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Simone de Oliveira
Simone de Oliveira sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 1965 and 1969, for Portugal. The best result was 13th place in 1965, with “Sol de inverno”.
- who
- Portuguese singer and actor
- born
- 11 February 1938, Lisbon, Portugal
- contests
- 1965, 1969
- best result
- 13th, 1965
- music
- telenovela
- active
- since 1958
- record labels
- Decca
- sang for
- Portugal
Biography
Simone de Oliveira is a Portuguese singer and actor who sang for Portugal twice. “Sol de inverno” finished joint 13th in Naples in 1965, and “Desfolhada portuguesa” 15th of 16 in Madrid in 1969.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Simone de Oliveira”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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1965 Naples
“Sol de inverno”
13th of 18 Finished 13th of 18, with 1 point.
- Sung in
- Portuguese
- Written by
- Jerónimo Bragança, Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa
- Conductor
- Fernando de Carvalho
- Running order
- 12th of 18
- Age on the night
- 27
- Won that year
- Luxembourg: France Gall, “Poupée de cire, poupée de son”
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1969 Madrid
“Desfolhada portuguesa”
15th of 16 Finished 15th of 16, with 4 points.
- Sung in
- Portuguese
- Written by
- Nuno Nazareth Fernandes, José Carlos Ary dos Santos
- Conductor
- Ferrer Trindade
- Running order
- 15th of 16
- Age on the night
- 31
- Won that year
- France, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom
The story of Eurovision 1969: Four winners and not enough medals
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Away from Eurovision
Other contests and shows
- OTI Festival 1980
- Festival da Canção
Awards
- Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry
- Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In the drama file
The scene from our index of scandals, mishaps and lore that Simone de Oliveira is part of.
- 1969 One empty place Thrown out, pulled out, stayed away
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Simone de Oliveira, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1969 One empty place
Five of the singers had been here before. Simone de Oliveira was back for Portugal, Louis Neefs for Belgium and Kirsti Sparboe, for the third time, for Norway. Two had changed flags: Siw Malmkvist, Sweden's singer in 1960, now sang for Germany, and Romuald, Monaco's in 1964, sang for Luxembourg.
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