Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 information
Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Country
Portugal
National selection
Selection process
Festival da Canção 1997
Selection date(s)
Semi-finals: 25 January 1997 1 February 1997 8 February 1997 15 February 1997 22 February 1997 Final: 7 March 1997
Selected entrant
Célia Lawson
Selected song
"Antes do adeus"
Selected songwriter(s)
Thilo Krasmann
Rosa Lobato de Faria
Finals performance
Final result
24th, 0 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Antes do adeus" written by Thilo Krasmann and Rosa Lobato de Faria. The song was performed by Célia Lawson. The Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) organised the national final Festival da Canção1997 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 1997 contest in Dublin, Ireland. After five semi-finals and a final which took place between January and March 1997, "Antes do adeus" performed by Célia Lawson emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from 20 regional juries and a public televote.
Portugal competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 3 May 1997. Performing during the show in position 15, Portugal placed twenty-fourth (last) out of the 24 participating countries and failed to score any points, making it the second time the nation had placed last in the history of the competition and receiving nul points.
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