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Portugal
Portugal
Participating broadcasterRTP
Participation summary
Appearances22
First appearance1972
Highest placement2nd in 1984

Portugal and its OTI member station Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) was one of the founding members of the OTI Festival and debuted at the first contest in 1972 in Madrid. It participated 22 times and hosted the 1987 contest in Lisbon.[1][2]

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
Year Artist Song Conductor Place Pts
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 [pt] "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 -
2000 Lena D'Água "Mar Portugal" José Marinho 5 -

Hosted

Year City Venue Hosts
1987 Lisbon Teatro São Luiz Ana Zanatti and Eládio Clímaco

References

  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).