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{{Infobox song contest national year
| Year                   = 1979
| Country                = Portugal
| Broadcaster            = {{lang|pt|[[Radiotelevisão Portuguesa]]|i=no}} (RTP)
| Preselection           = {{lang|pt|[[Festival da Canção|Festival RTP da Canção]]|i=no}} 1979
| Preselection date      = 24 February 1979
| Entrant                = [[Manuela Bravo]]
| Song                   = Sobe, sobe, balão sobe
| Writer                 = Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa
| Final result           = 9th, 64 points
}}
Portugal was represented at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1979]] with the song "{{lang|pt|Sobe, sobe, balão sobe|i=no}}", written by Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa, and performed by [[Manuela Bravo]]. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, {{lang|pt|[[Radiotelevisão Portuguesa]]|i=no}} (RTP), selected its entry at the {{lang|pt|Festival RTP da Canção|i=no}} 1979.
==Before Eurovision==
==={{lang|pt|Festival RTP da Canção|i=no}} 1979===
[[File:Festival RTP da Canção 1979.svg|thumb|The logo of {{lang|pt|Festival RTP da Canção|i=no}} 1979]]
{{lang|pt|[[Radiotelevisão Portuguesa]]|i=no}} (RTP) held the {{lang|pt|Festival RTP da Canção|i=no}} 1979 at the Cinema Monumental in [[Lisbon]], hosted by [[Fialho Gouveia|José Fialho Gouveia]] and Manuela Moura Guedes. The musical director was Thilo Krasmann.
Three semi-finals held on 3, 10, and 17 February narrowed the final selection from 27 eligible songs to nine; the top three winners in each of the three heats were chosen by a jury composed of 5 elements, each of them would have to score each song from 1 to 5 points depending on their analysis of each of the themes in the competition.<ref>[https://festivais.wixsite.com/1979/more Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.]</ref> The regional juries came back, with twenty-two regional juries throughout Portugal, the Azores and the Madeira Islands picking the winner. Each district could vote for each song from zero to 10 points.
The final was held on 23 February, and the winning entry was "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe", written by {{ill|Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa|pt}} and performed by [[Manuela Bravo]].
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ Semi-final 1 – 3 February 1979
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! Artist
! Song
!Conductor
! Votes
! Place
|-
| 1
|Samuel
|"Recados da ilha"
|Pedro Osório
| 17
| 4
|-
|2
|Edmundo Falé
|"País das maravilhas"
|Shegundo Galarza
|10
|8
|-
|3
|Paula Abril
|"Bergantim"
|Jorge Machado
|4
|9
|-
|4
|Samuel
|"O fogo desta idade"
|Pedro Osório
|14
|5
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;"
|5
|Gonzaga Coutinho
|"Tema para um homem só"
|Thilo Krasmann
|19
|2
|-
|6
|Carlos Alberto Moniz & Maria do Amparo
|"A outra banda"
| rowspan="2" |Pedro Osório
|11
|7
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;"
|7
|SARL
|"Uma canção comercial"
|20
|1
|-
|8
|Carlos Alberto Vidal
|"Olha como é linda a manhã"
|Mike Sergeant
|13
|6
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;"
|9
|Concha
|"Qualquer dia, quem diria"
|Javier Iturralda
|19
|2
|}
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ Semi-final 2 – 10 February 1979
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! Artist
! Song
!Conductor
! Votes
! Place
|-
| 1
|Luís Arriaga
|"A tua imagem"
|Pedro Osório
| 12
| 7
|-
| 2
|Isabel Soares
|"Cantiga de amor"
|Luís Duarte
| 10
| 8
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;"
| 3
|Gabriela Schaaf
|"Eu só quero"
|Jorge Machado
| 20
| 2
|-
|4
|Jorge Coutinho
|"Bom dia quotidiano"
|Eduardo Paes Mamede
|8
|9
|-
|5
|João Henrique
|"Para te ver passar"
|Shegundo Galarza
|14
|5
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;"
|6
|Tozé Brito
|"Novo canto português"
|Mike Sergeant
|19
|3
|-
|7
|Alexandra
|"Zé brasileiro, português de Braga"
|Fernando Correia Martins
|18
