Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Country	Portugal
National selection
Selection process	Festival da Canção 1997
Selection date(s)	7 March 1997
Selected entrant	Célia Lawson
Selected song	"Antes do adeus"
Selected songwriter(s)	Thilo Krasmann; Rosa Lobato de Faria; Rodrigues Lobato de Faria;
Finals performance
Final result	24th, 0 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest

Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 in Dublin. Célia Lawson represented Portugal with the song "Antes do adeus".

Before Eurovision[]

Festival da Canção 1997[]

Festival da Canção 1997 was the 34th edition of the festival, and was used to select the 33rd Portuguese entry at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Final[]

Before the final there were 5 semi-finals, which televoting selected one song from each semi-final to qualify for the final. The final was held at the Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon on 7 March 1997, hosted by António Sala and Cristina Caras Lindas. Eight songs competed in the final, with the winner selected by 20 regional juries and a 21st jury made up of televoting results, which was won by Os Meninos da Sacristia.^[1] The winner was Célia Lawson with "Antes do adeus".

Final – 7 March 1997
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Conductor	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Oriundi	"Nosso canto chão"	Nuno Gomes Dos Santos, Jan van Dijck	Ramon Galarza	64	1	65	8
2	Raquel Alão	"Quando eu te beijo"	José Miguel Oliveira, João Oliveira	Pedro Duarte	112	3	115	3
3	Cristina Almeida	"Senhora da saia verde"	Maria Amélia Rodrigues da Fonseca, Carlos Canelhas	José Marinho	99	5	104	5
4	Telmo Miranda	"Madrigal de Lianor"	José Manuel Coelho	José Marinho	109	2	111	4
5	Os Meninos da Sacristia	"Canção urgente"	José Cid	Mike Sergeant	92	10	102	6
6	Sónia Mendes	"Da primeira vez"	João Mota Oliveira	Pedro Duarte	110	6	116	2
7	Célia Lawson	"Antes do adeus"	Rosa Lobato de Faria, Rodrigues Lobato de Faria, Thilo Krasmann	Thilo Krasmann	119	8	127	1
8	Susana Pinto	"Rosa dos ventos"	Fernando Soares, Raimundo Martins, Simon Wadsworth	Simon Wadsworth	75	4	79	7

At Eurovision[]

In Dublin, Portugal scored 0 points placing last 24th (with Norway).^[2]

Voting[]

Portugal did not receive any points at the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest.^[3]

Points awarded by Portugal^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Italy
10 points	Ireland
8 points	Spain
7 points	United Kingdom
6 points	France
5 points	Turkey
4 points	Slovenia
3 points	Cyprus
2 points	Poland
1 point	Estonia

References[]

^ "PORTUGUESE NATIONAL FINAL 1997".
^ "Final of Dublin 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[1] "PORTUGUESE NATIONAL FINAL 1997".

[2] "Final of Dublin 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[1997detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Dublin 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

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