Sabrina (Portuguese artist)
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Sabrina at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Maria Teresa Villa-Lobos |
| Also known as | Maria Teresa |
| Born | March 30, 1982 |
| Origin | Setúbal, Portugal |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 2003–2006 (Teenagers) 2006–present (solo) |
| Associated acts | Teenagers |
Sabrina (born 1982) was the stage name of Maria Teresa Villa-Lobos, a Portuguese singer, from Setúbal. She represented her country and national broadcaster RTP at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, in Helsinki, Finland, after winning the Festival da Canção, the national selection. Due to Portugal's non-qualification to the final, in 2006, Sabrina performed in the semifinal, finishing 11th thus failing to qualify.
Sabrina started singing at school and family parties and, at the age of 16, she already had won some karaoke competitions. Her major hobby was playing futsal at the Grupo Desportivo e Recreativo do Bairro do Liceu, achieving a championship runner-up place for local club Vitória de Setúbal.
Professionally, she was part of the third and last line-up of Portuguese girlband Teenagers, from 2003 to 2006, when she planned to start her solo career. In early 2007, with 24 years old, she was selected, through a casting, to participate on RTP's Festival da Canção 2007. Her producer, popular artist Emanuel, proposed her to perform under the alias Sabrina. On March 10, she won the show with almost twice the votes of the runner-up. The song, called "Dança comigo", represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland.
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