Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Latvia
National selection
Selection process	Eirodziesma
Selection date(s)	March 1, 2008
Selected entrant	Pirates of the Sea
Selected song	"Wolves of the Sea"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (6th, 86 points)
Final result	12th, 83 points
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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On March 1, 2008, the band Pirates of the Sea was chosen to represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song Wolves of the Sea.^[1] It was placed 12th.

It was the last time Latvia had made it to the ESC final until 7 years later, when they finally qualified for the final in 2015 with the song Love Injected by Aminata.

Draw	Artist	Song	First vote	Place	Final vote	Place
1	Deja vu	"I’m a Part Of You"	1,485	7
2	Kristīna Zaharova feat. Julian	"Until You Find A Friend"	862	9
3	Sabīne Berezina	"If I Only Knew"	5,142	5
4	Pirates of the Sea	"Wolves of the Sea"	16,818	1	29 228	1
5	Peter Garden & Juris Vizbulis	"Memory Lane"	1,932	6
6	Funky Drivers	"Summertime"	1,245	8
7	Triānas Parks	"Bye Bye"	5,656	4
8	Elizabete Zagorska	"Take Me Home"	599	10
9	Aisha	"You Really Got Me Going"	8,021	3	22,721	2
10	Andris Ērglis	"Broken Lullaby"	10,751	2	21,580	3

Spokespersons

For the 2008 contest the spokesperson for Latvia was Kristīne Virsnīte.^[2]

At Eurovision

Points Awarded by Latvia^[3]

Semi final 12 points  Lithuania 10 points  Georgia 8 points  Denmark 7 points  Croatia 6 points  Ukraine 5 points  Belarus 4 points  Malta 3 points  Portugal 2 points  Iceland 1 point  Bulgaria

Final 12 points  Russia 10 points  Ukraine 8 points  Georgia 7 points  Denmark 6 points  Norway 5 points  Croatia 4 points  Azerbaijan 3 points  France 2 points  Iceland 1 point  Finland

Points Awarded to Latvia (Semi-Final 2)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Lithuania	Portugal	Sweden	Iceland	Belarus  Croatia  Denmark  Georgia  Malta
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Czech Republic  United Kingdom	Macedonia		Serbia  Ukraine	Bulgaria

Points Awarded to Latvia (Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Ireland	Lithuania  United Kingdom	Portugal	Estonia  Malta	Denmark
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Croatia  Iceland	Czech Republic  Montenegro  Sweden	Andorra  Georgia  Spain

References

1. "Latvia decided: The Pirates to Eurovision". ESCtoday.com. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
2. "AKTUALITĀTES > Eirovīzijā triumfē Dima Bilans no Krievijas, Pirāti – vienpadsmitie / divpadsmitie". eirovizija.lv. Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
3. Eurovision Song Contest 2008

See also

• Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest