The 26 songs will be presented by two well-known persons. Both of them have participated in the ESC themselves.

Renars Kaupers is the singer in Brainstorm, who performed My Star for Latvia in 2000. The group placed third and became famous throughout Europe. Marie N (Marija Naumova) won for Latvia last year with the song I Wanna. What these two people have in common is that they will host ESC in Skonto Hall on May 24.

The number of participants is the highest ever. The running order will be as follows:

  1. Iceland
  2. Austria
  3. Ireland
  4. Turkey
  5. Malta
  6. Bosnia-Herzegovina
  7. Portugal
  8. Croatia
  9. Cyprus
  10. Germany
  11. Russia
  12. Spain
  13. Israel
  1. The Netherlands
  2. United Kingdom
  3. Ukraine
  4. Greece
  5. Norway
  6. France
  7. Poland
  8. Latvia
  9. Belgium
  10. Estonia
  11. Romania
  12. Sweden
  13. Slovenia
Qualification
Big four
Good results in 2002
Did not participate in 2002
First disqualified due to mediocre results in 2002, later accepted
New participant

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Renars Kauper and Marija Naumova.