Latvia

Latvia
Latvia is currently an active country in the Nordic Festival of Song. Latvia have participated 17 times, never missing a contest. Latvia have never won the contest and their best position remains an eighth placing.

History
Latvia debuted in the 1st edition of NFOS, held in Norway's capital city of Oslo, where they failed to qualify to the final, placing tenth in the Semi Final.

Latvia have placed tenth in the final twice, in editions two and ten and eighth in the final once, in edition 16. Latvia have only made the final three out of 17 attempts, representing a qualification rate of just 19%. "Esamiba" is the nation's most successful entry, placing eighth in edition 16. Had the delegation voted on time, they would have finished in fifth place but unfortunately, they incurred a penalty for not voting. "Blood Runs Quicker" scored the nation's largest point score of 122 points in edition 10.