Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Latvia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 20 times since making its debut at the contest in 2000, where the group Brainstorm finished third with the song "My Star". Latvia won the contest in 2002, with Marie N and the song "I Wanna", defeating Malta by 12 points. Latvia is the second former Soviet country to win the contest. The 2003 contest was held in the Latvian capital Riga. The country achieved its third top 10 result in, when Walters and Kazha finished fifth with "The War Is Not Over".
Latvia did not participate in the final from 2009 to 2014, when they failed to qualify from the semi-finals for six consecutive years, including finishing last on three occasions, in 2009, 2010 and 2013. Latvia qualified for the final for the first time since at the contest with Aminata and the song "Love Injected". Her sixth place in the final is Latvia's fourth top 10 finish and best result in the contest since 2005. Latvia made its 10th appearance in the final in.
Contestants
Latvia has had seventeen Eurovision entries since its debut. All of Latvia's entries have been performed in English, except for three entries. In 2004 Fomins & Kleins performed "Dziesma par laimi" in Latvian, in 2007 Bonaparti.lv performed Questa Notte in Italian and in 2009 Intars Busulis, having won Eirodziesma 2009 with "Sastrēgums" in Latvian, performed the song in Russian as "Probka".To select the 2017 Latvian Eurovision entry, Spotify data was included in national Eurovision vote.
| 1 | Winner |
| 2 | Second place |
| 3 | Third place |
| ◁ | Last place |
| X | Entry selected but did not compete |
Hostings
| Year | Location | Venue | Presenters |
| Riga | Skonto Hall | Marija Naumova and Renārs Kaupers |
Related involvement
Heads of delegation
Commentators and spokespersons
| Year | Commentator | Spokesperson | |
| Unknown | rowspan="2" | ||
| Unknown | - | ||
| Kārlis Streips | Lauris Reiniks | ||
| Kārlis Streips | Renārs Kaupers | ||
| Kārlis Streips | Ēriks Niedra | ||
| Kārlis Streips | Ģirts Līcis | ||
| Kārlis Streips | Lauris Reiniks | ||
| Kārlis Streips | Marie N | ||
| Kārlis Streips | Mārtiņš Freimanis | ||
| Kārlis Streips | Janis Šipkevics | ||
| Kārlis Streips | Kristīne Virsnīte | ||
| Kārlis Streips | Roberto Meloni | ||
| Kārlis Streips | Kārlis Būmeisters | ||
| Valters Frīdenbergs, Uģis Joksts | Aisha | ||
| Valters Frīdenbergs, Kārlis Būmeisters | Valters Frīdenbergs | ||
| Valters Frīdenbergs, Kārlis Būmeisters | Anmary | ||
| Valters and Kaža | Ralfs Eilands | ||
| Valters Frīdenbergs, Toms Grēviņš | Markus Riva | ||
| Valters Frīdenbergs, Toms Grēviņš | Toms Grēviņš | ||
| Valters Frīdenbergs, Toms Grēviņš | Aminata Savadogo | ||
| Toms Grēviņš, Magnuss Eriņš | Dagmāra Legante | ||
| Toms Grēviņš, Ketija Šēnberga | Laura Rizzotto |