Vânia is a 23 year-old singer that won the last edition of the popular Idol like show �Operação Triunfo� in Portugal. She that will perform the song �Senhora do Mar� at the 2008 Festival da Canção and she spoke to esctoday.com Luis Florindo about herself and her song.
Can you describe how you felt when you were announced as the winner of Operação Triunfo 2007?
I don’t know if can put it into words… Above all I felt a profound gratitude for the support and the confidence people have given me, by votingforme. I felt a great joy for this recognition and a great responsibility because people chose me to represent a great generation of singers and artists: my colleagues on the show.
Can you describe to us the song that Carlos Coelho and Andrej Babic produced?
It’s a great song, a song full of strength. It is a hymn to all the women that have lost relatives in the sea. This is a familiar situation for me coming from an island as Madeira. Senhora do Mar is a powerful ballad and I fall in love for it every time I hear it.
