Competing that many times just for the contest to be cancelled when you actually win and then coming dead last the following year... Oh it was bad for her
The fact it took so many attempts for her to even get to Eurovision should have been a sign that maybe she isn’t that good. Still, you have to admire her perseverance and that she never gave up.
@@giovanniscg8540 At least Sanna took Eurovision very seriously 7th time when she finally won Melodifestivalen. And it resulted with being 3rd at 2014 contest.
@@miloseviczarko45 and who tells you that the others didn't take Eurovision seriously? What a useless comment (but you're a useless eurofan, not surprised at all)
In her various NF appearances she has proven she CAN sing. Once she finally got to perform in Eurovision, she completely failed at properly singing in tune.
Wrong song. Either she was too excited or exhausted I have no idea. But her performance at 2021 contest was really a big fail. She eould definitely regret forever for 2020 contest being cancelled.
@@mijime_ Then this explains a lot. Now that you said this, Nina Kraljić (Croatia 2016) also came on my mind as she was also sick during the final and she was out of the tune almost the whole song, especially singing bad near the end.
I mean... After 79 rehearsal performances, it's no surprise most people kinda flop vocally when it's time for the semi finals Best thing they can do is save their vocals, but she didn't, she was belting out those big high notes every other rehearsal
@@Querviinho I guess that was her mistake that others didn't make, because everyone else sang better than her that year. I was so excited for her performance, and it disappointed me endlessly. I watched with a friend and we immediately thought "Something is off here". And Samanta only saved herself back in tune like once, before slipping off again shortly after. Before the show, a Latvian friend of my mother (I'm from Germany) told us that Latvia was going to participate and told his friends they could watch the show. Some days later, my mother said "Latvia was pretty terrible", and he agreed. Such a shame, Samanta had been working so hard for that, and then she just was just so utterly not-there.
SOOO sad esc 2020 was cancelled cuz i was sure Still Breathing would've been a top 5 or maybe 3 for the tele voters...that song and performance were iconic!!!! She needs to come back!!!! 🙏
Such a shame she didn’t get to perform Still Breathing on the Eurovision stage. She would’ve definitely qualified and broken Latvia’s NQ streak if she had amazing vocals like in Supernova and perfect running order. It was so much better than The Moon Is Rising and I have no idea why were her vocals so bad and off-key that night, she absolutely nailed it in 2020..
And it was kinda awkward cause the audience was not as hyped as she was At some points during the performance she'd yell "I CAN'T HEAR YOU / SCREAM" and everyone would give the most uninspiring "Wooow" I've ever heard lol
The Moon is Rising was my num 1 entry on 2021 but I know aint everybody cup of tea...also the staging felt empy af 😔 and her voice....I mean, she *can* sing but idk what happened that night 😣
Could you maybe do Gabrielius Vagelis from the Lithuanian selection? I absolutely adore his latest songs and am looking very forward to when he one day represents Lithuania This years "Sauksmas" and 2020's Tave Cia Randu are so good!
Very cool series. You could do Alya from Slovenia, she participated 7 times in EMA, but never won. Came third or second once. All songs very good, more pop/rock. Especially Fluid from 2004 is iconic in Slovenia.
There are many more artists that have appeared in Latvian selection a lot of times. Here are some that I can remember: Miks Dukurs (might be more times than Markus Riva) Aisha Ivo Grīsliņš-Grīslis Triana Park Edgars Kreilis Ralfs Eilands (also as part of PeR and Mēs Jūs Mīlam) Sabine Berezina Katrīna Bindare Katrina Lukins Marta Ritova Jānis Driksna (also as part of MyRadiantU) Liene Greifāne (know as Candy and Liene Candy, also part of Pirates of The Sea) and probably many more from the 2000s
I love her so much ,i think her best moment was in 2020 ,she would have been the dark horse of the year In 2021 if the vocals were on point and delivering a Kpop inspired performance she would have qualified I wanna see her back in Eurovision taking revenge... She is such a powerful performer
2012 (FF) : 5/10 2012 (IWYB) : 4/10 2013 (INAH) : 10/10 (listen to this everyday, one of my fav songs, SHOULDVE EASILY WON) 2013 (HCM) : 2/10 2014 : 7/10 2016 (WLFL) : 9/10 (should've made the final) 2016 (LIF) : 1.5/10 2017 : 1/10 2019 : 8/10 2020 : 9/10 2021 : 6.5/10 Best; 2013 by far, only one that I believe could've done really well in Eurovision, in all honesty, considering PeR came dead last in their semi-final. I think this would have probably gotten around 5th in the semi and then around 8th or 9th in the final, purely because it would've been the only major ballad of the year. It might even have scraped a top 5. (Highly doubt it would have though, in all honesty it'd probably have come like bottom 5 knowing my predictions LOL) Would be joint winner with Ukraine for 2013 though!
