Latvia has taken part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest , is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union annually since 2003 and is open exclusively to broadcasters that are members of the EBU. It is held in a different European city each year.The competition has many...

 five times, first entering in the first contest in 2003

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the first Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged eight to fifteen. It was held on 15 November 2003, in Copenhagen, Denmark...

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Latvia's best placing was in 2003

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the first Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged eight to fifteen. It was held on 15 November 2003, in Copenhagen, Denmark...

, when Dzintars Čīča

Dzintars Cica

Dzintars Čīča is a Romani singer who represented Latvia at the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2003 with the song "Tu Esi Vasarā" composed by himself. He received 37 points and came 9th out of 16 performers...

 placed 9th with "Tu esi vasarā". The country's worst placing came in 2004

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the second Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held on 20 November 2004, in Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway and lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. The theme of the competition was "Bright Nordic Winter Nights"...

 when Mārtiņš Tālbergs and C-Stones Juniors placed 17th and last with "Balts vai melns".

Latvijas Televīzija

Latvijas Televizija

Latvijas Televīzija is the state-owned public service broadcasting television company in Latvia.The company is funded by grant-in-aid from the Latvian government , and gaining the rest from showing television commercials . Although moving LTV to licence fee funding has long been debated, this has...

 (LTV) withdrew Latvia from the contest after 2005, and would not return until the 2010 Contest

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the eighth edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Minsk, Belarus. It was held on 20 November 2010.The contest was won by Vladimir Arzumanyan of Armenia with the song Mama...

, their first participation in 5 years.

The broadcaster has selected Šarlote Lēnmane

Šarlote Lēnmane

Šarlote Lēnmane is a Latvian child-singer. She represented Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk, Belarus, after five years of Latvia not participating in the competition. On 14 March 2010 Lēnmane won a festival in Latvia called Balss pavēlnieks with the song "Dziesma...

 to represent Latvia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk with the song "Viva La Dance". Šarlote won 10th place with 51 point.

After initially withdrawing from the 2011 contest LTV reversed their decision in September 2011 and will now send an entry to the 2011 Contest

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 will be the ninth edition of the contest, and will take place in Yerevan, Armenia at the recently renovated Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex...

 in Yerevan

Yerevan

Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...

, Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

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Entries

Year	Artist	Title	Place	Points
2003 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the first Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged eight to fifteen. It was held on 15 November 2003, in Copenhagen, Denmark...	Dzintars Čīča Dzintars Cica Dzintars Čīča is a Romani singer who represented Latvia at the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2003 with the song "Tu Esi Vasarā" composed by himself. He received 37 points and came 9th out of 16 performers...	"Tu esi vasarā"	9	37
2004 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the second Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held on 20 November 2004, in Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway and lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. The theme of the competition was "Bright Nordic Winter Nights"...	Mārtiņš Tālbergs & C-Stones Juniors	"Balts vai melns"	18	3
2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the third Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On 26 November 2005, the contest was broadcast live from the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, in a joint effort by the national broadcasters Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep and...	Kids4Rock	"Es esmu maza, jauka meitene"	11	50
2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the eighth edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Minsk, Belarus. It was held on 20 November 2010.The contest was won by Vladimir Arzumanyan of Armenia with the song Mama...	Šarlote Lēnmane Šarlote Lēnmane Šarlote Lēnmane is a Latvian child-singer. She represented Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk, Belarus, after five years of Latvia not participating in the competition. On 14 March 2010 Lēnmane won a festival in Latvia called Balss pavēlnieks with the song "Dziesma...  & Sea Stones	"Viva la Dance"	10	51
2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 will be the ninth edition of the contest, and will take place in Yerevan, Armenia at the recently renovated Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex...	Amanda Bašmakova	"Moondog"

Voting history

Latvia gave the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1		35
2		23
3		19
4		18
5		17

Latvia has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1		14
2		12
3		11
4		10
5		8
=		8