Norway wins Eurovision Song Contest, Latvia left in dust

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Eriks Velins

I was saddened to hear a 'Latvian' singing in Russian and very badly at that. Shame on you! This man should be taken to the Occupation Museum on 14th June for some lessons in history.

17 May 2009 (Australia)

Mara Jonea

Since Maria's win a few years ago, Latvia really hasn't had a chance.

19 May 2009 (Australia)

Arnolds Zubeckis

Interesting to see that the Norwegian entry displayed a mix of modernity and folk elements. Maybe Latvian musicians could take something from the rich traditions of Latvian music and use it in their songs, instead of cowering behind an inferiority complex and producing highly derivative material? Interesting to see more songs performed in national languages than in previous years. Honestly, I don't think it's the language that gets you the votes. It's the show, the cuteness factor, and the catchiness of the melody. Another reason for Latvia's Eurovision hopefuls to sing in Latvian. But the serf mentality dies hard.

20 May 2009 (Europe)

rubin

I was sad to see that latvian band lost in semi-final. it is not a matter of language (see for example what has happenef to estonian group). hope next year will be better one. regards from israel.

23 May 2009 (Israel)

Björn

Never cared about the whole contest and never will, just wanted to note that the "singer" was not a latvian, but a full fledged post-soviet toady running back and forth trying to please and fawn rich drunk russians already accustomed to the east european "culture" and this time should have been locked up for choosing to perform in russian, giving Europe and pretty much the rest of the world the wrong impression of the country when there's already so much confusion and misinterpretations about it. Maybe next time choose to sing in something like turkmen or ubangi nigerian?

31 May 2009 (Latvia)

Līga Kriķe

Yeah, by singing in Russian, Intars Busulis sold out, big time. Never liked him much, will definitely ignore him from now on. None of the serious musicians in Latvia take Eurovision seriously because of its "cheese factor", so there's no real hope of ever getting a decent candidate from Latvia in there again.

10 Jun 2009 (Latvia)

Gunta Krasts Voutyras

Bravo to Bjorn!!!! My sentiments exactly.

20 Jun 2009 (United States)