Salvador Sobral

Salvador Sobral's career is probably hard to beat for drama. Due to acute health problems, the Portuguese singer and pianist had to leave the stage in 2017 in the middle of rehearsals for the Eurovision Song Contest final and let his sister sing. In the end, he stepped up to the microphone again himself - and won!

It is unmistakable that Chet Baker, with his delicate, brittle timbre, is one of Salvador Sobral's early idols. There are also other points of contact: Like the legendary trumpeter once did, the young singer and pianist from Lisbon can draw on life experiences with ups and downs in shaping his repertoire. The tremendous luck of still being able to perform after a successful heart transplant seven years ago is communicated in each of his songs.