Look, I don’t believe in participation trophies. Just because an artist has appeared in a National Final before, it doesn’t mean their name recognition should propel them to a place ahead of someone with a better song.
But their name recognition also shouldn’t act as a blocker if they have an absolute stonking banger of a song. And that, I fear, is what might happen tomorrow morning to Markus Riva when the Supernova entries are announced.
Riva has been a Supernova also-ran for years. Yet last year, his song, Lose Control – his best release in years – was unjustly dropped from the competition.
Earlier this month, Riva dropped an EP full of dance bangers, titled Bye Bye Baby. Any one of these would be a solid entry in the Lativan National Final. (Don’t pretend otherwise. We’ve all watched Supernova.) My personal preference, though, is Ice Ice Cold:
Let’s not forget what Markus Riva can do with a dance number. Here, for example, is Markus Riva from Supernova 2019, where he came in second to…well, let’s see if you can remember who represented Latvia in 2019.
Just look at Markus Riva living out his Matrix fantasies! He’s got a generic pop song but he is making it wildly entertaining.
One can only hope that Riva is holding back the release of his full album until the 28 of November because he knows something about Supernova that we don’t. But if not, Latvia, you have approximately 12 hours to reverse any bad decisions you might have made. Give the people what they want, which is:
- Markus Riva
- In a tight outfit
- Doing a dance number
- On the Supernova stage
It’s a Latvian Eurovision tradition! To leave out Markus Riva from Superrnova is like forgetting to wear a flower crown on Līgo and Jāņi or making a kokle with no strings or forgetting to add a pin element to your sakta. It simply shouldn’t be done, especially because he has brought the goods!
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