Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU, Sarah Louise Bennett

Last year, Latvian Tautumeitas qualified and finished 13th in the finals, the year before that, Dons ranked 16th. For seven years before Dons, Latvia had no success qualifying, and in 2017 and 2021 we finished last.

The second semi-final featured Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Romania, Luxembourg, Czechia, France, Armenia, Switzerland, Cyprus, Austria, Latvia, Denmark, Australia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Albania, Malta, and Norway.

Of the 15 participants in the second s...