“Jubilant Portugal on Sunday heaped praise on the country’s first ever 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 Minister Antonio Costa tweeted.”
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