Flor-de-Lis

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Daniela Varela at the ESC 2009
Daniela Varela at the ESC 2009
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Todas as ruas do amor
  CH 85 05/31/2009 (1 week)

Flor-de-Lis is a band from Portugal . The musicians represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow in 2009 .

Band history

The group Flor-de-Lis, founded in 2004, consists of the members Daniela Varela (vocals), Paulo Pereira (wind instruments), José Camacho (guitar, Portuguese guitar ), Jorge Marques (guitar, cavaquinho ), Ana Sofia Campeã (accordion) , Rolando Amaral (bass) and Pedro Marques (drums). In their repertoire, the musicians combine Portuguese folk music with modern pop music. In addition, there are influences from Latin American and African music in her songs.

In 2009, Flor-de-Lis took part in the Portuguese music festival Festival da Canção with one of initially 24 entries selected by a jury , which also serves as the national preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest . In the final round on February 27, 2009 at the Teatro Camões in Lisbon , they won the national final of the last twelve participants with the title Todas as ruas do amor (German: "All the streets of love"). In the vote, a jury decision and the televoting of the Portuguese television viewers were evaluated equally. The band was able to qualify their song for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in the second semifinal in Moscow's Olimpijski Arena on May 14, 2009 in comparison with 18 other music performances . There they finished 15th in the victory of the Norwegian Alexander Rybak .

Discography

  • 2010: Signo Solar

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