I never felt so good about myself

Posted on November 22, 2012 by iwillmeetmadonna


My campaign is about hope! I’ve learned that once we are alive we should follow our dreams and be fighters. Now, I’ve decided to make a totally different video that is already changing my life. I never made something so personal, full of emotions. Every song, every scene, every word has a sense.

Everybody is afraid of cancer. I’ve lost one of my best friends because he died of cancer. He was and he’ll always be light! His last words for me were: “Fábio, whatever you’ll be, think about me and I’ll be with you”. You taught me to be a fighter Leandro. You are example, inspiration. Thanks for being part of my heart.

Talking about cancer, I’ve chosen to make this video to talk about breast cancer in a different way. Like a Virgin should be the most appropriated song of Madonna to use for it, of course: “touching” and in the end, “shiny and new” – the hope that we should always have.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. It is also the principle cause of death from cancer among women globally.

Despite the high incidence rates, in Western countries, 89% of women diagnosed with breast cancer are still alive 5 years after their diagnosis, which is due to detection and treatment.

The World Health Organisation [WHO] has suggested that two components of early detection have been shown to improve
cancer mortality:

– Education: to help people recognize early signs of cancer and seek prompt medical attention for symptoms.

– Screening programs: to identify early cancer or pre-cancer before signs are recognizable including mammography for breast cancer.In the UK and US effective education and screening could save between 12 to 37 lives per day.

Source: www.worldwidebreastcancer.com

Thanks to my boss Damien, and to my coach Helen, for shaving my head and making my tattoo.

Extra-Special thanks to Manu Ribeiro and Diego Giuliarini for inspiring me to make this video.

You deserve to live shiny and new!

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How to Meet Madonna

Posted on November 16, 2012 by iwillmeetmadonna

Each year about 1.2 million people die on the world’s roads. From this total,  20% of traffic deaths are caused by drunk driving. It means that 240.000 people die because of irresponsibility of drunk drivers. This is more than the deaths with Tsunamis or any recent natural disaster,  and who is causing it is a human being.

In the United States the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that 17, 941 people died in 2006 in alcohol-related collisions,  representing 40% of total traffic deaths in the US. NHTSA states 275, 000 were injured in alcohol-related accidents in 2003 (see more here).

If I won’t meet Madonna,  at least I have showed the people how bad it can be to drink and to drive. I won’t be hypocrite talking about Alcohol and its effects,  although I don’t drink it at all – my friends are proof of that (twice per year, I can drink it, but I don’t like it :P).

But once again,  if you are going to drink,  think about who you love or think about your life. If you don’t care about your life,  care about other people’s life’s.

In the end, this paradise is not for me…

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I’m giving away everything

Posted on November 12, 2012 by iwillmeetmadonna

My campaign is about to finish…until meet her. In the meantime, I’m still giving away my CDs, DVDs, memorabilia that I was assembling in the last years… Am I getting crazy? I must say in 100% that not, maybe addicted. This renouncing is part of the campaign – it’s my sacrifice to meet her and also to make people meet, in some way, Madonna as well.

I made a nice partnership with the biggest Brazilian Fan Club, Estilo Madonna, that is going to change its name to MadonnaGo. We have made a promotion in which the fans who like the page of my campaign and their page on Facebook can be able to participate of a sweepstake of a a wrist watch that I got as gift with my Early Entry ticket to MDNA in London 😦 To participate, you should be resident in Brazil.


If you don’t live in Brazil, don’t worry. I gave to the administrator of Madonna’s Tattoos Group on Facebook, Adi Bar, 5 Singles/CDs  from my collection to be given away to inked fans. Ask to join the community and wait for her posts!

And if you are not an inked fan, don’t worry as well. I’m still making sweepstakes on my Facebook Page, giving away my beloved CDs/DVDs.

Last week, I’ve spent a lot of money with Post-Office sending CDs and DVDs around the world. See who has won/gotten my memorabilia:

Szabrina has gotten a MDNA bag and Hard Candy Towel!

