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The Black Mamba

© EBU/Andres Putting

About

Quick Facts

Members
Pedro Tatanka
Miguel Casais
Marco Pombinho
Rui Pedro “Pity” Vaz
Guilherme “Gui” Salgueiro

Established
2010

Nationality
🇵🇹 Porutgese

National Selection
Festival da Canção 2021

In Eurovision
Rotterdam 2021

Song
Love is on my side (2021)

Biography

In May 2010, Pedro Taborda ( aka Tatanka), Ciro Cruz and Miguel Casais formed The Black Mamba. They soon released their first album with the same name.  In just over a year, they passed through London, Philadelphia, Luanda, Madrid and Seville on their debut tour, having also visited Brazil in 2013. In 2014, the band released their second album, “Dirty Little Brother”, after which a new national and international tour followed. In 2016, the band presented a series of concerts in acoustic format. In October 2018, the band presented the third album, “The Mamba King“.

The next year, the Good Times Tour tour celebrated the band’s 10-year career, ending at the end of February 2020.

In 2021, the band participated in Festival da Canção, the Portuguese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. They won and represented Portugal in the contest in Rotterdam. 

Entries

Love is on my side

Country
🇵🇹 Country

Year
2021

Language
English

Lyrics
TATANKA

Music
TATANKA

Backings

Results Semi

Points: 239
Position: 4
Running order: 12

Results Finals

Points: 153
Position: 12
Running order: 7