| Year: | 1965 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Broadcaster: | Portuguese: [[Radiotelevisão Portuguesa]]|i=no (RTP) |
| Preselection: | Portuguese: [[Festival da Canção|Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa]]|i=no 1965 |
| Preselection Date: | 6 February 1965 |
| Song: | Sol de inverno |
| Final Result: | 13th, 1 point |
Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song "Portuguese: Sol de inverno|i=no", composed by Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa, with lyrics by Jerónimo Bragança, and performed by Simone de Oliveira. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, Portuguese: [[Radiotelevisão Portuguesa]]|i=no (RTP), selected its entry at the Portuguese: Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa|i=no 1965.
Portuguese: [[Radiotelevisão Portuguesa]]|i=no (RTP) held the Portuguese: Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa|i=no 1965 on 6 February 1965 at 21:55 UTC in its Lumiar studios in Lisbon, hosted by Henrique Mendes. Eight songs took part in the final. Fernando de Carvalho conducted all the songs.[1] The winning song was chosen by a distrital jury, composed by three members, each had 5 votes to be distributed among the songs it intended to award, making a total of 15 votes per district.[2]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | António Calvário | "Por causa do mar" | 13 | 6 | |
| 2 | Simone de Oliveira | "Silhuetas ao luar" | 28 | 4 | |
| 3 | Artur Garcia | "Nasci, sonhei, cresci e amei" | 18 | 5 | |
| 4 | António Calvário | "Você não vê" | 2 | 8 | |
| 5 | Madalena Iglésias | "Silêncio entre nós" | 46 | 3 | |
| 6 | Artur Garcia | "Amor" | 66 | 2 | |
| 7 | Simone de Oliveira | "Sol de inverno" | 91 | 1 | |
| 8 | António Calvário | "Bom Dia" | 6 | 7 |
| + Detailed Distrital Jury Votes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Draw | Song | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Por causa do mar" | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | "Silhuetas ao luar" | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 28 | ||||||||
| 3 | "Nasci, sonhei, cresci e amei" | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | "Você não vê" | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | "Silêncio entre nós" | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 46 | |||||||
| 6 | "Amor" | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 66 | ||||
| 7 | "Sol de inverno" | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 91 | ||||
| 8 | "Bom Dia" | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
On the night of the final Oliveira performed 12th in the running order, following France and preceding Italy. Each national jury awarded 5-3-1 to their top three songs, and at the close "Sol de inverno" had picked up only 1 point (from Monaco), placing Portugal joint 13th (with Norway) of the 18 entries. The Portuguese jury awarded its 5 points to Austria.[3] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Fernando de Carvalho.[4]