Portugal was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa, with lyrics by Jerónimo Bragança, and performed by

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. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, (RTP), selected its entry at the 1965.

Before Eurovision

1965

(RTP) held the 1965 on 6 February 1965 at 21:55 UTC in its Lumiar studios in

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, hosted by Henrique Mendes. Eight songs took part in the final. Fernando de Carvalho conducted orchestra for all the songs. The winning song was chosen by a distrital jury, composed by three members, each had 5 votes to be distributed among the songs it intended to award, making a total of 15 votes per district.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Oliveira performed 12th in the running order, following and preceding . Each national jury awarded 5-3-1 to their top three songs, and at the close "Sol de inverno" had picked up only 1 point (from Monaco), placing Portugal joint 13th (with ) of the 18 entries. The Portuguese jury awarded its 5 points to . The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Fernando de Carvalho.

Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

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