Salvador Sobral
Salvador Vilar Braamcamp Sobral is a Portuguese singer, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 for Portugal with the song "Amar pelos dois", written and composed by his sister, Luísa Sobral. In doing so, he gave Portugal its first ever win in the contest since its debut in 1964, ending the longest winless run by a country in Eurovision history. Sobral and his entry hold the Eurovision record for the highest-scoring winner as of 2017, having earned a total of 758 points under the current voting system, after winning both the jury vote and televote.
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- Born in
- Lisbon
- Educated at
- Taller de Músics
- Awards
- 🏆 Commander of the Order of Merit of Portugal🏆 First prize of the Eurovision Song Contest
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1989
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