Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Portugal selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 through the Festival da Canção contest, organised by the Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). The winner of the festival was Rui Bandeira with the song "Como tudo começou", which represented Portugal at the Contest in Jerusalem on 29 May.

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country Portugal
National selection
Selection processFestival da Canção 1999
Selection date(s)8 March 1999
Selected entrantRui Bandeira
Selected song"Como tudo começou"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Jorge do Carmo
  • Tó Andrade
Finals performance
Final result21st, 12 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Originally, Portugal would have been relegated from the contest due to low average score over the past 5 years. However Latvia, who originally planned to participate, withdrew, and so did Hungary, who had the next highest average score, ultimately allowing Portugal to compete.

Festival da Canção 1999

Festival da Canção 1999 was the 36th edition of the festival, and was used to select the 35th Portuguese entry at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Final

The final was held on 8 March 1999 at the Pavilhão Atlântico in Lisbon, hosted by Manuel Luís Goucha and Alexandra Lencastre. Eight songs competed in the contest, with the winner selected by the votes of 11 regional juries. The winner was Rui Bandeira with "Como tudo começou".

Final – 8 March 1999
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Conductor Points Place
1 Tempo "Uma parte de mim" Samuel Lopes Reginaldo S. Neves 51 5
2 Liliana Pinheiro "Eu, tu e nós" Tó Sanches, Liliana Pinheiro, Rui Bagulho José Marinho 32 7
3 Francisco Ceia "Romanzeira" Francisco Ceia José Marinho 21 8
4 Rui Bandeira "Como tudo começou" Tó Andrade, Jorge do Carmo José Marinho 90 1
5 Sofia Froes "Menina alegria" Firmino Mendes, José Sarmento José Marinho 72 2
6 Célia Oliveira "Ser o que sou" Célia Oliveira, António José Guerra José Marinho 64 3
7 Tó Leal "Sete anos, sete dias" José Fanha, Eduardo Paes Mamede Eduardo Paes Mamede 44 6
8 Filipa Lourenço "No cais da solidão" Carlos Soares, Simon Wadsworth Simon Wadsworth 57 4
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw Song Viana do
Castelo		 Ponta
Delgada		 Bragança Porto Viseu Coimbra Lisbon Évora Faro Funchal Vila
Real		 Total
1 "Uma parte de mim"2683821 5 5 5 651
2 "Eu, tu e nós"3822153 2 3 2 132
3 "Romanzeira"4111432 1 1 1 221
4 "Como tudo começou"10510101068 3 8 10 1090
5 "Menina alegria"5105861010 6 4 4 472
6 "Ser o que sou"8446286 4 6 8 864
7 "Sete anos, sete dias"1334544 10 2 3 544
8 "No cais da solidão"6265315 8 10 6 357

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Bandeira performed 16th, following Sweden and preceding Ireland. The song received 12 points at the close of the voting, placing 21st of 23 countries competing, relegating Portugal from the 2000 contest.[1]

The contest was broadcast live on RTP1 and RTP Internacional, with commentary provided by Rui Unas.[2][3] 19.9% of Portuguese adults watched the show, which represents a 55.2% market share of those watching television at that time.[4]

Voting

References
  1. "Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. "Programa da televisão" [Television programme]. A Comarca de Arganil (in Portuguese). 27 May 1999. p. 8. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  3. Costa, Nelson (12 April 2014). "Luciana Abreu, Rui Unas e Mastiksoul em 'Dança do Campeão'" [Luciana Abreu, Rui Unas and Mastiksoul in 'Dança do Campeão']. escportugal.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  4. "Festival Eurovisão da Canção" (in Portuguese). Marktest. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  5. "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
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