Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Alma Lusa | ||||
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Selected song | "Se eu te pudesse abracar" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | José Cid | |||
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Final result | 12th, 36 points | |||
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Portugal competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 1998. Performing during the show in position 14, Portugal placed twelfth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 36 points.
Background
The Portuguese national broadcaster, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), broadcasts the event within Portugal and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. The broadcaster has traditionally selected the Portuguese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest via the music competition Festival da Canção, with an exception in 1988 when the Portuguese entry was internally selected. The broadcaster organized Festival da Canção 1998 in order to select the 1998 Portuguese entry.[2]
Before Eurovision
Festival da Canção 1998
Festival da Canção 1998 was the 35th edition of
Alma Lusa were a short-lived Portuguese musical group, set up specifically to participate in Festival da Canção 1998. The group consisted of vocalist Inês Santos and musicians
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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1 | Sofia Barbosa | "Uma lua em cada mão" | José Fanha, Jorge Quintela | 29 | 3 |
2 | Carlos Evora | "Saudade que eu sou" | José Fanha, João Balucio | 25 | 5 |
3 | Teresa Radamanto | "Só o mar ficou" | Nuno Gomes dos Santos, João Mota Oliveira | 32 | 2 |
4 | Ana Isabel | "O encanto da sereia" | José Fanha, Eduaro Paes Mamede | 27 | 4 |
5 | Ana Ritta | "Basta só um olhar" | Carlos Soares, José Orlando | 8 | 7 |
6 | Janot | "Aqui ou além" | Pedro Malaquias, Janot, Carlos Maria de Carvalho | 7 | 8 |
7 | Axel | "Só à tua espera" | Carlos Soares, Jorge do Carmo, Fernando Correia Martins | 17 | 6 |
8 | Alma Lusa
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"Se eu te pudesse abraçar" | José Cid | 50 | 1 |
Draw | Song | M. Domingues | J. Barbosa | N. Galopim | P. de Carvalho | S. Tavares | Total |
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1 | "Uma lua em cada mão" | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
2 | "Saudade que eu sou" | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
3 | "Só o mar ficou" | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 32 |
4 | "O encanto da sereia" | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 |
5 | "Basta só um olhar" | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
6 | "Aqui ou além" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
7 | "Só à tua espera" | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
8 | "Se eu te pudesse abraçar" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 50 |
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the eight countries which had obtained the lowest average number of points over the last five contests competed in the final on 9 May 1998. On 13 November 1997, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Portugal was set to perform in position 14, following the entry from
In Portugal, the show was broadcast on RTP1 and RTP Internacional with commentary by Rui Unas.[12][13][14] The Portuguese spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Portuguese televote, was 1996 contest entrant Lúcia Moniz.
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Portugal and awarded by Portugal in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Israel in the contest.
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References
- ^ "Portugal Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "OGAE Portugal - FC 2007 a 1997". www.ogaeportugal.pt. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ^ "Parabéns Festival da Canção – Hoje recuamos a 1998". Festivais da Canção (in Portuguese). 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ^ "Portugal 1998". mylittleworld.nfshost.com. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ^ "PORTUGUESE NATIONAL FINAL 1998".
- ^ "RTP 50 anos". museu.rtp.pt. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ^ Alma Lusa at Diggiloo.net
- ^ "Birmingham to stage Eurovision". The Irish Times. 9 August 1997. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ Jones, David (13 November 1997). Eurovision Song Contest winner Katrina and compere Terry Wogan[...]. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Alamy. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "The bookies' favourites". BBC News. 8 May 1998. Archived from the original on 1 November 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Programmes TV – Samedi 9 mai" [TV programmes – Saturday 9 May]. TV8 (in French). Zofingen, Switzerland: Ringier. 7 May 1998. pp. 20–25. Retrieved 19 June 2022 – via Scriptorium Digital Library.
- ^ "Programa da televisão" [Television programme]. A Comarca de Arganil (in Portuguese). 7 May 1998. p. 8. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ Costa, Nelson (12 April 2014). "Luciana Abreu, Rui Unas e Mastiksoul em 'Dança do Campeão'" [Luciana Abreu, Rui Unas and Mastiksoul in 'Dança do Campeão']. escportugal.pt. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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