Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Portugal selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 through the annual Festival da Canção.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1996 | ||||
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| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Festival da Canção 1996 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 7 March 1996 | |||
| Selected entrant | Lúcia Moniz | |||
| Selected song | "O meu coração não tem cor" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 6th, 92 points | |||
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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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[lower-alpha 1] 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.[6]
| Draw | Singer | Song | Songwriter(s) | Conductor[7] | Points | Place |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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.[8]
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.[9] This was Portugal's best placing at the contest in its history until Salvador Sobral's victory 21 years later.
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Notes
- Her father, Carlos Alberto Moniz, had co-written and performed songs in the 1979,[1] 1981,[2] and 1986[3] festivals, as well as co-writing the song Helena Isabel performed at the 1980 event.[4] He had also been the conductor for the Portuguese entries in the 1990 and 1992 Eurovision Song Contests.[5]
References
- "Festival da Canção 1979: Carlos Alberto Moniz & Maria Do Amparo – "A outra banda"". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- "Festival da Canção 1981: Carlos Alberto Moniz & Maria Do Amparo – "Olá rapariga, olá"". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- "Festival da Canção 1986: Carlos Alberto Moniz & A Banda – "Canção para José da Lata"". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- "Festival da Canção 1980: Helena Isabel – "Um abraço mais nada"". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- W.B. Tukker. "All Conductors of Eurovision: CARLOS ALBERTO MONIZ". All Conductors of Eurovision. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- "Eurovision Portugal 1996".
- "FICHA TÉCNICA". 1996 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- 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.
- "Final of Oslo 1996". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- 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.
- "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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