The ESCplus team has talked to the two members of Signe un Jānis. The duo participates in Supernova 2020, the Latvian pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, with the song “Inner light”. You can read the full interview below to learn a little more about their candidacy and the experience they are currently living.
How do you feel about your participation in Supernova 2020?
We are super happy. This is our biggest song competition so far and we are very excited to participate and it would be a very honored to represent Latvia in the international contest.
Can you tell us about the message of your song? Does it talk about any experience of your own life?
The song “Inner Light” is like a title song for the hope we give each other and ourselves when we’re in doubt. The need to find light in ourselves and in others, to surrender to it, and to choose the right path is urgent at all times, especially now that there is more choice, information and guidance than ever before. And yes, recently there have been a lot of decisions that seemed unclear at first, but together we knew this is the way to go.
How will the staging be at Supernova 2020? Can you reveal anything?
At the moment we have a few ideas, and hopefully we will have the chance to show them in the final setup.
How did you decide to submit a song to represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020?
Actually, it was in our minds for a few years, but we waited for the right song. This time we thought: this is our moment and let’s do it! The song “Inner light” came really spontaneous, yet inevitable and persistent, with this epic sound and a strong message that many can relate to, and we thought that it is perfect to submit for Supernova! And here we are!
If you finally win Supernova 2020, are you going to promote your song in the official pre-parties that take place in different European countries before Eurovision?
If it happens that we win Supernova, we will try to promote the song in as many places as possible. That is the main goal for us: share this song and it’s message to others.
Have you heard the rest of the songs of Supernova 2020? What do you think about them?
Yes we have. It’s clear to hear that for many participants this is not the first year, and they have learned from their experience and made very good songs. I think we have very strong competitors, but the best part is that we know many of them, so at the same time we’re happy that our friends have such great songs. Supernova and Eurovision fans and supporters are going to have a very entertaining show!
You can follow all the news of Signe un Jānis on their official Facebook profile. This is https://www.facebook.com/Signe.Janis.
Supernova 2020 will be organized by Latvijas Televīzija, the Latvian broadcasting organization best known internationally like LTV. This contest will represent its sixth edition since it was inaugurated in 2015. Since then, it has been used as the Latvian pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. A total of twenty six candidates will be the participants of the contest, but only eight of them will be qualified for the Grand Final. This will be held on Saturday, February 8, 2020, and its winner will be the artist who will represent Latvia in Rotterdam during the broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 next May.