- Imele iPortugal, imvumi yomphefumlo wejazz uSalvador Sobral uphumelele uKhuphiswano lweNgoma ye-Eurovision yowama-2017 ngale piyano ehlutyiweyo ibhaladi malunga nothando olulahlekileyo. Isihloko sengoma siguqulela kwisiNgesi ngokuthi 'Uthando Kuthi Sobabini.'
- USobral yayikuphela komntu okhuphisana naye kwi-Eurovision okhethe ukusebenza ngokusondeleyo kwinqanaba elincinane lomsitho kunokuba azalise iqonga elikhulu eliphambili. Ekwamkeleni kwakhe ibhaso, uSobral wasebenzisa intetho yakhe yoloyiso ukuze abambe irazzmatazz ejikeleze iingoma ze-Euro-trance ezazilawula ngokuhlwa. 'Siphila kwihlabathi lomculo wokutya okukhawulezayo' watsho. 'Olu luloyiso lomculo… umculo asiyoziqhushumbisi, umculo uyavakala.'
- USobral wandise kwisigqibo sakhe sokuhamba kancinci, ngexesha lenkomfa yabezindaba yeposi.
'Abantu bamamela iingoma kuba bephoswa kuwe', utshilo. 'Kufuneka uyithande le nto kuba sizakuyidlala kalishumi elinesithandathu ngemini kwaye sikunyanzele ukuba uyithande. [Kodwa 'u-Amar Pelos Dois'] ngumculo onomxholo, ingoma yeemvakalelo kunye nomyalezo omnandi kunye nemvisiswano - izinto abantu abangaqhelanga ukuziphulaphula kule mihla.'
'Ukuba ndinokunceda ekuziseni utshintsho oluthile kumculo ndingavuya ngokwenene,' wongeze watsho uSobral. 'Kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba kuya kukhuthaza abantu ukuba bazise izinto ezahlukeneyo kunye nazo zonke iintlobo zomculo kwiinguqu ezizayo zalo mncintiswano.' - Ingoma ye-melancholic yabhalwa ngudadewabo kaSalvador Sobral, uLuísa Sobral. Ukholelwa ukuba isibongozo somculo kubavoti be-Eurovision sibangelwe kukudlala kakuhle komninawa wakhe. 'Ngendimnike usuku olumnandi lokuzalwa' kwaye ngephumelele,' utshilo uLuísa Sobral. 'Ngalo msebenzi ndandiwabona onke amazwi akhe.'
- Uloyiso luka-Sobral yaba yeyokuqala ukuphumelela kwePortugal kukhuphiswano ukusukela oko yaqalayo ngo-1964. Yaphelisa imbalela ende kwimbali ye-Eurovision (iminyaka engama-53).
- 'U-Amar Pelos Dois' uphawule ixesha lokuqala ingoma eculwa ngokupheleleyo ngolwimi olungaphandle kwesiNgesi ephumelele ukusukela oko imvumi yaseSerbia uMarija Šerifovic yaphumelela nge'Molitva' ngo-2007.
