Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983

Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Country	Portugal
National selection
Selection process	Festival RTP da Canção 1983
Selection date(s)	5 March 1983
Selected entrant	Armando Gama
Selected song	"Esta balada que te dou"
Selected songwriter(s)	Armando Gama
Finals performance
Final result	13th, 33 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest

Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 with the song "Esta balada que te dou", written and performed by Armando Gama. The Portuguese participating broadcaster Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) selected its entry at the Festival RTP da Canção 1983.

Before Eurovision

Festival RTP da Canção 1983

Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) held the Festival RTP da Canção 1983 at the Coliseu do Porto in Porto on 5 March 1983, hosted by Valentina Torres and Eládio Clímaco. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 22 regional juries.^[1]

Armando Gama previously took part in the 1980 Portuguese semi-finals with the group Sarabanda. Carlos Paião had represented Portugal in Eurovision in 1981.

Final – 5 March 1983
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Sofia	"Erva ruim"	52	9
2	Sofia	"Terra desmedida"	80	8
3	Ana	"Parabéns, parabéns a você"	99	6
4	Armando Gama	"Esta balada que te dou"	232	1
5	Cândida Branca Flor and Carlos Paião	"Vinho do Porto (Vinho de Portugal)"	148	4
6	Xico Jorge	"Mal d'amores"	27	11
7	Herman José	"A cor do teu baton"	209	2
8	Jorge Fernando	"Rosas brancas para o meu amor"	86	7
9	Helena Isabel	"E afinal quem és tu?"	149	3
10	Broa de Mel	"No calor da noite"	45	10
11	Tessa	"Ave do paraíso"	6	12
12	Alexandra	"Rosa flor mulher"	143	5

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Gama performed 17th in the running order, following Israel and preceding Austria. At the close of voting "Esta balada que te dou" placing Portugal 13th of the 20 entries.^[2] The Portuguese jury awarded its 12 points to the winner song from Luxembourg.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Portugal^[4]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points	Luxembourg
6 points	Netherlands Switzerland
5 points	Spain
4 points	France
3 points
2 points	Finland Yugoslavia
1 point	Sweden

Points awarded by Portugal^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Luxembourg
10 points	Israel
8 points	Germany
7 points	Italy
6 points	Norway
5 points	Austria
4 points	Sweden
3 points	France
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Belgium

References

^ ESC National Finals database 1983
^ "Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
^ ESC History - Portugal 1983
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[1] ESC National Finals database 1983

[2] "Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[3] ESC History - Portugal 1983

[1983detailed-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

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Festival da Canção
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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

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Countries	Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Germany Greece Finland France Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Çetin Alp Remedios Amaya Ami Aspelund Bernadette Guy Bonnet Daniel Mariella Farré Riccardo Fogli Armando Gama Carola Häggkvist Ofra Haza Corinne Hermès Hoffmann and Hoffmann Gry Johansen Pas de Deux Christie Stasinopoulou Stavros and Constantina Sweet Dreams Jahn Teigen Westend
Songs	"Do Re Mi" "Džuli" "Esta balada que te dou" "Fantasiaa" "Främling" "Hi" "Hurricane" "I agapi akoma zi" "I'm Never Giving Up" "Io così non ci sto" "Kloden drejer" "Mou les" "Opera" "Per Lucia" "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" "Rendez-vous" "Rücksicht" "Si la vie est cadeau" "Sing Me a Song" "Vivre"