PORTUGAL |
"Sobe sobe balão sobe" - Manuela Bravo
"Rise rise balloon rise, go and ask the star that lets me live here and dream"
The Portuguese Final was held on February 24th at the Cinema Monumental in Lisbon, hosted by Fialho Gouveia & Manuela Moura Guedes. Before the final, there were 3 semi-finals - click here for details: PORTUGUESE SEMI-FINALS 1979 The winning song was chosen by the votes of 22 regional juries.
1 | Tema para um homem só | Song for a lonely man | Gonzaga Coutinho | 102 | 5th |
2 | Uma canção comercial | A commercial song | Pedro Osório S.A.R.L. | 123 | 3rd |
3 | Qualquer dia, quem diria | Someday, who would say | Concha | 78 |
6th |
4 | Eu só quero | I just want | Gabriela Schaaf | 132 | 2nd |
5 | Novo canto Português | New Portuguese singing | Tózé Brito | 110 |
4th |
6 | Cantemos até ser dia | Let us sing until the morning | Teresa Silva Carvalho | 52 |
9th |
7 | O combóio do Tua | The train of Tua | Florência | 63 |
8th |
8 | Quando chego a casa | When I arrive home | Manuel José Soares | 76 |
7th |
9 | Sobe sobe balão sobe | Rise rise balloon rise | Manuela Bravo | 149 | 1st |
Manuela Bravo came 9th at the ESC. Tózé Brito was a member of the group Gemini that represented Portugal at ESC 1978.