|4
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;"
|8
|Teresa Silva Carvalho
|"Cantemos até ser dia"
|Pedro Osório
|21
|1
|-
|9
|Valério Silva
|"Canção do realejo"
|Fernando Correia Martins
|14
|5
|}
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ Semi-final 3 – 17 February 1979
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! Artist
! Song
!Conductor
! Votes
! Place
|-
| 1
|Carlos Alberto Moniz & Maria do Amparo
|"Camponês dos campos de água"
|Pedro Osório
| 15
| 4
|-
|2
|Edmundo Falé
|"Canções em flor"
| rowspan="2" |Shegundo Galarza
|11
|8
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;"
|3
|Florência
|"O comboio do tua"
|18
|1
|-
|4
|Grupo Gente
|"Quatro letras"
|José Calvário
|13
|6
|-
|5
|Teresa Silva Carvalho
|"Maria, Maria"
|Pedro Osório
|13
|6
|-
|6
|[[Cândida Branca Flor]]
|"A nossa história de amor"
|Mike Sergeant
|11
|9
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;"
|7
|Manuel José Soares
|"Quando chego a casa"
|Luís Duarte
|16
|3
|-
|8
|Cocktail
|"Amanhã virás"
|Mike Sergeant
|14
|5
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;"
|9
|[[Manuela Bravo]]
|"Sobe, sobe, balão sobe"
|Fernando Correia Martins
|17
|2
|}
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ Final – 23 February 1979
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! Artist
! Song
!Conductor
! Votes
! Place
|-
| 1
|Gonzaga Coutinho
|"Tema para um homem só"
|Thilo Krasmann
| 102
| 5
|-
|2
|SARL
|"Uma canção comercial"
|Pedro Osório
|123
|3
|-
|3
|Concha
|"Qualquer dia, quem diria"
|Javier Iturralda
|78
|6
|-
|4
|Gabriela Schaaf
|"Eu só quero"
|Jorge Machado
|132
|2
|-
|5
|Tozé Brito
|"Novo canto português"
|Mike Sergeant
|110
|4
|-
|6
|Teresa Silva Carvalho
|"Cantemos até ser dia"
|Pedro Osório
|52
|9
|-
|7
|Florência
|"O comboio do tua"
|Shegundo Galarza
|63
|8
|-
|8
|Manuel José Soares
|"Quando chego a casa"
|Luís Duarte
|76
|7
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
|9
|[[Manuela Bravo]]
|"Sobe, sobe, balão sobe"
|Fernando Correia Martins
|149
|1
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
|+ Detailed Distrital Jury Votes
|-
! scope="col" | Draw
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Angra do Heroísmo (district)|Angra do Heroísmo]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Aveiro District|Aveiro]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Beja District|Beja]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Braga District|Braga]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Bragança District|Bragança]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Castelo Branco District|Castelo Branco]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Coimbra District|Coimbra]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Évora District|Évora]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Faro District|Faro]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Madeira|Funchal]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Guarda District|Guarda]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Horta (district)|Horta]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Leiria District|Leiria]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Lisbon District|Lisbon]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Ponta Delgada (district)|Ponta Delgada]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Portalegre District|Portalegre]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Porto District|Porto]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Santarém District|Santarém]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Setúbal District|Setúbal]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Viana do Castelo District|Viana do Castelo]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Vila Real District|Vila Real]]}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|[[Viseu District|Viseu]]}}
! scope="col" | Total
|-
|1
|5
|5
|
|4
|8
|7
|4
|4
|3
|3
|5
|4
|7
|4
|'''10'''
|4
|4
|3
|5
|4
|5
|4
|102
|-
|2
|
| 6|| 6|| 7|| 6||3
|4
|7
