Portuguese Eurovision singer Sara Tavares from 1994 dies of a brain tumor after a long health battle
- She famously represented the country when the competition was held in Dublin
- Tavares entered with the song ‘Chamar a Música’, which finished in eighth place
Portuguese participant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 Sara Tavares has died at the age of 45 after a long health battle from a brain tumor.
She famously represented the country when the competition was held in Dublin, competing with the song ‘Chamar a Música’, which finished in eighth place.
Tavares died in Lisbon on Sunday, according to Portuguese reports, which said her death had been announced by her devastated family.
As her song was one of the best results for Portugal during the competition, Tavares and ‘Chamar a Música’ went down in history in her home country.
Her performance received 12 votes from the Spanish jury and was awarded points by 13 of the 25 participating countries during that year’s competition.
Portuguese participant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 Sara Tavares (photo) has died at the age of 45 after a long health struggle from a brain tumor
Tavares was born in Lisbon in 1978. Her career started when she won the first edition of Chuva de Estrelas, a talent show in Portugal, in 1994.
She sang a cover of Whitney Houston’s ‘One Moment in Time’.
The same year she followed her victory with her eighth place in Dublin.
Two years later she released her debut album ‘Sara Tavares & Shout!’ out, the first of a number of albums she would release over the next twenty years.
Her 2005 album ‘Balance’ earned her a platinum nomination at the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards.
She is also known for singing the European-Portuguese version of ‘God Help the Outcasts’ for the Disney film ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’, and in 2000 she won a Portuguese Golden Globe for Best Portuguese Female Singer in 2000.
Her music borrowed elements from various genres, including funk, soul, gospel and pop.
However, she was forced to pause her music career for almost a decade when she was first diagnosed with cancer in 2009, returning in 2018.
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