Fernando Daniel

He first appeared in the musical industry in 2014, on the Portuguese TV show, Factor X, which is the Portuguese version of the worldwide known music show X Factor. He auditioned on the second edition, alone, and was finally eliminated in the piano phase. However, the judges liked his voice and decided join him together with Luana Ribeiro, another contestant who was eliminated at the piano phase. Together, they formed the group BABEL,[3] which finally ended 4th place overall at the show.[4]

Later, in 2016, he appeared on the 4th season of The Voice Portugal to try his luck again. His audition was a huge success worldwide and in the country, beating the record of the most watched audition of The Voice (TV series).[5] With the favoritism on his hand, he went on to win the show in December, receiving the majority of the public votes.[2]

In 2017, he was invited by the Portuguese composer Henrique Feist to sing his song "Poema a Dois" in Festival da Canção and try to represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.[6] He finished in 5th place on the Final. The Grand Finale was eventually won by Salvador Sobral, who sang "Amar Pelos Dois", that ended up winning the contest.[7][8]

In July 2017, Fernando Daniel released his first original single, "Espera", which was included in the soundtrack for the Portuguese telenovela "A Herdeira".[9] "Espera" was included in his first studio album, Salto, which was released in March 2018.[10]

In 2019, Fernando won the Best Portuguese Act award at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards receiving the prize at the live event in Seville.[11]