Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Country	Portugal
National selection
Selection process	Festival da Canção 1979
Selection date(s)	24 February 1979
Selected entrant	Manuela Bravo
Selected song	"Sobe, sobe, balão sobe"
Selected songwriter(s)	Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa
Finals performance
Final result	9th, 64 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest

Portugal was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, held in Jerusalem.

Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 1979

The Portuguese national final to select their entry, the Festival da Canção 1979, was held on 24 February at the Cinema Monumental in Lisbon, and was hosted by José Fialho Gouveia and Manuela Moura Guedes. The musical director was Thilo Krasmann.

Three semi-finals in February narrowed the final selection from 27 eligible songs to nine; the top three winners in each of the three heats were chosen by a jury composed of 5 elements, each of them would have to score each song from 1 to 5 points depending on their analysis of each of the themes in the competition.^[1] The regional juries came back, with twenty-two regional juries throughout Portugal, the Azores and the Madeira Islands picking the winner. Each district could vote for each song from zero to 10 points.

The winning entry was "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe", performed by Manuela Bravo and composed by Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa.

Semi-final 1 – 3 February 1979
Draw	Artist	Song	Conductor	Votes	Place
1	Samuel	"Recados da ilha"	Pedro Osório	17	4
2	Edmundo Falé	"País das maravilhas"	Shegundo Galarza	10	8
3	Paula Abril	"Bergantim"	Jorge Machado	4	9
4	Samuel	"O fogo desta idade"	Pedro Osório	14	5
5	Gonzaga Coutinho	"Tema para um homem só"	Thilo Krasmann	19	2
6	Carlos Alberto Moniz & Maria do Amparo	"A outra banda"	Pedro Osório	11	7
7	SARL	"Uma canção comercial"	Pedro Osório	20	1
8	Carlos Alberto Vidal	"Olha como é linda a manhã"	Mike Sergeant	13	6
9	Concha	"Qualquer dia, quem diria"	Javier Iturralda	19	2

Semi-final 2 – 10 February 1979
Draw	Artist	Song	Conductor	Votes	Place
1	Luís Arriaga	"A tua imagem"	Pedro Osório	12	7
2	Isabel Soares	"Cantiga de amor"	Luís Duarte	10	8
3	Gabriela Schaaf	"Eu só quero"	Jorge Machado	20	2
4	Jorge Coutinho	"Bom dia quotidiano"	Eduardo Paes Mamede	8	9
5	João Henrique	"Para te ver passar"	Shegundo Galarza	14	5
6	Tozé Brito	"Novo canto português"	Mike Sergeant	19	3
7	Alexandra	"Zé brasileiro, português de Braga"	Fernando Correia Martins	18	4
8	Teresa Silva Carvalho	"Cantemos até ser dia"	Pedro Osório	21	1
9	Valério Silva	"Canção do realejo"	Fernando Correia Martins	14	5

Semi-final 3 – 17 February 1979
Draw	Artist	Song	Conductor	Votes	Place
1	Carlos Alberto Moniz & Maria do Amparo	"Camponês dos campos de água"	Pedro Osório	15	4
2	Edmundo Falé	"Canções em flor"	Shegundo Galarza	11	8
3	Florência	"O comboio do tua"	Shegundo Galarza	18	1
4	Grupo Gente	"Quatro letras"	José Calvário	13	6
5	Teresa Silva Carvalho	"Maria, Maria"	Pedro Osório	13	6
6	Cândida Branca Flor	"A nossa história de amor"	Mike Sergeant	11	9
7	Manuel José Soares	"Quando chego a casa"	Luís Duarte	16	3
8	Cocktail	"Amanhã virás"	Mike Sergeant	14	5
9	Manuela Bravo	"Sobe, sobe, balão sobe"	Fernando Correia Martins	17	2

Final – 23 February 1979
Draw	Artist	Song	Conductor	Votes	Place
1	Gonzaga Coutinho	"Tema para um homem só"	Thilo Krasmann	102	5
2	SARL	"Uma canção comercial"	Pedro Osório	123	3
3	Concha	"Qualquer dia, quem diria"	Javier Iturralda	78	6
4	Gabriela Schaaf	"Eu só quero"	Jorge Machado	132	2
5	Tozé Brito	"Novo canto português"	Mike Sergeant	110	4
6	Teresa Silva Carvalho	"Cantemos até ser dia"	Pedro Osório	52	9
7	Florência	"O comboio do tua"	Shegundo Galarza	63	8
8	Manuel José Soares	"Quando chego a casa"	Luís Duarte	76	7
9	Manuela Bravo	"Sobe, sobe, balão sobe"	Fernando Correia Martins	149	1

