Portugal heaped praise yesterday on the country’s first Eurovision song contest victor Salvador Sobral, who suffers from a serious heart condition but triumphed with a melancholy ballad.“When we are very good, we’re the best of the best. Congratulations Salvador Sobral,” President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa wrote in a message to the 27-year-old crooner.The singer was scheduled to arrive at Lisbon airport later in the day accompanied by his older sister Luisa Sobral, who wrote his winning song and is also a successful singer.“A page of history has been written in Portuguese this evening at Eurovision. Bravo Salvador! Bravo Portugal,” Prime …read more
Source: Gulf times
