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 entrant	Alma Lusa
Selected song	"Se eu te pudesse abracar"
Selected songwriter(s)	José Cid
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 placing 12th.^[2]

Voting[]

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

Points awarded by Portugal^[3]
Score	Country
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

References[]

^ "PORTUGUESE NATIONAL FINAL 1998".
^ "Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[1] "PORTUGUESE NATIONAL FINAL 1998".

[2] "Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[1998detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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