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The 24 songs that made it in Latvia

02 December 2013 at 23:56 CET

The 24 songs

The songs are listed in submission order. The names of the artists will be revealed at a later date, though the songs are available to listen to now.

  1.  Is It Possible (Music Edgars Kokorevičs,  Lyrics Sabīne Vidriķe)
     
  2.  Pēdējā Vēstule (Music  Artūrs Šingirejs, Lyrics Ingus Bērziņš)
     
  3.  Just Stop (Music Ruslans Kuksinovičs, Oskars Deigelis, Lyrics Oskars Deigelis)
     
  4.  Pressure (Music and lyrics Žanna Berezina)
     
  5.  I’m Happy (Music and lyrics Tamāra Rutkovska)
     
  6.  Stay (Music Ingars Viļums, Lyrics Ingars Viļums)
     
  7.  Here I Am Again (Music and lyrics Vladimirs Koževņikovs (Niko))
     
  8.  Bučas (Music Aldis Zaļūksnis (Midis), Lyrics Mārtiņš Poļakovskis (Holis))
     
  9.  You Are The Reason (Music Katrine Lukins, Kārlis Indrišonoks, Lyrics  Katrine Lukins)
     
  10.  Going All the Way (Music and lyrics Janis Driksna)
     
  11.  Lights On (Music Gaitis Lazdāns, Lyrics Markus Riva)
     
  12.  This Moment And Tomorrow (Music Edgars Beļickis, Kārlis Auziņš, Lyrics Mikus Frišvelds)
     
  13.  If I Could (Let Away) (Music Miks Žagars, Raitis Aušmuksts, Lyrics Miks Žagars)
     
  14.  I Can Breathe (Music and lyrics Aminata Savadogo)
     
  15.  I’ve Got (Music and lyrics Ivo Grīsniņš Grīslis)
     
  16.  Revelation (Music Ralfs Eilands, Valters Pūce, Ansis Grūbe, Lyrics Ralfs Eilands)
     
  17.  I Need More (Music and lyrics Alise Ketnere (Fox Lima))
     
  18.  Cake To Bake (Music and Lyrics Guntis Veilands)
     
  19.  Breathe Slow (Music Edgars Viļums, Lyrics Anete Volmane)
     
  20.  Pa Vidu Tu (Music and lyrics Andris Kivičs)
     
  21.  I Need A Soul-twin (Music and lyrics Mārtiņš Kits)
     
  22.  What If It Was (Music and lyrics Rolands Ūdris)
     
  23.  Dejo Tā (Music Kaspars Dvinskis, Lyrics Sabīne Berezina, Kaspars Dvinskis)
     
  24.  Take Away (Music Tomass Kleins, Lyrics Guntars Račs)
     

Jury Members

The final 24 songs were selected by a Latvian and an international jury.

Members of the Latvian Jury:

  • Aija Strazdiņa – director and video producer. Aija Vītoliņa – singer,
  •  Ģirts Lūsis – producer, composer and manager of Labvēlīgais tips
     
  •  Kārlis Auzāns – composer, producer, manager, musician at Melo-M and Autobuss debesīss, board member of the Union of Latvian performers and producers
     
  •  Kristaps Krievkalns – musician and composer
     

Members of  the International Jury:

  •  Adam Klein (UK) – manager at Fascination Management, working with The Saturdays, Goldfrapp original label coordinator at Universal Music record company Polydor, worked with Miley Cyrus and Cheryl Cole campaigns in the United Kingdom
     
  •  John Ballard (Sweden) – composer, producer, the founder and producer of Ace of Base, participated as singer in Melodifestivalen selections twice in 1980s,
     
  •  Maja Keuc (Slovenia) – singer, represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011.
     

  

The performers of the songs will be selected before the 7th of January 2014. The semi-finals are set to held on the 1st and 2nd of February, 2014. Six songs from each semi-final consisting of 12 songs, are going to proceed to the final that is going to take place on the 22nd of February, 2014 in Ventspils.

"We are going to have the standing concerts in Riga. We received a good feedback from both participants, producers and other showbusiness representatives about the chosen format and the settings of the event,” says Zita Kaminska, the Eurovision project manager. "Eurovision is not only the show for the television audience, but it is also the opportunity for the Latvian musicians to reach the wider public. That is why we chose the motto 'Made In Latvia' and requested that Latvian musicians only submit songs.”