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Portuguese singer (born 1994) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cláudia Rafaela Teixeira Pascoal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈklawðiɐ tɐjˈʃɐjɾɐ pɐʃˈkwal]; born 12 October 1994) is a Portuguese singer and songwriter. She represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "O jardim".[1]
In 2010, Pascoal participated in talent show Ídolos, and in 2013 she participated in the first season of talent show Factor X. In 2014, Pascoal auditioned to present talk show Curto Circuito on SIC Radical, and ended up in third place. In 2015, she participated in Ídolos for a second time.[2]
In 2017, she participated on the fifth season of talent show The Voice Portugal and was eventually eliminated in the semi-finals placing 6th overall.[3] In 2018, Pascoal won the Festival da Canção, the national contest to select the Portuguese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "O jardim", written by Isaura.[1][4] As the host entry, she automatically qualified to the final. In the final the song received a total of 39 points and placed 26th.
In 2019, Pascoal released two singles, "Ter e Não Ter" in March, followed by a collaboration with Samuel Uria for "Viver" in November. In March 2020, she released her first studio album ![upper-alpha 1], as well as the third single from the album, "Espalha Brasas".
On 19 May, 2023, Pascoal released her second studio album, !!. David Fonseca and Marante helped produce the album[5] and Pascoal wrote and composed all of the songs on !!, apart from a cover of I Play Tennis by Miuda. Some of the songs made for !! will feature on a third album in the future.[6]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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POR | |||||||||
"O jardim" (featuring Isaura) |
2018 | 21 | Non-album single | ||||||
"Ter e Não Ter" | 2019 | — | ! | ||||||
"Viver" (featuring Samuel Úria) |
— | ||||||||
"Espalha Brasas" | 2020 | — | |||||||
"Passo A Passo" (with Tomás Adrião) |
— | Non-album single | |||||||
"Quase Dança" | — | ! | |||||||
"Honesty Bar" (with D'alva) |
2021 | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"Tanto Faz" | — | ||||||||
"Fado Chiclete" | — | ||||||||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. |
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