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Pirates of the Sea | |
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 Pirates of the Sea performingWolves of the Sea at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Riga,Latvia |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2008– |
| Members | Roberto Meloni Aleksandra Kurusova |
| Past members | Jānis Vaišļa |
Pirates of the Sea is a musical project that in May 2008 representedLatvia inEurovision Song Contest inBelgrade,Serbia with their song "Wolves of the Sea". It consists of three members:Italian singerRoberto Meloni who is living in Latvia, dancer Aleksandra Kurusova as well as theTV andradio person Jānis Vaišļa. Meloni also represented Latvia in theEurovision Song Contest 2007 as a part ofBonaparti.lv.
The song "Wolves of the Sea" was written by fourSwedish composers: Jonas Liberg, Johan Sahlen, Claes Andreasson and Torbjörn Wassenius. On 2 February Pirates won the first semi-final of thenational finals, getting 12,010 televotes - the best result of both semi-finals. However, the jury put them in ninth place from 10 songs of the first semi-final. On 1 March Pirates of the Sea also won the national final, which took place inVentspils. They got 29,228 votes and beat their closest opponents Aisha and Andris Ērglis. On 22 May Pirates of the Sea participated in the second semi-final ofEurovision Song Contest 2008 and went on to become a finalist. Pirates of the Sea got the most points fromIreland (12) andUnited Kingdom (10) and were placed 12th in the final result of the competition.
On 30 October 2008 the pirate-themedpower metal bandAlestorm released a cover version of "Wolves of the Sea" on their EPLeviathan, and their 2009 albumBlack Sails at Midnight. Pirates of the Sea also had a song called "Happy Balalaika", released on a dance complication CD in Europe in 2008.
Jānis Vaišļa died on 9 January 2016 aged 46 fromcardiac amyloidosis, after struggling with heart problems.[1][2] He and fellow band member Aleksandra Kurusova had competed on the first season ofThe Amazing Race: China Rush, where they finished in 8th position.
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| Preceded by | Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | Succeeded by |
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