girl had so many second places and then still placed last when she got to go to esc saad so many other entries of hers wouldve done better in that year
*She has good voice but her songs are average or bad ones, i don't like any of her NF songs nor her song from Eurovision 2021. It wasn't a good song and i understand why it ended last!*
She deserved better. When she finally got the eurovision ticket, the contest in cancelled, in 2021 she's been robbed. I'm sure Latvia would be in the final in 2020.
2012 and 2013!!! Come on...we could've send her already to ESC and she would be qualified for the finals...but instead of that my country picked the wrong songs and ended last...
2013 & 2016 were actually decent. The rest are a no. 2020 was good. 2013s vocals were quite poor though sadly. She just shouts too much. Actually, rewatched this. 2013 would probably have qualified and outshone Estonia I think. I think the juries would cling on to it.
I'd say with the right song - which imo neither 2020 or 2021 are - she could do really well. And as we can hear several times in this video vocals are not an issue here lol.
they're all awful except the one she won the NF with, which was quirky and fun and passable, but with COVID that entry never got to go to Eurovision and the song written after she was internally selected was a parody of that one and rightfully got LAST in Eurovision, now Latvia can finally move on, ugh
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Competing that many times just for the contest to be cancelled when you actually win and then coming dead last the following year... Oh it was bad for her
She is definitely unlucky. What's even worse, she made a graduation exam about Eurovision at her college.
She had 1,5 year to prepare her Eurovision entry and came up with whatever that was.
@@im.joeyb. Technically she had exactly 1 year as Latvian television selected her officially internally while Shine a Light was being held.
@@miloseviczarko45 Okay, but still.
Yes it's very sad. I think Still Breathing would have done better than Queen of the night
she finally made it to Eurovision, it gets cancelled and she gets last place...
The fact it took so many attempts for her to even get to Eurovision should have been a sign that maybe she isn’t that good. Still, you have to admire her perseverance and that she never gave up.
@@SailorMoonFan92 well, now do the same reasoning for Sanna Nielsen who tried to win Melodifestivalen seven times and then she came third 🤡
@@giovanniscg8540 At least Sanna took Eurovision very seriously 7th time when she finally won Melodifestivalen. And it resulted with being 3rd at 2014 contest.
@@miloseviczarko45 and who tells you that the others didn't take Eurovision seriously? What a useless comment (but you're a useless eurofan, not surprised at all)
@@SailorMoonFan92 her 2020 song was good enough for the final
She is like the Valentina Monetta of Latvia
Only her can bring back Latvia to the final 😢
@@luisito871 Didn't manage to do so in 2021, though.
@@AlirioAguero2 She could in 2020 imo
@@luisito871 yeah and we saw the result: 39th out of 39 in 2021 🤡
@@luisito871Sudden Lights could've(and should've) brought Latvia back to the final, but people prefer Croatia...
From dull ballads to cool alternative songs 😃 changes to the better!
Rather from dull ballads to Cheeky Mama and then alternative songs😂
2020 was so good and had a powerful message , would have gotten latvia top 15
In her various NF appearances she has proven she CAN sing. Once she finally got to perform in Eurovision, she completely failed at properly singing in tune.
Wrong song. Either she was too excited or exhausted I have no idea. But her performance at 2021 contest was really a big fail. She eould definitely regret forever for 2020 contest being cancelled.
@@miloseviczarko45from what i heard, she was sick when she performed in esc
@@mijime_ Then this explains a lot. Now that you said this, Nina Kraljić (Croatia 2016) also came on my mind as she was also sick during the final and she was out of the tune almost the whole song, especially singing bad near the end.
I mean... After 79 rehearsal performances, it's no surprise most people kinda flop vocally when it's time for the semi finals
Best thing they can do is save their vocals, but she didn't, she was belting out those big high notes every other rehearsal
@@Querviinho I guess that was her mistake that others didn't make, because everyone else sang better than her that year.
I was so excited for her performance, and it disappointed me endlessly. I watched with a friend and we immediately thought "Something is off here". And Samanta only saved herself back in tune like once, before slipping off again shortly after.
Before the show, a Latvian friend of my mother (I'm from Germany) told us that Latvia was going to participate and told his friends they could watch the show. Some days later, my mother said "Latvia was pretty terrible", and he agreed.
