Luciana Abreu

* R&B
 Occupation(s) | * Singer
* actress

**Luciana Abreu Sodré Costa Real** (born 25 May 1985) is a Portuguese singer, actress and television host. Abreu is known for her participation in *Idolos*, for representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of the pop-duo 2B and for her character in Floribella, 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 musical play *Cabaret Carioca* by Carlos Leça, inspired by Chico Buarque'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

### Eurovision 2005

Abreu represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kiev, Ukraine as part of the pop-duo 2B (with Rui Drummond). The duo performed the pop song *Amar*. However, many mishaps occurred during the live performance (including Abreu's microphone failing several times). This caused the group to fail to qualify for the final, placing 17th with 51 points in the semi-final.

### 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*.

### *Floribella*

After representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest, Luciana auditioned for a role in *Floribella*. She was selected for the lead role in the show, Flor Valente. The shows tell 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 the hostess of the show *Lucy* on SIC. 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 *Dancing with the Stars*, which Luciana won when she entered its third season.

### Eurovision 2009

Abreu was the favourite to represent Portugal once again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 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 SIC.
Now she is playing a fictionalized version of herself in the comedy series *Último A Sair* (Last Out). It is broadcast on RTP1.

### *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).

### Mediterraneanvision 4

She was chosen to represent Portugal at the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 4 in Ta' Qali, Malta with the song "Pula Pula" featuring Italian DJ Dj Maci.

They competed in the second semi-final where they placed 3rd with 198 points and therefore qualified for the grand final where they went on to place 5th with 235 points.

## Personal life

She was married to Portuguese footballer Yannick Djaló and they have two children together.