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Carlos Mendes
Carlos Mendes sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 1968 and 1972, for Portugal. The best result was 7th place in 1972, with “A festa da vida”.
- who
- Portuguese singer
- born
- 23 May 1947, Lisbon, Portugal
- contests
- 1968, 1972
- best result
- 7th, 1972
- music
- pop
- active
- since 1963
- sang for
- Portugal
Biography
Carlos Mendes is a Portuguese singer who sang for Portugal twice. “Verão” finished joint eleventh in London in 1968; “A festa da vida” finished seventh in Edinburgh in 1972, Portugal’s best result up to then.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Carlos Mendes (singer)”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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1968 London
“Verão”
11th of 17 Finished 11th of 17, with 5 points.
- Sung in
- Portuguese
- Written by
- José Alberto Diogo, Pedro Osório
- Conductor
- Joaquim Luís Gomes
- Running order
- 1st of 17
- Age on the night
- 20
- Won that year
- Spain: Massiel, “La La La”
The story of Eurovision 1968: Colour, a borrowed singer and a one-vote finish
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1972 Edinburgh
“A festa da vida”
7th of 18 Finished 7th of 18, with 90 points.
- Sung in
- Portuguese
- Written by
- José Calvário, José Niza
- Conductor
- Richard Hill
- Running order
- 7th of 18
- Age on the night
- 24
- Won that year
- Luxembourg: Vicky Leandros, “Après toi”
The story of Eurovision 1972: The contest nobody wanted to host
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Away from Eurovision
Other contests and shows
- Festival da Canção
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Carlos Mendes, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1972 The same eighteen
Every country from 1971 came back. Vicky Leandros returned for Luxembourg, five years after "L'amour est bleu". Tereza Kesovija, who had sung for Monaco in 1966, now sang for Yugoslavia. Sweden sent the Family Four for the second year running, and Portugal brought back Carlos Mendes.
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