Szabrina Sebok from Hungary has gotten my MDNA Bag plus a Hard Candy Towel! This girl was one of the first ones to give me support 🙂 I gave those items without sweepstake because she deserves it 🙂

Also from Hungary, Rebeka Müller won a sweepstake made through my Facebook page and has gotten my beloved Something to Remember CD 😦 Look what she wrote me:

“I think what you have done is amazing. You give us inspiration. I really wish you that your dream come true because you work a lot for it and you deserve it. Your videos are amazing, full of spirit and you show us to never give up hope. Thank you“. Rebeka has also sent me a pic of her gift.

Rebeka is from Budapest and won my Something to Remember CD

Justin M.Walker-Daniels lives in Missouri, United States and has gotten my Die Another Day Maxi-Single. He made a nice Confessions montage of our pictures and sent it to me.

Justin got my Die Another Day Maxi-Single

During the European leg of MDNA Tour, I’ve met a special guy from Czech Republic who will be part of my Die Another Day/Beautiful Killer Video: Jiří Kala. As “payment”, I asked him which CD he didn’t have it yet. He answered me American Life…So I still had it and sent it to him. Look what he wrote me when got his gift:

“My dear Fabio.. just got your package from AMSTERDAM with the DVD´s and omg.. I really cannot believe that from Switzerland… 2 months… you remember what CD I don´t have.. you´re just an amazing guy.. with my mother we saw many of your videos and I have to say hallo “to that beautiful young guy”! 🙂 lovely greetings from the Czech republic!!!You´re the light Fabio… my fingers are crossed for your dream… I´ve intuition.. your plan will be successful!”

Jiří is my friend from Czech Republic who will be part of my Die Another Day Video. He got American Life CD.

Melinda Bonnevier from Sweden has won a sweepstake of a MDNA Bag with a Maxi-Single of Music and a DVD. Her words motivate me to go on with my campaign:

Melinda from Sweden got a MDNA package!

“You managed to put the first smile on my face today (She said after watching my version for Dear Jessie). Thanks! After winning my sweepstake she wrote me: ‘If you work really hard then your dreams come true’, Madonna said. I’ve never seen anyone put so much work into reaching his goal to meet Madonna as Fabio does, and I’ve been a devoted Madonna fan for almost 30 years. His videos has made me laugh and cry, they are full of love, spirituality and hope. I’m really impressed that he’s found such a creative way to spread his message to everyone who’s watching them. Nothing fails. No more fears. And Fabio you will meet Madonna. I think you two have a lot in common. Love and hugs/ Melinda, Sweden”

Finally, back to United States, Kenny Free has won my Love Profusion Maxi- Single and has sent me really nice words of support:

Kenny from United States has won my Love Profusion Maxi-Single

“‘Dreams come true’ was the underlying theme for Madonna’s Virgin Tour and well, basically, her entire career. She has continually strived for the success of realizing her own dreams. She has worked harder and pushed farther than any other artists out there. If that’s not inspiring to you, then you would have to examine your own ambition.

Cut to the present where I, a 30yr fan of this woman, am attaining my dream of seeing her live. I’ve wanted nothing more than to see her in the flesh. It is now a “dream come true” as I will be seeing her MDNA World Tour in a matter of days. I am beyond excited!

I have also met many friends along this fanatic journey as well. They too share similar dreams of seeing her live. It’d be safe to assume my friend, Fabio Viana’s dreams were ‘one in a million’ as we all love Madonna and want nothing more than for her to utter our own names aloud as if she knew us personally. Fabio’s dreams are different though. As much as I admire Madonna’s stand-out persona and unparalleled ambition, I can also respect that all of the creative wisdom she contains is contagious. My friend, Fabio, has attained these attributes. Throughout all of Fabio’s videos, one statement stands clear, “I will meet Madonna”. Not that he ‘wishes’, ‘hopes’, or even ‘prays’ but that he ‘will’. Creating a website is a huge undertaking but to develop it further by amassing friends and like-minded individuals to support his dreams and then to push that even farther by incorporating his own creativity into re-making Madonna videos with his own literal translation is well, that is a page directly from Madonna’s memoir on how to get what you want in life.

