artists and songs were announced during an introductory show that was broadcast on 27 January 2001.[5]

LTV held the national final at its television studios in Zaķusala, Riga on 24 February 2001, hosted by Horens Stalbe and Dita Torstere and broadcast on LTV1 as well as online via the broadcaster's Eurovision Song Contest website eirovizija.tv.lv.[2][6][7] The song with the highest number of votes based on the combination of votes from four thematical jury groups (4/5) and the Latvian public (1/5), "Too Much" performed by Arnis Mednis, was declared the winner.[8][9][10]

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Linda Leen and Lauris Reiniks "I Wish I Knew" Lauris Reiniks 32 12,463 8 40 2
2 Tumsa "It's Not the End" Mārtiņš Freimanis 32 8,520 4 36 4
3 Madara Celma and Kristaps Krievkalns "Staying Alive" Kristaps Krievkalns, Madara Celma 9 1,897 1 10 9
4 Yana Kay "Falling Into You" Yana Kay 18 12,390 7 25 7
5 Labvēlīgais tips "Koka klucis Konstantīns" Labvēlīgais tips, Andris Freidenfelds 27 10,899 6 33 6
6 Marija Naumova "Hey, Boy, Follow Me" Marija Naumova 26 35,305 12 38 3
7 Credo "Cita tautasdziesma" Armands Alksnis 7 5,569 3 10 9
8 Gunārs Kalniņš "Diamonds and Pearls" Gunārs Kalniņš, Guntars Račs 18 3,755 2 20 8
9 Shake and Bake "Spirit of Love" Shake and Bake, Jānis Stībelis 31 9,005 5 36 4
10 Arnis Mednis "Too Much" Arnis Mednis, Gustavs Terzens 32 16,994 10 42 1
Detailed Jury Votes
Draw Song
Musicians
Industry
Cultural
International
 Total
1 "I Wish I Knew" 8 7 10 7 32
2 "It's Not the End" 5 12 5 10 32
3 "Staying Alive" 1 2 4 2 9
4 "Falling Into You" 2 5 6 5 18
5 "Koka klucis Konstantīns" 6 6 7 8 27
6 "Hey, Boy, Follow Me" 3 8 3 12 26
7 "Cita tautasdziesma" 4 1 1 1 7
8 "Diamonds and Pearls" 7 3 2 6 18
9 "Spirit of Love" 12 4 12 3 31
10 "Too Much" 10 10 8 4 32
Members of the Jury[11]
Jury Members
Musicians
  • Jānis Lūsēns – composer
  • Raimonds Macats – musician
  • Aigars Krēsla – musician
Music industry personnel
  • Jānis Šipkēvics – program director of Radio SWH
  • Ojārs Grasmanis – Head of Pasadena Group Promotion”
  • Helvijs Stengrēvics – businessman and musician
Cultural workers
  • Rolands Tjarve – General Director of LTV
  • Dzintris Kolāts – General Director of Latvijas Radio
  • Vija Virtmane – Director of the Cultural Policy Department of the Latvian Ministry of Culture
International members
  • Lars Salls (Denmark) – commercial attaché at the Embassy of Denmark in Latvia
  • Edward van de Vendel (Netherlands) – poet and lyricist
  • Mi Saraskoski (Finland) – producer and music manager

Promotion

To promote "Too Much" as the Latvian Eurovision entry, Arnis Mednis performed during the Lithuanian Eurovision national final on 9 March 2001.[12]

At Eurovision

Photo of the exterior of Parken Stadium in Copenhagen.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 took place at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 took place at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 12 May 2001.[13] The relegation rules introduced for the 1997 contest were again utilised ahead of the 2001 contest, based on each country's average points total in previous contests. The 23 participants were made up of the host country, the "Big Four" countries (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom), and the 12 countries with the highest average scores between the 1996 and 2000 contests competed in the final.[14] On 21 November 2000, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Latvia was set to perform in position 9, following the entry from Lithuania and before the entry from Croatia.[15] Latvia finished in eighteenth place scoring 16 points.[16][17]

The contest was broadcast in Latvia on LTV1 featuring commentary by Kārlis Streips. LTV appointed Renārs Kaupers as its spokesperson to announce the results of the Latvian televote during the final.

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Latvia and awarded by Latvia in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Estonia in the contest.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Latvia Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Eirodziesma 2001".
  3. ^ Bakker, Sietse (17 November 2003). "69 songs for Latvian national final 2004". Esctoday. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Rules of national competition of the international Eurovision song contest (angliski)". eirovizija.tv.lv. Archived from the original on 2 April 2001. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Latvia go for victory in 2001". Archived from the original on 17 April 2001.
  6. ^ "45.Starptautiskais Eirovīzijas dziesmu konkurss". eirovizija.tv.lv (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 21 February 2001. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Eirovizija.tv.lv statistika". eirovizija.tv.lv (in Latvian). 11 September 2001. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  8. ^ "LATVIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2001".
  9. ^ "Oficiālie rezultāti". eirovizija.tv.lv (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 8 April 2001. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Skatītāju balsojums". eirovizija.tv.lv (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 5 April 2001. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Konkursa žūrija". eirovizija.tv.lv (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 6 April 2001.
  12. ^ "На "Евровидении" Литву будет представлять группа Skamp". Baltic News Service (in Russian). 12 March 2001.
  13. ^ "Copenhagen 2001–Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Rules of the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest" (PDF). European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  15. ^ "RULES OF THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2001" (PDF). Myledbury.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest". Esc-history.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  18. ^ "Latvia 2001". ESC-History. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  19. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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