The first representative to participate for the nation at the 2003 contest was Dzintars Čīča with the song "Tu esi vasarā", which finished in ninth place out of sixteen participating entries, achieving a score of thirty-seven points. Latvia were originally absent from the competition from  to .
The first participant in the 2003 contest for Latvia was Dzintars Čīča with the song "Tu esi vasarā", who finished ninth out of sixteen participants, scoring 37 points. Latvia had previously withdrawn from the competition between and .