Pirates of the Sea is a musical project that in May 2008 represented Latvia in Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade,

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with their song " Wolves of the Sea". It consists of three members:

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who is living in Latvia, dancer Aleksandra Kurusova as well as the TV and

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person Jānis Vaišļa. Meloni also represented Latvia in the

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as a part of Bonaparti.lv. The song "Wolves of the Sea" was written by four

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composers: Jonas Liberg, Johan Sahlen, Claes Andreasson and Torbjörn Wassenius. On February 2, Pirates won the first semi-final of the national 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 March 1, Pirates of the Sea also won the national final, which took place in

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. They got 29 228 votes and beat their closest opponents Aisha and Andris Ērglis. On May 22 Pirates of the Sea participated in the second semi-final of

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and went on to become a finalist. Pirates of the Sea got the most points from

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(10) and were placed 12th in the final result of the competition. On October 30, 2008, the pirate-themed

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band Alestorm released a cover version of "Wolves of the Sea" on their EP ''Leviathan'', and their 2009 album ''

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''. 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 from cardiac amyloidosis, after struggling with heart problems. He and fellow band member Aleksandra Kurusova had competed on the first season of ''The Amazing Race: China Rush'', where they finished in 8th position.

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