# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rui-bandeira
# Generated: 2026-08-31T21:50:58.958Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rui-bandeira"
name: "Rui Bandeira"
slug: "rui-bandeira"
description: "Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song \"Como tudo começou\" composed by Jorge do Carmo, with lyrics by Tó Andrade, and performed by Rui Bandeira. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), organised the national final Festival da Canção 1999 in order to select its entry for the contest. The competition took place on 8 March 1999 where \"Como tudo começou\" performed by Rui Bandeira emerged as the winner following the votes from 11 regional juries."
tagline: "Portuguese singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rui_Bandeira_Ao_Vivo_em_Pontault-Combault_Fran%C3%A7a.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Portugal"
  isoCode: "PT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1973-07-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.43
  momentum:             10
  historical:           12.064492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1488991/"
    handle:    "nm1488991"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ruibandeira.net"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2360391"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Bandeira"
    title: "Rui Bandeira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Bandeira"
    title: "Rui Bandeira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Bandeira"
    title: "Rui Bandeira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Bandeira"
    title: "Rui Bandeira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Bandeira"
    title: "Rui Bandeira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Bandeira"
    title: "Rui Bandeira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Bandeira"
    title: "Rui Bandeira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Bandeira"
    title: "Rui Bandeira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Bandeira"
    title: "Rui Bandeira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Bandeira"
    title: "Rui Bandeira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Bandeira"
    title: "Rui Bandeira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/067fcb42-5743-412e-8591-5c64eec79024"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q922332"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3706352"
    title: "Rui Bandeira"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump