Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

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Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Country Portugal
National selection
Selection processFestival da Canção 1996
Selection date(s)7 March 1996
Selected entrantLúcia Moniz
Selected song"O meu coração não tem cor"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Pedro Osório
  • José Fanha
Finals performance
Final result6th, 92 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1995 • 1996 • 1997►

Portugal selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 through the annual Festival da Canção.

Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 1996

Festival da Canção 1996 was the 34th edition of Festival da Canção that selected Portugal's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996. Ten entries competed in the contest that was held on 7 March 1996 at 20:30 GMT at Teatro Politeama in Lisbon and was broadcast on RTP1 and RTP Internacional. The winner was selected through the votes of 10 regional juries of Portugal. The winner was Lúcia Moniz with the song "O meu coração não tem cor". In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 1993 Portuguese representative Anabela performed as guest.[1]

Final – 7 March 1996
Draw Singer Song Songwriter(s) Conductor[2] Points Place
1 Vânia Maroti "Start Stop" Pedro Abrantes, Fernando Abrantes, Maria João Abrantes Carlos Alberto Moniz 33 10
2 Tó Leal "Eu mesmo" Paco Bandeira, Francisco Rodrigues José Marinho 42 8
3 Patrícia Antunes "Canto em português" João Mota Oliveira, Rosa Lobato de Faria Carlos Alberto Moniz 91 2
4 Barbara Reis "A minha ilha" Luís Filipe, Johnny Galvão Johnny Galvão 43 7
5 Elaisa "Ai, a noite" Dina, Rosa Lobato de Faria Carlos Alberto Moniz 49 6
6 Somseis "A canção da paz" Thilo Krasmann, Rosa Lobato de Faria Thilo Krasmann 76 3
7 Cristina Castro Pereira "Ganhámos o céu" José Cid Mike Sergeant 63 4
8 Lúcia Moniz "O meu coração não tem cor" Pedro Osório, José Fanha Pedro Osório 95 1
9 Pedro Miguéis "Prazer em conhecer" Jan van Dijck, Francisco Rodrigues Ramón Galarza 54 5
10 João Portugal "Top Model" Nuno Nazareth Fernandes Thilo Krasmann 34 9
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw Song Viseu Viana do
Castelo 		Porto Ponta
Delgada 		Évora Vila
Real 		Coimbra Lisbon Funchal Faro Total
1 "Start Stop" 5 10 3 2 3 5 1 2 1 1 33
2 "Eu mesmo" 3 2 4 4 10 2 3 6 2 6 42
3 "Canto em português" 10 12 10 8 12 10 5 7 7 10 91
4 "A minha ilha" 4 5 2 3 1 1 12 1 10 4 43
5 "Ai, a noite" 1 6 8 6 4 4 6 5 4 5 49
6 "A canção da paz" 2 8 7 10 5 6 8 10 12 8 76
7 "Ganhámos o céu" 12 1 5 7 6 7 4 8 6 7 63
8 "O meu coração não tem cor" 7 7 12 12 8 12 10 12 3 12 95
9 "Prazer em conhecer" 8 3 6 5 7 3 7 4 8 3 54
10 "Top Model" 6 4 1 1 2 8 2 3 5 2 34

At Eurovision

In 1996, for the only time in Eurovision history, an audio-only qualifying round of the 29 songs entered (excluding hosts Norway who were exempt) was held in March in order for the seven lowest-scoring songs to be eliminated before the final. Moniz placed 18th with 32 points, thus qualifying for the final.[3]

On the night of the contest, Moniz performed 4th, following Spain and preceding Cyprus. Although the song was in second place in the voting at best, at the end of the voting Moniz received 92 points, finishing 6th out of 23 competing countries.[4] This was Portugal's best placing at the contest in its history until Salvador Sobral's victory 21 years later.

Voting

Qualifying round

Final

References

  1. ^ "Eurovision Portugal 1996".
  2. ^ "FICHA TÉCNICA". 1996 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (2020). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Four: The 1990s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. pp. 255–261. ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.
  4. ^ "Final of Oslo 1996". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b Roxburgh, Gordon (2020). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Four: The 1990s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.
  6. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Oslo 1996". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

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