Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham. Alma Lusa represented Portugal with the song "Se eu te pudesse abracar".
| Eurovision Song Contest 1998 | ||||
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| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Festival da Canção 1998 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 7 March 1998 | |||
| Selected entrant | Alma Lusa | |||
| Selected song | "Se eu te pudesse abracar" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 12th, 36 points | |||
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Festival da Canção 1998
Festival da Canção 1998 was the 35th edition of the festival, and was used to select the 34th Portuguese entry at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Final
The final was held at the Teatro São Luiz in Lisbon on 7 March 1998, hosted by Lucia Moniz and Carlos Ribeiro. Eight songs competed in the contest, with the winner selected by the votes of an "expert" jury. The winner was Alma Lusa with "Se eu te pudesse abracar".[1]
| Final – 7 March 1998 | |||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
| 1 | Sofia Barbosa | "Uma lua em cada mão" | José Fanha, Jorge Quintela | 29 | 3 |
| 2 | Carlos Evora | "Saudade que eu sou" | José Fanha, João Balucio | 25 | 5 |
| 3 | Teresa Radamanto | "Só o mar ficou" | Nuno Gomes dos Santos, João Mota Oliveira | 32 | 2 |
| 4 | Ana Isabel | "O encanto da sereia" | José Fanha, Eduaro Paes Mamede | 27 | 4 |
| 5 | Ana Ritta | "Basta só um olhar" | Carlos Soares, José Orlando | 8 | 7 |
| 6 | Janot | "Aqui ou além" | Pedro Malaquias, Janot, Carlos Maria de Carvalho | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | Axel | "Só à tua espera" | Carlos Soares, Jorge do Carmo, Fernando Correia Martins | 17 | 6 |
| 8 | Alma Lusa | "Se eu te pudesse abraçar" | José Cid | 50 | 1 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | |||||||
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| Draw | Song | M. Domingues | J. Barbosa | N. Galopim | P. de Carvalho | S. Tavares | Total |
| 1 | "Uma lua em cada mão" | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | "Saudade que eu sou" | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 3 | "Só o mar ficou" | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 32 |
| 4 | "O encanto da sereia" | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | "Basta só um olhar" | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | "Aqui ou além" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | "Só à tua espera" | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | "Se eu te pudesse abraçar" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 50 |
At Eurovision
In Birmingham, Portugal scored 36 points (highest 10 from France) placing 12th.
Points awarded by Portugal
| 12 points |  Israel |
| 10 points |  Germany |
| 8 points | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
| 7 points |  Netherlands |
| 6 points |  United Kingdom |
| 5 points |  Malta |
| 4 points | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Cyprus |
| 3 points |  Norway |
| 2 points |  Croatia |
| 1 point |  Ireland |
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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See also
References
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