|6
|2
|8
|5
|'''10'''
|1
|'''10'''
|'''10'''
|2
|5
|'''10'''
|6
|
| 9|| 123
|-
|3
|
| 3|| 4|| 2|| 3||5
|2
|4
|1
|1
|4
|2
|4
|'''10'''
|
|6
|5
|2
|5
|3
|8
| 4|| 78
|-
|4
|
| 7|| '''10'''|| 6|| 7||9
|'''10'''
|4
| 4
|8
|3
|2
|6
|9
|
|'''10'''
|8
|4
|6
|9
|2
| 8|| 132
|-
|5
|
| 8|| || 4|| 4||7
|4
|6
|7
|8
|7
|'''10'''
|
|1
|3
|2
|2
|7
|9
|9
|6
| 6|| 110
|-
|6
|
| 2|| 2|| 3|| 2||3
|8
|2
|5
|1
|3
|2
|
|
|
|4
|2
|3
|5
|3
|
| 2|| 52
|-
|7
|
|2
|
|3
|3
|2
|4
|5
|3
|2
|7
|3
|
|
|
|3
|3
|4
|7
|
|7
|5
|63
|-
|8
|
|3
|
|2
|4
|5
|4
|4
|7
|4
|6
|4
|4
|1
|
|4
|3
|3
|8
|3
|3
|3
|76
|-
|9
|5
|8
|
|8
|6
|'''10'''
|9
|9
|8
|3
|'''10'''
|4
|1
|3
|8
|'''10'''
|9
|9
|9
|
|'''10'''
|'''10'''
|149
|}
==At Eurovision==
Manuela Bravo was the first performer on the night of the contest, preceding [[Italy]]. At the close of the voting the song had received 64 points, placing 9th in a field of 19 competing countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Final of Jerusalem 1979 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/jerusalem-1979/final |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411170731/https://eurovision.tv/event/jerusalem-1979/final |archive-date=11 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was the highest ranking Portugal had received since 1972.
=== Voting ===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Points awarded to Portugal<ref name="1979detailed">{{cite web |title=Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/jerusalem-1979/final/results/portugal |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411173224/https://eurovision.tv/event/jerusalem-1979/final/results/portugal |archive-date=11 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" width="20%" | Score
! scope="col" | Country
|-
! scope="row" | 12 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 10 points
| {{Esc|France|y=1979}}
|-
! scope="row" | 8 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 7 points
| {{Esc|Austria|y=1979}}
|-
! scope="row" | 6 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Italy|y=1979}}|{{Esc|Norway|y=1979}}|{{Esc|Spain|1977|y=1979}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | 5 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Belgium|y=1979}}|{{Esc|Monaco|y=1979}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | 4 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Germany|y=1979}}|{{Esc|Switzerland|y=1979}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | 3 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Luxembourg|y=1979}}|{{Esc|Netherlands|y=1979}}|{{Esc|Sweden|y=1979}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2 points
| {{Esc|Finland|y=1979}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1 point
|
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Points awarded by Portugal<ref name="1979detailed" />
|-
! scope="col" width="20%" | Score
! scope="col" | Country
|-
! scope="row" style="background:gold" | 12 points
| {{Esc|Israel|y=1979}}
|-
! scope="row" style="background:silver" | 10 points
| {{Esc|Greece|y=1979}}
|-
! scope="row" style="background:#CC9966" | 8 points
| {{Esc|Italy|y=1979}}
|-
! scope="row" | 7 points
| {{Esc|Luxembourg|y=1979}}
|-
! scope="row" | 6 points
| {{Esc|France|y=1979}}
|-
! scope="row" | 5 points
| {{Esc|Ireland|y=1979}}
|-
! scope="row" | 4 points
| {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1979}}
|-
! scope="row" | 3 points
| {{Esc|Norway|y=1979}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2 points
| {{Esc|Germany|y=1979}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1 point
| {{Esc|Monaco|y=1979}}
|}
{{col-end}}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091026233703/http://geocities.com/national_finals_70s_80s/Portugal1979.html Portuguese National Final 1979]
{{Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1979}}
[[Category:Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest|1979]]
[[Category:Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979]]
[[Category:1979 in Portugal|Eurovision]]