Detailed Distrital Jury Votes
Draw	A. Heroísmo	Aveiro	Beja	Braga	Bragança	C. Branco	Coimbra	Évora	Faro	Funchal	Guarda	Horta	Leiria	Lisbon	P. Delgada	Portalegre	Porto	Santarém	Setúbal	V. Castelo	V. Real	Viseu	Total
1	5	5		4	8	7	4	4	3	3	5	4	7	4	10	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	102
2		6	6	7	6	3	4	7	6	2	8	5	10	1	10	10	2	5	10	6		9	123
3		3	4	2	3	5	2	4	1	1	4	2	4	10		6	5	2	5	3	8	4	78
4		7	10	6	7	9	10	4	4	8	3	2	6	9		10	8	4	6	9	2	8	132
5		8		4	4	7	4	6	7	8	7	10		1	3	2	2	7	9	9	6	6	110
6		2	2	3	2	3	8	2	5	1	3	2				4	2	3	5	3		2	52
7		2		3	3	2	4	5	3	2	7	3				3	3	4	7		7	5	63
8		3		2	4	5	4	4	7	4	6	4	4	1		4	3	3	8	3	3	3	76
9	5	8		8	6	10	9	9	8	3	10	4	1	3	8	10	9	9	9		10	10	149

At Eurovision

Manuela Bravo was the first performer on the night of the contest, preceding Italy. At the close of the voting the song had received 64 points, placing 9th in a field of 19 competing countries.^[2] It was the highest ranking Portugal had received since 1972.

Voting

Points awarded to Portugal^[3]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	France
8 points
7 points	Austria
6 points	Italy Norway Spain
5 points	Belgium Monaco
4 points	Germany Switzerland
3 points	Luxembourg Netherlands Sweden
2 points	Finland
1 point

Points awarded by Portugal^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Israel
10 points	Greece
8 points	Italy
7 points	Luxembourg
6 points	France
5 points	Ireland
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Norway
2 points	Germany
1 point	Monaco

References

^ Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.
^ "Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

External links

Portuguese National Final 1979

[1] Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.

[2] "Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

[1979detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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Artists	2B Alma Lusa Os Amigos Anabela Leonor Andrade Filipa Azevedo Rui Bandeira The Black Mamba Manuela Bravo António Calvário Carlos do Carmo Paulo de Carvalho José Cid Tó Cruz Da Vinci Dina Doce Dora ~~Elisa~~ Vânia Fernandes Adelaide Ferreira Flor-de-Lis Armando Gama Gemini Rita Guerra Maria Guinot Homens da Luta Madalena Iglésias Iolanda Célia Lawson Maro Carlos Mendes Duarte Mendes Mimicat Lúcia Moniz MTM Eduardo Nascimento Nevada Nonstop Nucha Simone de Oliveira Conan Osíris Carlos Paião Cláudia Pascoal Dulce Pontes Sabrina Salvador Sobral Filipa Sousa Suzy Sara Tavares Tonicha Fernando Tordo Sofia Vitória
Songs	"Ai coração" "Amar" "Amar pelos dois" "Amor d'água fresca" "Antes do adeus" "Baunilha e chocolate" "Bem bom" "Chamar a música" "A cidade (até ser dia)" "Coisas de nada" "Como tudo começou" "Conquistador" "Dai li dou" "Dança comigo" "Deixa-me sonhar" "Desfolhada portuguesa" "E depois do adeus" "Ele e ela" "Esta balada que te dou" "A festa da vida" "Uma flor de verde pinho" "Foi magia" "Um grande, grande amor" "Grito" "Há dias assim" "Há sempre alguém" "Há um mar que nos separa" "O jardim" "Love Is on My Side" "Lusitana paixão" "A luta é alegria" "Madrugada" ~~"Medo de sentir"~~ "Menina do alto da serra" "O meu coração não tem cor" "Não sejas mau para mim" "Neste barco à vela" "Oração" "Penso em ti, eu sei" "Playback" "Portugal no coração" "Quero ser tua" "Saudade, saudade" "Se eu te pudesse abraçar" "Senhora do mar (negras águas)" "Silêncio e tanta gente" "Só sei ser feliz assim" "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe" "Sol de inverno" "Telemóveis" "Todas as ruas do amor" "Tourada" "O vento mudou" "Verão" "Vida minha" "Voltarei"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Portugal did not compete