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Portugal in the OTI Festival

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Portugal
Portugal
Participating broadcasterRadiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP)
Participation summary
Appearances22
First appearance1972
Last appearance2000
Highest placement2nd: 1984
Host1987

The participation of Portugal in the OTI Festival first began at the inaugural OTI Festival in 1972 which took place in Madrid. Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), member of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI), was responsible for the Portuguese participation. It participated in twenty-two editions and hosted the 1987 contest in Lisbon.[1][2]

Many of the names that took part in the OTI Festival for Portugal also represented the country in the Eurovision Song Contest, such as Anabela, Paulo de Carvalho, José Cid, Dora, Dulce Pontes, Adelaide Ferreira, Simone de Oliveira, and Tonicha.[3]

Participation overview

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Table key
1 First place
2 Second place
3 Third place
Last place
X Contest cancelled
Year Artist Song Conductor Place Points
1972 Tonicha "Glória, glória, aleluia" Augusto Algueró 6 5
1973 Paco Bandeira "Poema de mim" Ivan Pablo 12 2
1974 Did not participate
1975
1976
1977 Paulo de Carvalho "Amor sem palavras" Thilo Krasmann [pt] 14 1
1978 Did not participate
1979 José Cid "Na cabana junto à praia" Jorge Machado 3 32
1980 Simone de Oliveira "À tua espera" Fernando Correia Martins 14 9
1981 José Cid "Uma lágrima" Mike Sergeant 10 14
1982 Did not participate
1983
1984 Adelaide Ferreira "Vem no meu sonho" José Calvário 2 -
1985 Jorge Fernando [pt] "Um ano depois" Segundo Galarza - -
1986 Carlos Pedro "Adeus à praia" Thilo Krasmann - -
1987 Teresa Mayuco "Não me tirem este mar" Fernando Correia Martins 6 -
1988 Luis Filipe "Vivo a vida cantando" Jaime Oliveira 7 6
1989 Marco Paulo "Rosa morena" Thilo Krasmann 5 -
1990 Dora "Quero acordar" Thilo Krasmann 6 -
1991 Dulce Pontes "Ao sul da América" Thilo Krasmann 5 -
1992 Cristina Roque "Uma avenida inteira de saudade" Jaime Oliveira 5 -
1993 Anabela "Onde Estás?" Thilo Krasmann 3 -
1994 Mafalda Sacchetti [pt] "Eu quero um planeta azul" Thilo Krasmann 7 6
1995 Pedro Migueis "Vem lá bem" Ramón Galarza - -
1996 Elaisa "A minha ilha" Jony Galvao - -
1997 Ágata [pt] "Abandonada" Víctor Salasar - -
1998 Beto "Quem espera, desespera" José Marinho 3 -
1999 Contest cancelled X
2000 Lena D'Água "Mar Portugal" José Marinho 5 -

Hosted

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Year City Venue Hosts
1987 Lisbon Teatro São Luiz

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Festival OTI da Canção 1987". OTI Festival. OTI Festival 1987 (in Portuguese and Spanish). 24 October 1987. RTP / OTI.
  2. ^ "RTP 50 anos de história - Grandes projectos, novos desafios". RTP (in Portuguese).
  3. ^ "Portugal in Eurovision". Eurovision Song Contest.