Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 explained

Year:1986
Country:Portugal
Preselection:Festival da Canção 1986
Preselection Date:22 March 1986
Song:Não sejas mau para mim
Final Result:14th, 28 points

Portugal was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 1986

The Portuguese national final to select their entry, the Festival RTP da Canção 1986, was held on 22 March at the Rádio e Televisão de Portugal Studios in Lisbon, and was hosted by Henrique Mendes and Maria Helena Fialho Gouveia, who hosted the very first Portuguese Contest in 1964.

Mendes and Fialho Gouveia introduced and made light commentary on the songs, which were taped in advance for the television audience. Each television region in Portugal (Ponta Delgada, Funchal, Porto and Lisbon) submitted three songs for this year's Festival. An "expert" jury decided the winner, and only the placement of the top three songs were made public.

The winning entry was one of the songs from Lisbon, "Não sejas mau para mim", performed by Dora and composed by Guilherme Inês, Zé Da Ponte, and Luís Manuel de Oliveira Fernandes.

Final – 22 March 1986
DrawArtistSongPlace
1Grupo Rimanço"No vapor da madrugada"2
2Carlos Alberto Moniz and A Banda"Canção para José da Lata"
3Luís Bettencourt"Cais de encontro"
4Luís Filipe"Tango da meia-noite"
5Paulo Ferraz"Um amor, uma ilha"
6Sérgio Borges"Quebrar a distância"
7Né Ladeiras"Dessa juras que se fazem"
8Trabalhadores do Comércio"Tigres de bengala"2
9Gabriela Schaaf"Cinzas e mel"
10Lara Li"Rápidamente"
11Dora"Não sejas mau para mim"1
12"Uma balada de amor"

At Eurovision

Dora was the twentieth and last performer on the night of the contest, following Finland. At the close of the voting the song had received 28 points, placing 14th in a field of 20 competing countries.[1] Despite its low placing, it would be the highest rank Portugal would receive in the Contest between 1985 and 1990.

Voting

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final of Bergen 1986 . European Broadcasting Union . 16 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210416103300/https://eurovision.tv/event/bergen-1986/final . 16 April 2021 . live.
  2. Web site: Results of the Final of Bergen 1986 . European Broadcasting Union . 16 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210416160228/https://eurovision.tv/event/bergen-1986/final/results/portugal . 16 April 2021 . live.