Eurovision 2023: Latvia
May. 7th, 2023 01:54 pmSong: Aija
Sudden Lights won both the popular televote and the jury vote at Supernova 2023 beating out Patrisha's "Hush" who was second in both. Prior to Supernova, Sudden Lights' claim to Eurovision fame was opening act for Brainstorms tour a few years ago, Brainstorm having come third for Latvia in 2000. Predictions are Sudden Lights won't finish that high.
Aija roughly translates to lullaby, and though it doesn't start like a lullaby, it does calm down to a hush near the end. other than the first 30 seconds, it is very 90s indi and comparable to Powderfinger, just not as good. This will need a good performance to get cut through and not actually being Powderfinger, I doubt it.
Latvia has tried a few different things to win Eurovision. Opera, pop, and a lot of indi. 2001 is likely in the indi category more due to a failure of any other better fit