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Os Amigos
Os Amigos was a Portuguese band from the seventies. The band members were Fernanda Piçarra, Luísa Basto, Edmundo Silva, Ana Bola, Fernando Tordo and Paulo de Carvalho. Tordo represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 where he reached the 10th place while de Carvalho represented Portugal one year later and reached the 14th place. Ana Bola would go on to be a backing singer for Carlos Paiao at the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Playback" With the song ''Portugal no coração'' they won the Portuguese national final in 1977 and went on to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest where they reached the 14th place. In the national final every song was sung by two performers, the public chose ''Os Amigos'' over Gemini Gemini may refer to: Space * Gemini (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac ** Gemini in Chinese astronomy * Project Gemini, the second U.S. crewed spaceflight program * Gemini Observatory, consisting of teles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luísa Basto
Luísa Basto (born 1947) is a Portuguese singer, best known for her recordings of the anthem of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), ''Avante Camarada'' (Forward comrade), and of ''É Para Ti Mulher Esta Canção'' (This song is for you, woman), anthem of the Portuguese '' Movimento Democrático de Mulheres'' (Women's Democratic Movement - MDM) Early life Luísa Basto was born as Úrsula Lobato in Serpa, Portugal in 1947. Her parents, who both liked to sing, were militant supporters of the PCP and its opposition to Portugal's authoritarian '' Estado Novo'' regime. They adopted a clandestine existence when their daughter was only 12 years old and she lived with them in clandestine houses in Lisbon and Sintra for over a year, printing communist publications, until they were arrested by the secret police. She was then helped to travel to the Soviet Union. Moscow She was looked after on her arrival by the communist leader Álvaro Cunhal and says that it was he who gave her the alia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini (Portuguese Band)
Gemini was a Portuguese band from the 1970s. The members were Fatima Padinha, Teresa Miguel, Tozé Brito and Mike Sergeant. In 1977 they participated in the Portuguese national final in order to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Portugal no coração". The song won. However, every song was sung by two performers, and the audience preferred Os Amigos over Gemini. Toze Brito and Mike Sergeant had previously been in the grupo Quarteto IIII in the Portuguese National Finals. They won the national final in 1978 with the song "Dai li dou". However, they only reached the 17th position. Teresa and Fatima would represent Portugal once more in 1982 in the band Doce Doce was a Portuguese female band from the 1980s. It was one of the first girl bands in Europe. The girls took part in the Portuguese national final in order to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Doce" ("S .... Discography LPS *Pensando em Ti (LP, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest Entrants For Portugal
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. Based on the Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951, Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (apart from ), making it the longest-running annual international televised music competition and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU, as well as invited associate members, are eligible to compete, and 52 countries have participated at least once. Each participating broadcaster sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dai Li Dou
The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Paris, France, following the country's victory at the with the song " L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" by Marie Myriam. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Télévision Française 1 (TF1), the contest was held at the Palais des Congrès on 22 April 1978 and was hosted by French television presenters Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone. This was the first time that more than one presenter had hosted the contest as well as the first to have a male presenter since . In addition to hosting, the two presenters also served as commentators for France. Twenty countries participated, the highest number of competing countries in the history of the competition at the time. and both returned to the contest. Denmark had not participated since , 12 years before. The winner of the contest was with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta. Although ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1977
The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in London, United Kingdom, following the country's victory at the with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me" by Brotherhood of Man. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the contest was held at the Wembley Conference Centre on 7 May 1977, marking the first time the event took place in the month of May since the first contest in . The contest was hosted by English journalist Angela Rippon. Eighteen countries participated in the contest; returned after its absence from the previous edition, while decided not to enter. The winner was with the song " L'Oiseau et l'Enfant", performed by Marie Myriam, written by Joe Gracy, and composed by Jean-Paul Cara. The , , and rounded out the top five. Greece's fifth place finish was their best result up to that point. France' fifth win was also a record at the tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal In The Eurovision Song Contest
