Friday, April 24, 2020

Latvia - Still breathing - Samanta Tīna

Digital release image
Samanta Tīna (Samanta Poļakova) is the winner of the Latvian Supernova selection. Her song Still Breathing was the Eurovision entry intended for Rotterdam 2020.
Samanta wrote the music and Aminata Savadogo wrote the lyrics.
Still Breathing was released as a digital single on November 28.
A remix by DJ Monsta is available now on Spotify and a few websites.


Nobody has been trying to get to Eurovision as hard as Samanta Tīna.
2012 - I Want You Back (duet with Dāvids Kalandija, 2nd place in final)
2012 - For Father (7th in semi-final)
2013 - I Need A Hero (2nd place)
2014 - Stay (3rd place)
2016 - The Love Is Forever (finalist but Samanta withdrew)
2016 - We Live For Love (5th in quarter final)
She also participated in the Lithuanian selection:
2013 - Hey Chiki Mama (Duet with Vudis, 4th in first round)
2017 - Tavo Oda (Your skin), (Duet with Tadas Rimgaila, 7th in first round)

She was the winner of X-Factor latvia in 2010 and was also a finalist in The Voice Lithuania in 2014.


Latvia decided on Februari 8 in Supernova 2020, the contest to select the Eurovision entry.
Latvia's LTV had selected nine finalists for this years final
In an earlier stage 26 contenders were uploaded for us all to enjoy

Wanna have a listen?
Finalists (LTV Youtube playlist) or you can listen to All 26 songs (LTV Youtube playlist)

Versions
Still Breathing - Single version
- Official 2CD
Still Breathing - remix by DJ Monsta
- limited digital release
Still Breathing - karaoke
- on the official karaoke album (digital)

Links and sources
LTV Supernova pages and FB
Samanta Tīna FB, 2021

No comments:

Post a Comment

Comments are moderated and may take some time to appear.