Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Participating broadcaster	Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP)
Country	Portugal
National selection
Selection process	Festival RTP da Canção 1985
Selection date(s)	7 March 1985
Selected artist(s)	Adelaide
Selected song	"Penso em ti, eu sei"
Selected songwriter(s)	Tozé Brito; Adelaide Ferreira; Luís Fernando;
Finals performance
Final result	18th, 9 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest

Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "Penso em ti, eu sei", composed by Tozé Brito, with lyrics by Adelaide Ferreira and Luís Fernando, and performed by Ferreira herself. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), selected its entry at the Festival RTP da Canção 1985.

Before Eurovision

Festival RTP da Canção 1985

Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) held the Festival RTP da Canção 1985 at the Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon on 7 March 1985, hosted by Margarida Andrade and Eládio Clímaco. Eleven songs competed at the national final. The votes of national juries chose the winner. The winning entry was "Penso em ti, eu sei", composed by Tozé Brito, with lyrics by Adelaide Ferreira and Luís Fernando, and performed by Ferreira herself.

Final – 7 March 1985
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Eduarda	"Meu amor, minha dor, meu jardim"	182	2nd
2	Gustavo Sequeira	"Mágica"	70	8th
3	Jorge Silva	"Portugal, meu jardim"	34	10th
4	Alexandra	"Cantar saudade"	130	6th
5	Delfins	"A casa da praia"	28	11th
6	Nelo Silva	"Entre céu e mar"	47	9th
7	Luis Filipe	"Mulher só (mulher giesta)"	133	5th
8	Nuno and Henrique	"Meia de conversa"	171	3rd
9	Jorge Fernando	"Umbadá"	168	4th
10	Adelaide Ferreira	"Penso em ti, eu sei"	219	1st
11	Aguarela	"Malmequer, sim ou não"	94	7th

At Eurovision

Adelaide Ferreira was the ninth performer on the night of the contest, following Belgium and preceding Germany. At Gothenburg, she was credited by only her first name. At the close of the voting the song had received 9 points, placing 18th in a field of 19 competing countries.^[1] It was the worst ranking Portugal had received since 1981.

Voting

Points awarded to Portugal^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points	Greece
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points	Turkey
1 point

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

References

^ "Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links

Portuguese National Final 1985

[1] "Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[1985detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

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Note: Entries scored out signify where Portugal did not compete

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Artists	Adelaide Al Bano and Romina Power Roger Bens Takis Biniaris Bobbysocks! Maria Christian Izhar Cohen Kikki Danielsson Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini Hot Eyes Linda Lepomme Sonja Lumme Gary Lux Margo, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon, Ireen Sheer, Malcolm Roberts and Chris Roberts MFÖ Paloma San Basilio Vikki Lia Vissi Wind
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