Portugal has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 53 times since its debut at the 1964 contest. Since then it has missed five contests (, , , and ). The contest is broadcast in Portugal by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). Portugal won the contest for the first time in and hosted the contest in Lisbon. Portugal finished last on its debut in 1964 and again in , before achieving its best result of the 20th century in , with Lúcia Moniz finishing sixth. The country then finished last for the third time in . Having not appeared in the final since and as holders of the record for most appearances in the contest without a win, Portugal won at the 49th attempt, when Salvador Sobral won the 2017 contest with the song "", Portugal's first top-five result in the contest. As hosts in 2018, the country finished last in the contest for a fourth time. History Portugal's debut entry was António Calvário with "". It was not a successful debut for the country, with Calvário ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uma Flor De Verde Pinho
Portugal was represented by Carlos do Carmo, with the song "Uma flor de verde pinho", at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 April in The Hague. "Uma flor de verde pinho" was chosen as the Portuguese entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa on 7 March. Before Eurovision Festival da Canção 1976 The Festival da Canção 1976 was held at the Lumiar studios of the Radio and Television of Portugal in Lisbon, hosted by António Vitorino de Almeida, Ana Zanatti and Eládio Clímaco. Eight songs took part in the final. Thilo Krasmann conducted all the songs. For the first time, only one singer was chosen to perform all the songs: Carlos do Carmo, a highly respected fado singer, was invited to perform the eight songs, chosen by public contest. The voting system was once again changed: for the first time, the public was invited to participate on the choice, casting votes on postcards via post until 3 March. On 22 February, the eight compositions were prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Do Carmo
Carlos Manuel de Ascenção do Carmo de Almeida ComIH (21 December 1939 – 1 January 2021), better known as Carlos do Carmo, was a Portuguese fado singer. The son of Lucília do Carmo, a well-known ''fadista'', do Carmo began his career in fado following his father's death in 1962, when he returned from a period in Switzerland to help his mother run the family's fado house. He began singing himself shortly afterwards and, in 1963, he began his career as a recording artist. He continued working at the fado house for a number of years, while also expanding his recording career. He achieved national and international success in the 1970s, including performances at the Royal Opera House in London and the Paris Olympia. He represented Portugal at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with his song " Uma flor de verde pinho", finishing in 12th place. Carmo introduced new styles to fado, including the addition of orchestras, and the incorporation of other styles such as jazz into the trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal No Coração
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a Sovereign state, country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southern Europe, Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a Portugal–Spain border, land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions with their own Local government, regional governments. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Tordo
Fernando Travassos Tordo (born March 29, 1948 in Lisbon, Portugal) is Portuguese singer and songwriter. Since 2003 he has been a Commander of the Order of Merit, an honor bestowed on him by the Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio. Considered one of the most prolific songwriters of the Portuguese songbook, he is deemed by critics as a key figure in Portuguese contemporary music for the extension and originality of his work. Both as a singer and as a songwriter, Fernando Tordo has worked in the realms of fado, música ligeira and political intervention arts. His lengthy work collaboration with poet José Carlos Ary dos Santos was a mark that propelled him into fame, resulting in songs such as "Tourada", "Estrela da Tarde", "Lisboa Menina e Moça", "Cavalo à Solta", "Balada para os Nossos Filhos", "O Amigo que eu canto", "Meu Corpo" and "Novo Fado Alegre". As an author and songwriter he has collaborated with numerous Portuguese and international singers such as Carlos do Carmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playback (Carlos Paião Song)
Playback or Play Back may refer to: Film * ''Playback'' (1962 film), a British film in the ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' series * ''Playback'', a 1996 film starring Shannon Whirry * ''Playback'' (2012 film), an American horror film by Michael A. Nickles * ''Play Back'', a 2021 Indian Telugu-language film Literature * ''Playback'' (magazine), a Canadian film, TV, and new media trade publication * ''Playback'' (novel), by Raymond Chandler, also a screenplay Music * Gapless playback, uninterrupted play of audio tracks * Playback singer, a singer in films whose singing is prerecorded, who lip syncs (see also lip-synching in music) Performers * Playback (South Korean group), a girl group * Playback, an American boyband that competed in season 2 of the U.S. ''X Factor'' * Playback, credited performers in the U.S. of the 1979 Player One song "Space Invaders" Albums * ''Playback'' (The Appletree Theatre album), 1968 * ''Playback'' (Phi Life Cypher album), 2006 * ''Playback'' (Sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. Based on the Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951, Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (apart from ), making it the longest-running annual international televised music competition and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU, as well as invited associate members, are eligible to compete, and 52 countries have participated at least once. Each participating broadcaster se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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