Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Portugal was represented by Doce, with the song '"Bem bom", at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Harrogate on 24 April. Doce was the winner of the Portuguese national final for the contest, held on 6 March. The song was chosen through a national final organised by broadcaster RTP.

Eurovision Song Contest 1982
Country Portugal
National selection
Selection processFestival da Canção 1982
Selection date(s)6 March 1982
Selected entrantDoce
Selected song"Bem bom"
Finals performance
Final result13th, 32 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 1982

The final was held at the Teatro Maria Matos in Lisbon, hosted by Alice Cruz & Fialho Gouveia. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 22 regional juries.[1]

Doce previously came 2nd in the 1980 Portuguese Final and in the 1981 Portuguese Final 4th. Two members of the group (Teresa Miguel & Fatima Padinha) were in the group Gemini that represented Portugal in 1978 as was in Paris in France.

Final – 6 March 1982
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 SARL "Quero ser feliz agora" 147 4
2 Dina "Em segredo" 74 8
3 Fernanda "Vai mas vem" 52 10
4 Alexandra "Até amanhecer" 156 3
5 Isa "Sonho a dois" 27 12
6 Cândida Branca Flor "Trocas e baldrocas" 176 2
7 Dina "Gosto do teu gosto" 125 6
8 Joana "Amor português" 77 7
9 Marco Paulo "É o fim do mundo" 48 11
10 Doce "Bem bom" 182 1
11 Bric-à-brac "Tudo tim-tim por tim-tim" 73 9
12 Broa de Mel "Banha da cobra estica e não dobra" 139 5

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Donce performed first in the running order, preceding Luxembourg. At the close of voting "Bem bom" had received 32 points (highest score being 7 from Luxembourg), placing Portugal 13th of the 18 entries. The Portuguese jury awarded its 12 points to the winner song from Germany.[2]

Points awarded to Portugal
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded by Portugal
12 points Germany
10 points Israel
8 points Belgium
7 points Sweden
6 points Luxembourg
5 points Cyprus
4 points United Kingdom
3 points Denmark
2 points  Switzerland
1 point Ireland

See also

References

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