Name	Fernanda Brandao
Height
Naionality	Brazilian
Date of Birth	3-May-1983
Place of Birth	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Famous for	Singing

Fernanda Brandao is a Brazilian singer, dancer, recording artist and celebrity, based in Munich, Germany. She became famous under her stage name Laava, then with Latin pop trio, Hot Banditoz. From 2002-2004, Fernanda Brandao gained popularity as a solo singer in America, Canada and Europe, under the alias Laava, with her pop-dance song Wherever You Are (I Feel Love), which was released through Edel Records in Germany and Robbins Entertainment in America.

The track was written especially for her by Hamburg songwriters Pop Master, Sliteye and Newsky, who along with Dr. E., had created successful productions with The Underdog Project, Dune vs Trubblemaker, Rumble Rokkaz, Funky Divas, ScapeBabyz, Nana and Kenny Blake. Various techno and euro house versions of the song were released including one by Yugoslavian-German electronic dance music producer, DJ Pulse driver, remixer for Vengaboys, Lasgo, Ian Van Dahl, Sinead O'Connor and Kim Wilde, and one by Stuttgart's DJ Chopstick, who has produced and remixed for Madonna, Britney Spears, LL Cool J, Deep Dish and Sister Sledge. The video for the song was directed by Swedish director, Patric Ullaeus. From 2004-2010, Fernanda Brandao was a member of the Latin pop group, Hot Banditoz, known for its summer-latino sound. The group also included Bolivian (La Paz) singer, Gabriela Gottschalk (former member of the Super Moonies), German singer and actor of Chilean-Turkish descent, Silva Gonzalez, and from 2008, Chilean (Valparaiso) singer and songwriter, Jose Valdes. Their debut single Veo, Veo, released on Polydor in 2004, became a number 3 hit in Germany, achieving gold status, and was one of five songs to stay in the German charts for more than eight weeks, during that year. This was followed by several more singles including Shake Your Balla which reached position 5 in the Media Control Charts, and two studio albums Mini Disco in 2004 and Body shaker in 2007, which both reached the top 50 in Germany, and a compilation album Best Of Holiday Club Hits, also in 2007, all for Universal Music. The groups were successful in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

In 2010, the pop-electro song Gigolo, sung by Brandao in Portuguese, was released as a promotional video directed by Moritz Krebs and Matthias Lorenz-Meyer. The song was produced by Grammy-nominated German-Asian producer Taan Newjam, who has also created music for Britney Spears, Omarion, and Sugababes, and co-written by Brandao and Newjam. In 2011, Fernanda Brandao was invited to be a member of the jury, in the 8th season of the popular German television talent show Deutschland sucht den Superstar which aired on RTL, alongside German songwriter Dieter Bohlen and Swiss singer Patrick Nuo. She also appeared in the German edition of the French television game show, Fort Boyard.

In the summer of 2011, Fernanda Brandao was invited to appear on the latest season of the German music casting television series Popstars, as a celebrity juror, and on the Austrian casting tour Mission Osterreich (2011), alongside German choreographer, Detlef Soost, for broadcast channel Puls4.