Such a shame, Samanta had been working so hard for that, and then she just was just so utterly not-there.
I hope Samanta doesn't stop and tries her hand again. I think next time I will be able to get into the final; and then take a place in the top three💪
Lol imagine doing 143 NFs just to come last once she reaches Eurovision
she was probably gonna get top 10 in esc 2020 too man.... i mean she would have destroyed tele im pretty sure like top 5 tele
Don't be rude....
@@Da_Sire lol no she wouldn't
@@Rash23215 I'm not rude, I'm realistic and I touch grass, something that the 90% of eurofans is unable to, just look at the comment above
@@giovanniscg8540 are u sure it's the grass u touch and not SHIT??
I love her 2020 & 2021 songs. Still on my playlist. 🇱🇻 Latvia is one of my favourite country in ESC. This year Sudden Lights with #Aijã was my #2.
PerioT💅
The moon is rising deserved better imo
It did not. She was off-key. During the entire song.
*3 minutes of screaming didn't deserved better. Not to be disrespectful but it got what it deserved!*
SOOO sad esc 2020 was cancelled cuz i was sure Still Breathing would've been a top 5 or maybe 3 for the tele voters...that song and performance were iconic!!!! She needs to come back!!!! 🙏
Robi się ciekawie - Markus Riva, Samanta Tina, ...
Nadal czekamy na PEWNĄ ESTOŃSKĄ ARTYSTKĘ
OK, but why do the songs from 2012 looks like they're from 2002???
Such a shame she didn’t get to perform Still Breathing on the Eurovision stage. She would’ve definitely qualified and broken Latvia’s NQ streak if she had amazing vocals like in Supernova and perfect running order. It was so much better than The Moon Is Rising and I have no idea why were her vocals so bad and off-key that night, she absolutely nailed it in 2020..
She was so happy in her perfomance in Eurovision, was really cool to see
She was living her dream!!! ❤
And it was kinda awkward cause the audience was not as hyped as she was
At some points during the performance she'd yell "I CAN'T HEAR YOU / SCREAM" and everyone would give the most uninspiring "Wooow" I've ever heard lol
The Moon is Rising was my num 1 entry on 2021 but I know aint everybody cup of tea...also the staging felt empy af 😔 and her voice....I mean, she *can* sing but idk what happened that night 😣
the fact she participated in 2 different national finals in the same year is just.... wow
I would love it if Samanta Tina returns in Eurovision again
This!!!❤❤❤❤❤
1:55 wtf are they doing
moon is rising needed better camera work, periodt
Could you maybe do Gabrielius Vagelis from the Lithuanian selection? I absolutely adore his latest songs and am looking very forward to when he one day represents Lithuania
This years "Sauksmas" and 2020's Tave Cia Randu are so good!
She could easily make it into the top 10 in 2020
pretty sure tele would have saved her like top 5 tele you know
@@Da_Sire delulu
Stay is my favourite closely followed by Still Breathing and I Need A Hero!
Hope she makes it back to Eurovision one year 🇱🇻
amazing powerful voice. goddes of eurovision!
The rules of Supernova are very confusing...
2 entries on multiple occasions
Very cool series. You could do Alya from Slovenia, she participated 7 times in EMA, but never won. Came third or second once. All songs very good, more pop/rock. Especially Fluid from 2004 is iconic in Slovenia.
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So I guess Latvian people are very perseverant, as Samanta and Markus
There are many more artists that have appeared in Latvian selection a lot of times.
Here are some that I can remember:
Miks Dukurs (might be more times than Markus Riva)
Aisha
Ivo Grīsliņš-Grīslis
Triana Park
Edgars Kreilis
Ralfs Eilands (also as part of PeR and Mēs Jūs Mīlam)
Sabine Berezina
Katrīna Bindare
Katrina Lukins
Marta Ritova
Jānis Driksna (also as part of MyRadiantU)
Liene Greifāne (know as Candy and Liene Candy, also part of Pirates of The Sea)
and probably many more from the 2000s
@@worsttaste.3464 Trianas Parks, also unlucky, appeared many times just to end up dead last also at ESC...
@@worsttaste.3464*Ralf Eliands took part at Latvian NF for Junior Eurovision 2004 as well.* 😅
@@worsttaste.3464 Then I guess these are all the singers that Latvia has.
Well this is what I call dedication...
But she was still unlucky...
