Portugal was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 1986

The Portuguese national final to select their entry, the ''Festival RTP da Canção 1986'', was held on 22 March at the Rádio e Televisão de Portugal Studios in

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, and was hosted by

Henrique Mendes Henrique Mendes (January 2, 1931 – July 8, 2004) was a Portuguese television presenter and actor, he is best known for hosting several editions of Festival da Canção. Mendes joint Rádio Renascença in 1950 as a radio announcer and in 1958 he ...

and Maria Helena Fialho Gouveia, who hosted the very first Portuguese Contest in 1964. Mendes and Fialho Gouveia introduced and made light commentary on the songs, which were taped in advance for the television audience. Each television region in Portugal ( Ponta Delgada, Funchal, Porto and

) submitted three songs for this year's Festival. An "expert" jury decided the winner, and only the placement of the top three songs were made public. The winning entry was one of the songs from Lisbon, "Não sejas mau para mim", performed by Dora and composed by Guilherme Inês, Zé Da Ponte, and Luís Manuel de Oliveira Fernandes.

At Eurovision

Dora was the twentieth and last performer on the night of the contest, following Finland. At the close of the voting the song had received 28 points, placing 14th in a field of 20 competing countries. Despite its low placing, it would be the highest rank Portugal would receive in the Contest between 1985 and 1990.

Voting

References

External links

Portuguese National Final 1986
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1986

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

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