Eurovision Song Contest 1985 Country Portugal Selection process Festival da Canção 1985 Selection date(s) 7 March 1985 Selected entrant Adelaide Selected song "Penso em ti, eu sei" Selected songwriter(s) Tozé Brito Adelaide Ferreira Luís Fernando Final result 18th, 9 points
Portugal was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 , held in Gothenburg , Sweden .
The Portuguese national final to select their entry, the Festival RTP da Canção 1985 , was held on 7 March at the Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon , and was hosted by Margarida Andrade and Eládio Clímaco .
Eleven songs competed at the national final. The votes of national juries chose the winner.
The winning entry was "Penso em ti, eu sei", performed by Adelaide Ferreira , composed by Tozé Brito and written by Ferreira and Luís Fernando .
Before Eurovision
Festival da Canção 1985
Final – 7 March 1985
Draw
Artist
Song
Points
Place
1
Eduarda
"Meu amor, minha dor, meu jardim"
182
2nd
2
Gustavo Sequeira
"Mágica"
70
8th
3
Jorge Silva
"Portugal, meu jardim"
34
10th
4
Alexandra
"Cantar saudade"
130
6th
5
Delfins
"A casa da praia"
28
11th
6
Nelo Silva
"Entre céu e mar"
47
9th
7
Luis Filipe
"Mulher só (mulher giesta)"
133
5th
8
Nuno and Henrique
"Meia de conversa"
171
3rd
9
Jorge Fernando
"Umbadá"
168
4th
10
Adelaide Ferreira
"Penso em ti, eu sei"
219
1st
11
Aguarela
"Malmequer, sim ou não"
94
7th
At Eurovision
Adelaide Ferreira was the ninth performer on the night of the contest, following Belgium and preceding Germany . At Gothenburg, she was credited by only her first name. At the close of the voting the song had received 9 points, placing 18th in a field of 19 competing countries.[1] It was the worst ranking Portugal had received since 1981.
Voting
Points awarded to Portugal[2]
Score
Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
Greece
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
Turkey
1 point
References
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Participation Artists Songs
"Ai coração "
"Amar "
"Amar pelos dois "
"Amor d'água fresca "
"Antes do adeus "
"Baunilha e chocolate "
"Bem bom "
"Chamar a música "
"A cidade (até ser dia) "
"Coisas de nada "
"Como tudo começou "
"Conquistador "
"Dai li dou"
"Dança comigo "
"Deixa-me sonhar "
"Desfolhada portuguesa "
"E depois do adeus "
"Ele e ela "
"Esta balada que te dou "
"A festa da vida "
"Uma flor de verde pinho "
"Foi magia "
"Um grande, grande amor "
"Grito "
"Há dias assim "
"Há sempre alguém "
"Há um mar que nos separa "
"O jardim "
"Love Is on My Side "
"Lusitana paixão "
"A luta é alegria "
"Madrugada "
"Medo de sentir "
"Menina do alto da serra "
"O meu coração não tem cor "
"Não sejas mau para mim "
"Neste barco à vela "
"Oração "
"Penso em ti, eu sei "
"Playback"
"Portugal no coração "
"Quero ser tua "
"Saudade, saudade "
"Se eu te pudesse abraçar "
"Senhora do mar (negras águas) "
"Silêncio e tanta gente "
"Só sei ser feliz assim "
"Sobe, sobe, balão sobe "
"Sol de inverno "
"Telemóveis "
"Todas as ruas do amor "
"Tourada "
"O vento mudou "
"Verão "
"Vida minha "
"Voltarei "
Note: Entries scored out signify where Portugal did not compete
Countries Artists Songs
"Bra vibrationer "
"Children, Kinder , Enfants "
"Didai didai dai"
"Eläköön elämä "
"Femme dans ses rêves aussi "
"La fiesta terminó "
"Für alle "
"Kinder dieser Welt "
"La det swinge "
"Laat me nu gaan "
"Love Is... "
"Magic Oh Magic"
"Miazoume "
"Olé, Olé "
"Penso em ti, eu sei "
"Piano, piano "
"Sku' du spørg' fra no'en? "
"To katalava arga "
"Wait Until the Weekend Comes"