Filipa Sousa

Filipa Sousa (born March 2, 1985 in Albufeira) is a Portuguese singer who represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, in Baku, Azerbaijan after winning the Festival da Canção with her entry, "Vida Minha" (Life of Mine), she performed 6th on the Second Semi Final where she finished 13th with 39 Points not reaching a place in the Final. Filipa 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. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.