Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song " Heartbeat " written by Aminata Savadogo . The song was performed by Justs . Songwriter Aminata Savadogo represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song " Love Injected " where she placed sixth in the grand final of the competition . The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija ( LTV ) organised the national final '' Supernova 2016 '' in order to select the Latvian entry for the 2016 contest in Stockholm , Sweden . Twenty songs were selected to compete in the national final , which consisted of four shows : two heats , one semi-final and a final . In the heats and the semi-final , four entries were selected to advance from each show : two entries selected based on a public televote and two entries selected by a four-member jury panel . Four songs ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 28 February 2016 where a public vote exclusively selected " Heartbeat " performed by Justs as the winner
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016