Piedade, Diana
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| Birthname | Diana Patrícia Silveira da Piedade | ||||
| born on | 22 April 1985 at 19:25 (= 7:25 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Lagos, Portugal, 37n06, 8w40 | ||||
| Timezone | WEST h1e (is daylight saving time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   02°34'   00°12 Asc. 23°11'
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Biography
Portuguese rock singer and songwriter with a powerful, raspy and soulful voice, known for her English language covers of such classic 1960s songs as Janis Joplin's version of "Piece of My Heart" and Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love".
She came to national fame in February 2010 when she finished as the runner-up in the 2009 season 3 of Ídolos, the Portuguese version of Pop Idol, a reality competition musical television show. She then performed at major concerts in New York City and London, England.
In 2015, she competed to represent Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Maldito Tempo". However, she was not selected and ended up finishing in fourth place in her semifinal at the portuguese preselection, named Festival da Canção.
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes from her biography on Portuguese Wikipedia [1]:
"Diana Patrícia [da] Silveira da Piedade (Lagos, Santa Maria, 22 de Abril de 1985)... Nasceu às 19 horas e 25 minutos, filha de Fernando José [da] Vitória da Piedade (Lagos, Santa Maria, 1963/1964) e de sua mulher Teresa Eufémia de Almeida [de] Novais da Silveira (Luanda, 1964/1965), residentes na Rua 25 de Abril, 58 em Lagos, neta paterna de José Geraldo Amâncio da Piedade e de sua mulher Maria Adelinda [da] Vitória e neta materna de Hermindo João da Silveira e de sua mulher Anabela de Almeida [de] Novais."
Translation: Diana Patrícia [da] Silveira da Piedade (Lagos, Santa Maria, 22 April 1985)... Born at 7:25 PM, daughter of Fernando José [da] Vitória da Piedade (Lagos, Santa Maria, 1963/1964) and his wife Teresa Eufémia de Almeida [de] Novais da Silveira (Luanda, 1964/1965), residing at Rua 25 de Abril, 58 in Lagos, paternal granddaughter of José Geraldo Amâncio da Piedade and his wife Maria Adelinda [da] Vitória and maternal granddaughter of Hermindo João da Silveira and his wife Anabela de Almeida [de] Novais.
Source notes given as:
"Assento N.º 108/1985, lavrado a 2 de Maio de 1985, da Conservatória de Lagos."
Translation: Record No. 108/1985, drawn up on 2 May 1985 at the Conservatory of Lagos.
Categories
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate (Paris, France)
- Personal : Misc. : Changed name (AKA Diana Silveira)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Group/ Duo
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.
