Luciana Abreu Sodré Costa Real (born 25 May 1985) is a Portuguese

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and

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. Luciana Abreu is known for her participation in ''Idolos'', for representing Portugal in the

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as part of the pop-duo 2B, for her character in 2006 for

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as Flor Valente.

Biography

Early years

She was first noticed at the age of 14, for her participation in the show "Cantigas da Rua", which she won. During 2002 she took part in the play ''O Casamento'', by the ''Seiva Trupe'' theatre company, as both actress and singer. Later, in 2003, she starred in the

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''Cabaret Carioca'' by Carlos Leça, inspired by

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's music, in which she took the role of ''Beatriz''.

''Idolos'' (Idols)

In 2004, Luciana auditioned for the second season of ''Idolos'' (the Portuguese version of ''Pop Idol'' (British original version)). She was a member of the first group of semi-finalists. She sang a rendition of Christina Aguilera's "The Voice Within" which garnered her a top 10 position

Song performances on Portuguese Idol

*Original Audition: " Fallin'" (

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), " Run to You" (

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) and " Povo Que Lavas no Rio" (

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) *Top 30: "

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" (

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) (semi-final group 1) *Top 10: " Fallin'" (

) *Top 8: " Povo Que Lavas No Rio" (

), (Portuguese music's week) *Top 7: "

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" (

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) (Disco's week) *Top 6: "

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" (

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) (Juri's week)

Eurovision 2005

Abreu represented Portugal in the

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as part of the pop-duo 2B with

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" ...

. The duo performed the pop song ''Amar''. However, many mishaps occurred during the live performance (including Abreu's microphone failing several times). The group failed to qualify for the final, placing 17th with 51 points in the semi-final, although they received the maximum 12 points from France, Germany and Switzerland.

After Eurovision 2005

After Eurovision Song Contest, Luciana became a hairdresser and manicurist in a hair salon. But Luciana's life was soon to change, as she then became the protagonist of the most popular Portuguese soap opera: ''

''.

''Floribella''

After representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest, Luciana auditioned for a role in ''

''. She was selected for the lead role in the show, Flor Valente. The shows tells the story of Cinderella in the 21st century, a poor girl who falls in love with a rich guy, but has her (unknown) bad sister stopping her from being happy. It was one of the most successful TV shows in 2006 and as a result a second season was made in 2007 although it never had the same success. However the music soundtrack reached number one in the Portuguese charts. With the success of ''Floribella'', Luciana became very popular in Portugal. This show beat records.

Lucy

Luciana was on the cover of the Portuguese magazine ''CARAS'' in January 2007. Soon afterwards Abreu became hostess of the show ''Lucy'' on

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. This is a show for kids, where Luciana sings and dances. Luciana appeared on the cover of the Portuguese version of men's magazine ''FHM'' (February 2008 issue). ''Dança Comigo'' is the Portuguese version of ''

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'', which Luciana won when she entered its third season.

Eurovision 2009

Abreu was the favourite to represent Portugal once again in the

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in Moscow, Russia this time however as a solo singer with a song which she wrote. However she came in third in the final, though winning the televote but gaining only 4 points from the juries.

''Perfeito Coração''

Luciana played a manicurist in the soap opera ''Perfeito Coração'' (Perfect Heart). It is broadcast on

. Now she is playing a fictionalized version of herself in the comedy series ''Último A Sair'' (Last Out). It is broadcast on

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''Último a sair''

Lucy participated in a program called ''Ultimo a sair'' in which she had to act like if she was really doing that. It was a reality show.

''A tua cara não me é estranha''

This program ran on the channel TVI where the participants had to perform artists worldwide. In this program, Luciana Abreu came back to her life for some time off (she had two daughters : Lyonnce and Lyanni). Luciana Abreu interpreted more women than men. She won 4 galas (one of the four, she was the winner).

Discography

Television

Filmography

Personal life

She was married to the Portuguese footballer

Yannick Djaló Yannick dos Santos Djaló (born 5 May 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays mainly as a forward but also as a winger. He played most of his professional career with Sporting after reaching the club's youth system at the ag ...

and they have two children together.Luciana Abreu está grávida (Luciana Abreu is pregnant)
Lux, 26 August 2010 (Portuguese)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abreu, Luciana 1985 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese women singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Portugal Portuguese television actresses Golden Globes (Portugal) winners Musicians from Porto 21st-century Portuguese actresses Idols (franchise) participants