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Amanda Bashmakova

Amanda is 14 years old girl from city Aluksne, Latvia and she will be the one representing Latvia in Yerevan, Armenia at the 2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. And she's got help from some of the best known Latvian songwriters.

Amanda likes to dance and travel together with her parents. When Amanda grows up she has decided to help animals and open her nature own reserve.

She's also had a lot of success at different festivals and contests from Russia to Moldova!

A bit of help

Amanda also got a bit of help from Jānis Lūsēns and Guntars Račs. They both are well-known song musicians.

Lūsēns has experience a lot with different musical styles and roles. The latest being theatre. Shows with his input have been visited tens of thousands of times. The audience for Jānis Lūsēns musical stagings and operas adds up to 450 thousand people!

The poet and musician Guntars Račs started to write poetry and at the age of 16 his first poems were published in the local newspaper and regional publications.

Guntars Račs has been working closely with almost all of the well known Latvian composers as well as Latvian artists. At various times, songs with the lyrics of Guntars Račs have been represented in Eurovision Song Contest.

For several years in turn, the song lyrics of Guntars were the most played and performed on the well-known Latvian radio station Radio 2.

Music video

Lyrics of Moondog

Mēness suns

Kad ceļš mājās ved
Zinu es , kāds mani gaida
Mans labais draugs
Tevis dēļ, es vienmēr smaidu
Nakts tevi nenobiedēs
Vējš tavas bailes kliedēs
Tu esi mans labais draugs

Mēness, tavu balsi ver
Mēness, stari sapņus ķer
Tālais, zelta mēnestiņš
Ar tevi runā viņš
Tevi māna viņš
Tev krūtīs pukst suņa sirds

Kad nakts lietus līst
Guli tu, pie manām kājām
Šo vietu mēs
Varam saukt, par savām mājām
Tu.....
Esi mans vienīgais labais draugs...


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Mēness, tavu balsi ver
Mēness, stari sapņus ķer
Tālais ,zelta mēnestiņš
Ar tevi runā tā
Tevi māna tā
Tev krūtīs pukst suņa sirds
Mēness, tavu balsi ver
Mēness, stari sapņus ķer
Tālais ,zelta mēnestiņš
Ar tevi runā tā
Tevi māna tā
Mēness, mēness, mēness un suns
Moon Dog

When the road leads home
I know someone is waiting
My good old friend
You always keep me smiling
Night won’t scare you
Your fear’ll be blown away by wind
You are my good old friend

The moon strings along your voice
The moon beams catch your dreams
The distant golden moon
Speaks to you
Beckons you
Yours is the heart of a dog

When the night rain is falling
You’re sleeping at my feet
This is the place
We can call home
You...
Are my only best friend...

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The moon strings along your voice
The moon beams catch your dreams
The distant golden moon
Speaks to you
Beckons you
Yours is the heart of a dog
The moon strings along your voice
The moon beams catch your dreams
The distant golden moon
Speaks to you
Beckons you
The moon, the moon, the moon and the dog