Filipa Sousa (born 2 March 1985) is a Portuguese singer. She represented Portugal at the

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the with the song "Running Scared (Ell & Nikki song), Running Scared" by Ell & Nikki, El ...

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, Azerbaijan with the song "

Vida minha Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Vida minha" written by Andrej Babić and Carlos Coelho, and performed by Filipa Sousa. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, (RTP), organised the national final ''F ...

". Sousa debuted in 2003, as a member of the Portuguese group, Al-Mouraria. In the same year, she auditioned for the second edition of Operação Triunfo, reaching the 30 finalist but not qualifying for the last 15. It was in 2007, that she once again auditioned for Operação Triunfo reaching the final 15, and received recognition for the public. In 2008 she won the ‘Grande Noite de Fado’ held in

Algarve The Algarve (, , ) is the southernmost NUTS statistical regions of Portugal, NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities (concelho, ''concelhos'' or ''município ...

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1985 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese women singers 21st-century Portuguese singers People from Albufeira Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{Portugal-singer-stub