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Fernando Daniel Rodrigues Almeida (born 11 May 1996), known professionally as Fernando Daniel is a Portuguese singer-songwriter. He won the fourth season of ''
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'' in 2016.


Career


2014: Factor X

Daniel's first experiences with singing were singing at school parties for his friends. He first appeared in the musical industry in 2014, on the Portuguese TV show ''
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'', which is the Portuguese version of the worldwide known music show ''
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''. He auditioned on the second edition, alone, and was finally eliminated in the piano phase. However, the judges liked his voice and decided to join him together with Luana Ribeiro, another contestant who was eliminated in the piano phase. Together, they formed the group BABEL, which finally ended 4th place overall at the show.


2016: ''The Voice Portugal''

Later, in 2016, he appeared on the 4th season of ''
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'' to try his luck again. In the blind auditions, Daniel sang
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's " When We Were Young" and all four coaches, Marisa Liz, Mickael Carreira, Aurea, and Anselmo Ralph, turned their chairs for him. Daniel chose to be a part of Team Mickael Carreira. His audition was a huge success worldwide and in the country, beating the record of the most watched audition of '' The Voice''. On
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alone, the performance has over 120 million views. He went on to win the show in December, receiving the majority of the public votes.


2017: Festival da Canção and first original single

In 2017, he was invited by the Portuguese composer Henrique Feist to sing his song "Poema a Dois" in Festival da Canção and try to represent
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in the
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. He finished in 5th place on the Final. The Grand Finale was eventually won by Salvador Sobral, who sang " Amar Pelos Dois", that ended up winning the
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. In July 2017, Fernando Daniel released his first original single, "Espera", which was included in the soundtrack for the Portuguese telenovela " A Herdeira". "Espera" was included in his first studio album, ''Salto'', which was released in March 2018.


2019: MTV EMA winner

In 2019, Fernando won the Best Portuguese Act award at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards receiving the prize at the live event in
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.


2021–present: ''The Voice Kids'' and ''The Voice'' coach and Junior Eurovision Song Contest composer

From 2021 to 2023, he was featured as a coach on the children's version of ''The Voice Portugal''. His first season was the second season in this format, becoming the first ''The Voice Portugal'' winner to become a coach. His contestant, Simão Oliveira, won the contest and represented
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in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris. Fernando was later on selected by
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as the composer of the song. Later that year, it was announced that Fernando would return in 2022 as a coach. In his second season, his contestant, Maria Gil, won the finale, making him the winning coach for two consecutive seasons. In 2023, Fernando returned for season 4, his third season as a coach on ''The Voice Kids''. In the fourth season of the show altogether, Daniel's contestant, Júlia Machado, won the season, making him the winning coach for the third consecutive season. He became the first coach in any variation of the Portuguese version of the show to win more than two consecutive seasons. In 2024, it was revealed that Daniel would not return as a coach for season 5, being replaced by Nininho Vaz Maia. In 2023, he became a coach on season 11 of the main version of ''The Voice Portugal'', seven years after he won the show. His final contestant, Guilherme Baptista, finished in third place in the season finale. He returned as a coach for season 12 in the fall of 2024. Daniel's artist Rafael Ribeiro won the season, marking Daniel's first win as a coach on the main version of the show. With four wins across all variations of the show, he tied with Marisa Liz as the most winning coach in the show's history.


Discography


Studio albums


Singles


Awards


References

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