I’d like to commend Fabio Viana on his website, all of his videos, but most of all, for his unwavering ambition and determination to meet our idol, Madonna. I truly believe he “will” meet Madonna. I’d also like to thank him for the Love Profusion contest to which I was a winner! I am grateful. All of us have the power, “dreams come true”, but they only work if you do! “Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it”. Thank you Fabio Viana, you are a FRIEND of mine and I wish you nothing but the absolute best in the world and you WILL meet Madonna!”

And the Beat Goes On…

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It hurts so much to be in love with a Masterpiece

Posted on October 20, 2012 by iwillmeetmadonna

Masterpiece has a special meaning for me that I won’t share hehehe But I think that this song has a special meaning for all of us, Madonna’s fans!

I must admit that I was shaking and feared that I could be arrested when I was recording this video in one of the most important museums from Brazil: Masp – São Paulo Museum of Art (www.masp.art.br). Every time people were controlling me, saying “NO”. In a certain point, I came to a guard and said: “Listen, I am making a video to meet Madonna, don’t forbid me please!”. He did…but I didn’t give up.

The nice surprise was that in the day that I went to museum, it was happening an exposition about Madonna! Well, but it was the mother of Christ! But I felt so lucky and it was a really beautiful exposition 🙂 Even Holy Mary is blessing my campaign 🙂

Cause after all, nothing’s indestructible…

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Love Spent in a Bad Romance

Posted on September 25, 2012 by iwillmeetmadonna

When I first told people that I was going to ask Lady Gaga’s support to my campaign I was not playing. Firstly, because I think that we can enjoy pop music in a really nice way, just having fun and entertaining ourselves – without to waste energy, any bad feeling, any bad romance 😛

I’ve even made a website gagahelpme2meetmdna.wordpress.com asking her support, with also a Twitter account @gagahelpme2meetmdna.

Secondly, I believe that love makes the world go round and that each of us should make our part feeding positive vibrations and LIFE.

I started to record this video in Brazil, last April. Then I was assembling material from MDNA World Tour in Zurich and Helsinki and also (why not) from Lady Gaga’s Born this Way Ball Tour, in Amsterdam 🙂

Love Spent is one of my favorites songs of MDNA and I tried with good humor send a lot of messages hidden behind the song and also in a subliminal way on my video 🙂

I’d like to thank for all the cooperation, love and kindness, Madonna’s guitarist, Monte Pittman (who recorded twice with me – actually his wife recorded us in Zurich) and 3 Madonna’s dancers: Drew Dollaz (Andrew Boyce), Hob E (Habby Jacques) and Jahzrel Ringmaster Vibez.

Guys, with you and your movements, the video got great. Finally I’d like to thank my friend and Madonna fan, Diego Giuliarini – who believes in me and recently completed his 100th Madonna’s concert – this is real Love Spent.

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Dress You Up with Love from 5 Countries!

Posted on August 17, 2012 by iwillmeetmadonna

I became a Madonna fan when I was only 5 years old. I remember the 3 famous singers of that time: Madonna, Cindy Lauper and Nina Hagen. But Madonna always called most my attention because her beauty, style, her jackets, hats and Dress You Up!

I so remember watching the video extracted from The Virgin Tour with a lot of wannabes and now I have MDNA 2012 version with old and new fans 🙂

This video was recorded in 5 countries: Brazil, The Netherlands, Finland, England and Austria.

In Brazil, one girl who is supporting me since the beginning of the campaign surprised me when she posted a photo of her on my Facebook page, only dressed with 2 Madonna’s tattoos. Immediately I thought in ask her to record Dress You Up naked, offering just her love and nothing else. Claudia Marion Soares Camargo is from Santarém in Pará, Brazil. Girl you go wild!

Special thanks to my ex-professor from my MBA, Ingrid Lins, who accepted to be my doll and dressed up with my love. Also thanks to the Spanish, Hungarian, Russian, Dutch, Finish….fans who showed their talent and loved on this love letter to Madonna.

