2B (band)

2B was a

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

band formed by

Luciana Abreu Luciana Abreu Sodré Costa Real (born 25 May 1985) is a Portuguese singer, actress and television host. Luciana Abreu is known for her participation in ''Idolos'', for representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of the pop- ...

and

Rui Drumond Rui Alberto Martins Golias Drumond de Sousa (born 1980), also known as Rui Drumond, is a Portuguese singer. Career Drumond participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, representing Portugal along with Luciana Abreu, forming the duo " 2B" ...

. It represented

Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Amar" written by José da Ponte, Alexandre Honrado and Ernesto Leite. The song was performed by the duo 2B, which was internally selected by the Portuguese broadcaster Rá ...

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with the song "

Amar Amar may refer to: People Given name * Amar (British singer) (born 1982), British Indian singer born Amar Dhanjal * Amar (Lebanese singer) (born 1986), born Amar Mahmoud Al Tahech * Amar Bose (1929–2013), Founder of Bose Corporation * Amar Gup ...

" (To love). The duo was formed exclusively to represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest (2005). The bilingual song (Portuguese and English) was eliminated in the semifinal, having scored higher than the song of the previous year, obtaining the maximum score (12 points) from all the countries of strong Portuguese emigration (Germany, France, Switzerland, etc.). The song was quite popular in

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. Both members said that the duo would soon disappear after the contest and that they would go on to have their separate musical careers. Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Portugal Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2005 Portuguese pop music groups {{Portugal-stub