@@miloseviczarko45 very unlucky, but the staging- the staging itself just killed her chances let alone the vocals
notice how she went from ballads to pop to r&b
Samantha(🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥... One of my favorites entries of Latvia 🇱🇻 ❤
I love her so much ,i think her best moment was in 2020 ,she would have been the dark horse of the year
In 2021 if the vocals were on point and delivering a Kpop inspired performance she would have qualified
I wanna see her back in Eurovision taking revenge... She is such a powerful performer
2012 (FF) : 5/10
2012 (IWYB) : 4/10
2013 (INAH) : 10/10 (listen to this everyday, one of my fav songs, SHOULDVE EASILY WON)
2013 (HCM) : 2/10
2014 : 7/10
2016 (WLFL) : 9/10 (should've made the final)
2016 (LIF) : 1.5/10
2017 : 1/10
2019 : 8/10
2020 : 9/10
2021 : 6.5/10
Best; 2013 by far, only one that I believe could've done really well in Eurovision, in all honesty, considering PeR came dead last in their semi-final. I think this would have probably gotten around 5th in the semi and then around 8th or 9th in the final, purely because it would've been the only major ballad of the year. It might even have scraped a top 5. (Highly doubt it would have though, in all honesty it'd probably have come like bottom 5 knowing my predictions LOL)
Would be joint winner with Ukraine for 2013 though!
Blonde is suitable
I love this series :)
Ja najbardziej czekam na Sannę Nielsen i Mansa, ale tez na Pashę Parfeny w tej serii
Oh no the 2nd and 3rd places back to back to back that must feel so terrible…
2020 was so good😍
I feel really bad for her
Fajnie widac zmiane wizerunku scenicznego.
girl had so many second places and then still placed last when she got to go to esc
saad
so many other entries of hers wouldve done better in that year
Can you do Danny Saucedo?
*She has good voice but her songs are average or bad ones, i don't like any of her NF songs nor her song from Eurovision 2021. It wasn't a good song and i understand why it ended last!*
Do one with Triana Park please
Try coming on eurovision every time for after get last place
She deserved better. When she finally got the eurovision ticket, the contest in cancelled, in 2021 she's been robbed. I'm sure Latvia would be in the final in 2020.
I get that Latvia is a small country but her and Markus Rivas competing almost every year wil never not be funny 🤣.
2012 and 2013!!! Come on...we could've send her already to ESC and she would be qualified for the finals...but instead of that my country picked the wrong songs and ended last...
Should’ve won in 2012 and 2013. 2020 would’ve been one of Latvia’s best result. Juries could not ignore THAT voice.
How did she participate twice in some years, even in different national finals wtf
Lithuanians allowed her to compete, no dq.
how did she compete with 2 songs in the same year in supernova tho?
What about Rezarta Smaja
She had a lot of bangers in FiK
Sanna nielsen 🙏
the moon is rising was so disappointing especially after a masterpiece like still breathing
She deserved so much better, 2020 was amazing, top 10 for sure.
The queen of being either runner-up or last 😂
2013 & 2016 were actually decent. The rest are a no. 2020 was good.
2013s vocals were quite poor though sadly.
She just shouts too much.
Actually, rewatched this. 2013 would probably have qualified and outshone Estonia I think. I think the juries would cling on to it.
In a nutshell: Ordinary songs with a lot of screaming. In 2022 I was sure she's flop. I like electronic music, but her song was pure noise
It really took Aminata to give her a chance lmao
I need a hero ICON
Her worst entry
@@steinarmogen3166*Her worst song was the one she went to Eurovision.*
Dziewczyna tyle sie starala a w 2020 sie konkurs nie odbyl
Nitpicking, but 9 years, and not one bit did her English pronunciation improve.
2012 deserved to win over beautiful song ngl
Her 2013 song feels better than the winner.
I'd say with the right song - which imo neither 2020 or 2021 are - she could do really well. And as we can hear several times in this video vocals are not an issue here lol.
I loved her 2020 song, and that made the 2021 even more disappointing 😢
Robbed queen(
I think she will forever regret for the 2020 contest being cancelled.
2020 was the shit she would have so qualified with that song
She should've won in 2013 as well as in 2014.
She’s too shouty
All terrible but good on her for finally making it after so many attempts even if she did come dead last lol
they're all awful except the one she won the NF with, which was quirky and fun and passable, but with COVID that entry never got to go to Eurovision and the song written after she was internally selected was a parody of that one and rightfully got LAST in Eurovision, now Latvia can finally move on, ugh
Crazy how not a single one of them is good
Samanta was robbed in 2021..
What's her problem to have 3 statues standing beside her almost always?😂😂
Crazy how not a single one of them is good