Extra thanks to Panc Vergow, the owner of the store in Amsterdam who allowed me to record my dream there and acted also as my personal stylist 🙂

And thank to my first friend Lylian Sampaio, who I can be proud of to be friend since I was 10 years old, still hearing Vogue 🙂 Ly lives in Vienna and got scared when I started the video with her 🙂

In London, my pregnant cousin, Wanessa Viana (Minha Vida) had some fun with me on Picadilly Circus, Big Ben and London Eye, being my camerawoman 🙂

Finally, I could never forget the night before MDNA concert in Helsinki, when I met really special fans camping in front of the stadium! Love you too Finland and got quite surprised (positively) with your people 🙂

Now let we dress her with all our love:

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It’s So Cool: Dear Jessie with Children

Posted on July 29, 2012 by iwillmeetmadonna

Childhood is the best phase of our live. Pureness, inocence and being happy for anything. Madonna makes me feel like that as well 🙂

I made this video in Amsterdam and my hometown, Fortaleza. In the dutch capital, I recorded it at Amsterdam City Library – Children Section. The intention was to show Dear Jessie as a fairytale in the middle of all that enchantement and phantasy world.

In other half of the world, I got the opportunity to record part of the video in the birthday party of my nephew. The clown was really amazing and in the end I was really having fun with the children.

I like children, but I don’t want to be father. To take care of 2 cats is already a lot. Specially a drag queen cat. Now see my rendition to our childhood dreams.

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Madonna, I’m waiting for your call baby, night and day

Posted on July 21, 2012 by iwillmeetmadonna

The idea of making a video in the pit came also to show a little bit of the powerful effect of MDNA on a fan. Madonna, I’ve met even Kylie Minogue! I’ve decided to start the video with Sorry because I love this song and the part in which I got scared with a explosion is real!  My initial plan was to record only Sorry, but than it came I Don’t Give A and I thought about Hung Up as final song, since I’m waiting for Madonna’s call night and day, from Miami or any place of the World.

Madonna, I am going to Vienna, Zurich and hopefully to Brazil as well to see you. MDNA World Tour is really like a drug and I can’t have enough.

My extra-special thanks to Guy Oseary and Lisa Antoniette who met me at London’s concert, last Tuesday July 17th. She came to me and asked to take a picture. I got shocked  because I already knew her job as Madonna lookalike on http://www.madonnatribute.net

Talking about Guy, he is really a gentleman and in our first meeting asked me if I was me 🙂

Now Guy, you know that I am myself and what should be the next best thing to happen…

TBC and Sorry! Hung Up in the Pit (I Don’t Give A):

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Madonna, Rescue Me! I believe in the power of love.

Posted on July 12, 2012 by iwillmeetmadonna

I didn’t meet Madonna yet. Well, I met her. Last Saturday, July 07th, during Turn Up the Radio rehearsal she saw my T-shirt (I know that I’ve already said that on my previous post, but I don’t mind) and said: “I’ve just met you”. Well “M” ,I know that this is only the beginning 🙂

This video was a big challenge for me, a real big one. Firstly because it is not so easy to convince the administrator of a Business Tower to make a video to meet Madonna. Secondly, because I’m not reach and I should have some sponsor for this idea.

The story behind this video is a little bit funny. I have 4 sisters and I used to be so jealous about all of them. 10 years ago my younger sister had a boyfriend who I could not even look at his face. Her we go. Last April, I was in Fortaleza, my hometown, and I asked to my brother in law, who is fire man, if he knew some rescue team because I’d like to make a video on a skyscraper. He replied: your ex-brother in law. I said to myself: Jesus Christ! I’m swallowing all my pride.

ONE MONTH to convince this guy to Rescue Me. Actually he is not the guy who was with me on the skyscraper. he was holding the rope (baby trhow out your rope). After his “Yes” I went to more than 5 Business Towers in Fortaleza to have the authorisation to record the video. And the answer was always: “No”. But finally I remembered about a big business tower close to my mother’s place (Quixadá Tower) and went there to ask authorisation. After 3 days of negotiating, I got it 🙂

I’ve done rappelling just once in my life and there was I learning on the top of the skyscraper how to:

1- With one hand hold my camera and don’t shake (similar experience I had in “La Isla Bonita in the Roller Coaster”)

2- With another hand to control the rope to don’t fall

3- Control my feet

4- To sing following the song

5- Don’t be in panic!

But I got it! Because I believe in the power of love. I believe Madonna can rescue me.

Now enjoy my, almost, impossible mission:

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