| Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Latvia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eirodziesma 2005 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 29 January 2005 5 February 2005 Final: 26 February 2005 | |||
| Selected entrant | Walters and Kazha | |||
| Selected song | "The War Is Not Over" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Mārtiņš Freimanis | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 85 points) | |||
| Final result | 5th, 153 points | |||
| Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "The War Is Not Over" written by Mārtiņš Freimanis. The song was performed by Walters and Kazha. Songwriter Mārtiņš Freimanis represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 as part of the group F.L.Y. with the song "Hello from Mars" where they placed twenty-fourth in the competition. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organised the national final Eirodziesma 2005 in order to select the Latvian entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Twenty songs were selected to compete in the national final, which consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. In the semi-finals on 29 January and 5 February 2005, five entries were selected to advance from each show: three entries selected based on a public televote and two entries selected by a jury panel. Ten songs ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 26 February 2005 where two rounds of public voting selected "The War Is Not Over" performed by Valters and Kaža as the winner.
Latvia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 19 May 2005. Performing during the show in position 5, "The War Is Not Over" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 21 May. It was later revealed that Latvia placed tenth out of the 25 participating countries in the semi-final with 85 points. In the final, Latvia performed in position 23 and placed fifth out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 153 points.