It was with a filigree heart of Viana on her chest that Mimicat returned to the stage of the Eurovision Song Contest, in the final of the contest that took place this Saturday in Liverpool, United Kingdom (and won by Sweden, with the interpretation of ” Tattoo”, by Loreen). “Ai Coração”, the theme chosen to represent Portugal in this 67th edition of the festival, was heard again, amid sighs of Portugueseness and a burlesque style that is part of the creative motto of the singer, who lived, by the way, a childhood dream come true. The song, which she composed almost ten years ago, when she was releasing her first album, for you, won the 57th edition of the Festival da Canção, but the truth is that Mimicat had already participated in the contest at the age of 15, in the distant year 2001. Music was always part of his life, a new stage of recognition arrived. with the Song Festival. It remains to be seen which way to go after Eurovision.
Let’s go back to the story. Marisa Mena, known as Mimicat, was born on October 25, 1985 in Coimbra, where she lived until she was 20 years old. She started singing when she was studying at Escola EB1 in São Martinho do Bispo and it was in the final part of the 1st cycle, when she was only nine years old, that she released an album with the name of isamena. This was followed by a school career at the EB 2,3 Inês de Castro and Secundária D. Duarte schools, between attempts to release another album, which never came out. The entrance to higher education was given through the Environmental Engineering career of the Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra (ESAC), at a time when everything seemed to be going in a very different direction than what is known today.
[a atuação de Mimicat em Liverpool, na final da Eurovisão:]
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Source: Observadora
