| Eurovision Song Contest 2021 | ||||
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| Country |  Latvia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 16 May 2020 Song: 12 March 2021 | |||
| Selected entrant | Samanta Tīna | |||
| Selected song | "The Moon Is Rising" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (17th) | |||
| Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "The Moon Is Rising" written by Samanta Tīna, Aminata Savadogo and Oskars Uhaņs. The song was performed by Samanta Tīna, who was internally selected by Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) to represent that nation at the 2021 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. 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. Samanta Tīna was announced as the Latvian representative on 2 April 2020 after she was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "Still Breathing" before the 2020 event's cancellation. Her song, "The Moon Is Rising", was presented to the public on 12 March 2021 during the final episode of the special documentary series Kā uzvarēt Eirovīzijā? Samantas Tīnas ceļš uz Roterdamu.
Latvia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2021. Performing during the show in position 15, "The Moon Is Rising" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Latvia placed seventeenth (last) out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 14 points.