Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country	Portugal
National selection
Selection process	Festival da Canção 1998
Selection date(s)	7 March 1998
Selected artist(s)	Alma Lusa
Selected song	"Se eu te pudesse abracar"
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 36 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest

Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham. Alma Lusa represented Portugal with the song "Se eu te pudesse abracar".

Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 1998

Festival da Canção 1998 was the 35th edition of the festival, and was used to select the 34th Portuguese entry at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Final

The final was held at the Teatro São Luiz in Lisbon on 7 March 1998, hosted by Lucia Moniz and Carlos Ribeiro. Eight songs competed in the contest, with the winner selected by the votes of an "expert" jury. The winner was Alma Lusa with "Se eu te pudesse abracar".^[1]

Final – 7 March 1998
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Sofia Barbosa	"Uma lua em cada mão"	José Fanha, Jorge Quintela	29	3
2	Carlos Evora	"Saudade que eu sou"	José Fanha, João Balucio	25	5
3	Teresa Radamanto	"Só o mar ficou"	Nuno Gomes dos Santos, João Mota Oliveira	32	2
4	Ana Isabel	"O encanto da sereia"	José Fanha, Eduaro Paes Mamede	27	4
5	Ana Ritta	"Basta só um olhar"	Carlos Soares, José Orlando	8	7
6	Janot	"Aqui ou além"	Pedro Malaquias, Janot, Carlos Maria de Carvalho	7	8
7	Axel	"Só à tua espera"	Carlos Soares, Jorge do Carmo, Fernando Correia Martins	17	6
8	Alma Lusa	"Se eu te pudesse abraçar"	José Cid	50	1

Detailed Jury Votes
Draw	Song	M. Domingues	J. Barbosa	N. Galopim	P. de Carvalho	S. Tavares	Total
1	"Uma lua em cada mão"	8	4	4	5	8	29
2	"Saudade que eu sou"	6	5	3	6	5	25
3	"Só o mar ficou"	4	8	6	8	6	32
4	"O encanto da sereia"	5	6	8	4	4	27
5	"Basta só um olhar"	2	1	2	2	1	8
6	"Aqui ou além"	1	2	1	1	2	7
7	"Só à tua espera"	3	3	5	3	3	17
8	"Se eu te pudesse abraçar"	10	10	10	10	10	50

At Eurovision

In Birmingham, Portugal scored 36 points (highest 10 from France) placing 12th.

Points awarded by Portugal

12 points	Israel
10 points	Germany
8 points	Belgium
7 points	Netherlands
6 points	United Kingdom
5 points	Malta
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	Norway
2 points	Croatia
1 point	Ireland

Points awarded to Portugal
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	France			Spain Turkey
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Macedonia		Israel Malta Slovakia	Belgium Greece

References

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Artists	2B Alma Lusa Os Amigos Anabela Leonor Andrade Filipa Azevedo Rui Bandeira The Black Mamba Manuela Bravo António Calvário Carlos do Carmo Paulo de Carvalho José Cid Tó Cruz Da Vinci Dina Doce Dora ~~Elisa~~ Vânia Fernandes Adelaide Ferreira Flor-de-Lis Armando Gama Gemini Rita Guerra Maria Guinot Homens da Luta Madalena Iglésias Iolanda Célia Lawson Maro Carlos Mendes Duarte Mendes Mimicat Lúcia Moniz MTM Eduardo Nascimento Nevada Nonstop Nucha Simone de Oliveira Conan Osíris Carlos Paião Cláudia Pascoal Dulce Pontes Sabrina Salvador Sobral Filipa Sousa Suzy Sara Tavares Tonicha Fernando Tordo Sofia Vitória
Songs	"Ai coração" "Amar" "Amar pelos dois" "Amor d'água fresca" "Antes do adeus" "Baunilha e chocolate" "Bem bom" "Chamar a música" "A cidade (até ser dia)" "Coisas de nada" "Como tudo começou" "Conquistador" "Dai li dou" "Dança comigo" "Deixa-me sonhar" "Desfolhada portuguesa" "E depois do adeus" "Ele e ela" "Esta balada que te dou" "A festa da vida" "Uma flor de verde pinho" "Foi magia" "Um grande, grande amor" "Grito" "Há dias assim" "Há sempre alguém" "Há um mar que nos separa" "O jardim" "Love Is on My Side" "Lusitana paixão" "A luta é alegria" "Madrugada" ~~"Medo de sentir"~~ "Menina do alto da serra" "O meu coração não tem cor" "Não sejas mau para mim" "Neste barco à vela" "Oração" "Penso em ti, eu sei" "Playback" "Portugal no coração" "Quero ser tua" "Saudade, saudade" "Se eu te pudesse abraçar" "Senhora do mar (negras águas)" "Silêncio e tanta gente" "Só sei ser feliz assim" "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe" "Sol de inverno" "Telemóveis" "Todas as ruas do amor" "Tourada" "O vento mudou" "Verão" "Vida minha" "Voltarei"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Portugal did not compete

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Countries	Belgium Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Israel Macedonia Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Alma Lusa Charlie Chiara Mélanie Cohl Dana International Danijela Edea Edsilia Lars A. Fredriksen Gunvor Michael Hajiyanni Katarína Hasprová Mikel Herzog Guildo Horn Imaani Vlado Janevski Jill Johnson Marie Line Dawn Martin Mălina Olinescu Vili Resnik Sixteen Thalassa Koit Toome Tüzmen
Songs	"A holnap már nem lesz szomorú" "Aava" "Alltid sommer" "Dis oui" "Diva" "Eu cred" "Genesis" "Guildo hat euch lieb!" "Hemel en aarde" "Is Always Over Now?" "Kärleken är" "Lass ihn" "Mere lapsed" "Mia krifi evaisthisia" "Modlitba" "Naj bogovi slišijo" "Ne zori, zoro" "Neka mi ne svane" "The One That I Love" "Où aller" "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" "Se eu te pudesse abraçar" "To takie proste" "Unutamazsın" "Where Are You?"