Latvia has been represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since the inaugural contest in . The Latvian participating broadcaster in the contest is Latvijas Televëzija (LTV). The broadcaster used a national selection format, entitled "BÃÂrnu Eirovëzija" and later "Balss PavÃÂlnieks", for its participation at the contests. The first entry at the 2003 contest was "Tu esi vasarÃÂ" by Dzintars ÃÂëÃÂa, which finished in ninth place out of sixteen participating entries, achieving a score of thirty-seven points. LTV were originally absent from the competition from to . It briefly returned in and however again withdrew from competing after the contest held in Yerevan, and have yet to make its return to the contest.
Latvia are one of the sixteen countries to have made their debut at the inaugural Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003, which took place on 15 November 2003 at the Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Latvia's best placing was in , when Dzintars ÃÂëÃÂa placed 9th with "Tu esi vasarÃÂ". The country's worst placing came in when MÃÂrtià Âà ¡ TÃÂlbergs and C-Stones Juniors placed 17th and last with "Balts vai melns". Although the Latvian broadcaster opened a submission window for their national final ahead of the 2006 contest, they later decided to withdraw from the contest and would not return until the , their first participation in five years.
The broadcaster selected à  arlote LÃÂnmane to represent Latvia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk with the song "Viva La Dance". à  arlote won 10th place with 51 points.
After initially withdrawing from the 2011 contest, LTV reversed their decision in September 2011 and sent an entry to the in Yerevan, Armenia. On 27 June 2012, LTV announced Latvia's withdrawal from the competition, and the country has never returned since. LTV later confirmed their non-participation in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
On 19 November 2015, it was announced that the Baltic countries, including Latvia, were interested in taking part in the 2016 contest. However, on 23 May 2016, the LTV confirmed it would not return to the contest in 2016.
The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov. The Latvian broadcaster, LTV, sent their own commentators to the contest in order to provide commentary in the Latvian language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Latvia. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.