Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Country  Portugal
National selection
Selection process Festival da Canção 1996
Selection date(s) March 7, 1996
Selected entrant Lúcia Moniz
Selected song "O meu coração não tem cor"
Finals performance
Final result 6th, 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.

Festival da Canção 1996

Festival da Canção 1996 was held on 7 March 1996 and was hosted by Carlos Cruz and Isabel Angelino. 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" (My Heart Has No Colour).

DrawSingerSongTranslationPointsPlace
1Vânia Maroti"Start Stop"-3310
2Tó Leal"Eu mesmo"Myself428
3Patrícia Antunes"Canto em português"I am singing in Portuguese912
4Barbara Reis"A minha ilha"My island437
5Elaisa"Ai, a noite"Oh , the night496
6Somseis"A canção da paz"The peace song763
7Cristina Castro Pereira"Ganhamos o céu"We have won the sky634
8Lúcia Moniz"O meu coração não tem cor"My heart has no colour951
9Pedro Miguéis"Prazer em conhecer"Pleased to meet you545
10João Portugal"Top Model"-349

At Eurovision

Due to news rules implemented in this year, Moniz's was required to pass through a preliminary round of voting, to bring down the 30 countries that applied to participate to 23 for the contest. Portugal passed through this preliminary round.

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, Moniz finished 6th with 92 points. This was Portugal's best placing at the contest in its history until Salvador Sobral's victory 21 years later.

Points Awarded to Portugal
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Portugal

12 points United Kingdom
10 points Croatia
8 points Ireland
7 points Netherlands
6 points Iceland
5 points Austria
4 points Sweden
3 points Cyprus
2 points Norway
1 point France

See also

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.