Sabrina (Portuguese artist)
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Sabrina is the stage name
of Teresa Villa-Lobos, a Portuguese
singer, from Setúbal
. She represented her country and national broadcaster RTP
at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
, in Helsinki
, Finland
, after winning the Festival da Canção, the national selection. Due to Portugal's non-qualification to the final, in 2006, Sabrina performed in the semifinal, finishing 11th thus failing to qualify.
competitions. Her major hobby was playing futsal
at the Grupo Desportivo e Recreativo do Bairro do Liceu, achieving a championship runner-up place for local club Vitória de Setúbal.
Professionally, she was part of the third and last line-up of Portuguese
girlband
Teenagers, from 2003 to 2006, when she planned to start her solo
career. In early 2007, with 24 years old, she was selected, through a casting
, to participate on RTP
's Festival da Canção 2007. Her producer, popular artist Emanuel
, proposed her to perform under the alias
Sabrina. On March 10, she won the show with almost twice the votes of the runner-up. The song, called "Dança comigo
", represented Portugal
at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
in Helsinki
, Finland
. The song is considered as a typical Portuguese schlager
(nicknamed "Pimba
" in Portugal).
Sabrina performed in position number 17 at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 semifinal, backed by a mixed pair of dancers and three female singers. The Eurovision version was more Latino
-influenced than the version with which she won the Festival da Canção, and the last two chorus
was sang in French
, Spanish
, English
and Portuguese
. The dance routine was more elaborate also. Sabrina ended up 11th, just 4 points short of qualification, right behind Moldova
(to whom incidentally Portugal gave its maximum points). The song's final ranking was 25th out of 42 countries, making "Dança Comigo" the most successful Portuguese entry since 1998, and the second highest Portuguese scorer ever, with 88 points (after the 92 points from 1996
). 44 points came from western European countries (8 points from neighbouring Spain
), and 36 points from eastern Europe. It was the highest western scoring song in the semifinal. In ESC 2008, she was a spokesperson for RTP.
Sabrina is currently married to Nandinho
, a Portuguese football player, former captain of Vitória de Setúbal. Along with the Eurovision Song Contest preparations, she is also working on her debut album, produced by Emanuel.
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
of Teresa Villa-Lobos, a Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
singer, from Setúbal
Setúbal
Setúbal is the main city in Setúbal Municipality in Portugal with a total area of 172.0 km² and a total population of 118,696 inhabitants in the municipality. The city proper has 89,303 inhabitants....
. She represented her country and national broadcaster RTP
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, S.A.,commonly known as RTP, is Portugal's public service broadcasting organization. It operates four terrestrial television channels and three national radio channels, as well as several satellite and cable offerings....
at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...
, in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, after winning the Festival da Canção, the national selection. Due to Portugal's non-qualification to the final, in 2006, Sabrina performed in the semifinal, finishing 11th thus failing to qualify.
Biography
Sabrina started singing at school and family parties and, at the age of 16, she already had won some karaokeKaraoke
is a form of interactive entertainment or video game in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system. The music is typically a well-known pop song minus the lead vocal. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol,...
competitions. Her major hobby was playing futsal
Futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...
at the Grupo Desportivo e Recreativo do Bairro do Liceu, achieving a championship runner-up place for local club Vitória de Setúbal.
Professionally, she was part of the third and last line-up of Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
girlband
Girlband
Girlband can refer to:*A general name for an all-female band*Girlband *Girlband, a group on the fifth UK series of The X Factor...
Teenagers, from 2003 to 2006, when she planned to start her solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
career. In early 2007, with 24 years old, she was selected, through a casting
Casting
In metalworking, casting involves pouring liquid metal into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowing it to cool and solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process...
, to participate on RTP
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, S.A.,commonly known as RTP, is Portugal's public service broadcasting organization. It operates four terrestrial television channels and three national radio channels, as well as several satellite and cable offerings....
's Festival da Canção 2007. Her producer, popular artist Emanuel
Emanuel
Emanuel, Emmanuel, Emmanuil or Immanuel , may refer to:-People:Royalty* Emanuel I of Portugal * Emanuel II of Portugal * Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy...
, proposed her to perform under the alias
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
Sabrina. On March 10, she won the show with almost twice the votes of the runner-up. The song, called "Dança comigo
Dança Comigo (Vem Ser Feliz)
"Dança comigo " was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in Portuguese, French, Spanish and English by Sabrina after she was voted the winner of the 2007 edition of Festival da Canção, the national selection final.The song is a moderately up-tempo, Latin-inspired...
", represented Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...
in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. The song is considered as a typical Portuguese schlager
Schlager
Schlager music is a style of popular music prevalent in Central and Northern Europe and the Balkans and also in France and Poland. In Portugal, it was adapted and became pimba music...
(nicknamed "Pimba
Pimba
Pimba is a Portuguese depreciatory term used for qualifying a variety of popular Portuguese pop and folk solo singers as well as bands, possibly inspired in Schlager, who focus on simplistic catchy songs with rough lyrics frequently driven by metaphors with sexual meanings, or focused on basic and...
" in Portugal).
Sabrina performed in position number 17 at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 semifinal, backed by a mixed pair of dancers and three female singers. The Eurovision version was more Latino
Latin American music
Latin American music, found within Central and South America, is a series of musical styles and genres that mixes influences from Spanish, African and indigenous sources, that has recently become very famous in the US.-Argentina:...
-influenced than the version with which she won the Festival da Canção, and the last two chorus
Refrain
A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...
was sang in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
. The dance routine was more elaborate also. Sabrina ended up 11th, just 4 points short of qualification, right behind Moldova
Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Moldova chose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 by using a panel of experts selected by TRM, to internally select a song and performer. After a jury narrowed down the 34 valid songs to 3, a professional jury selected Natalia Barbu out of the three remaining options for Helsinki...
(to whom incidentally Portugal gave its maximum points). The song's final ranking was 25th out of 42 countries, making "Dança Comigo" the most successful Portuguese entry since 1998, and the second highest Portuguese scorer ever, with 88 points (after the 92 points from 1996
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Portugal selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 through the annual Festival da Canção.-Festival da Canção 1996:Festival da Canção 1996 was held on 7 March 1996 and was hosted by Carlos Cruz and Isabel Angelino...
). 44 points came from western European countries (8 points from neighbouring Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
), and 36 points from eastern Europe. It was the highest western scoring song in the semifinal. In ESC 2008, she was a spokesperson for RTP.
Sabrina is currently married to Nandinho
Nandinho
Fernando Manuel Pinto Rodrigues , aka Nandinho, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left defender.-External links:**...
, a Portuguese football player, former captain of Vitória de Setúbal. Along with the Eurovision Song Contest preparations, she is also working on her debut album, produced by Emanuel.