Latvia competed in the first 3 Junior Eurovision events, between 2003 and 2005, and then took a break before returning for the 2010 and 2011 shows. Latvia can also boast the first performer to have taken part in a second event, Mārtiņš Tālbergs had been a backing singer for Dzintars Čīča in 2003 and then competed as the lead sing in 2004.
Latvia have not had a great deal of success at JESC, never having finished higher than 9th place.