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Artist
Simone De Oliveira
12+ albums
portugueseEurovisionPortugalfemale vocalistsEurovision Song Contest
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Simone de Oliveira, GCIH (born 11 February 1938) is a Portuguese singer and actress. Simone was born in Lisbon, where she started singing in high school. Simone represented Portugal in Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with Sol De Inverno, their very first entry. Her true breakthrough came in 1969 with the song "Desfolhada Portuguesa", with lyrics by José Carlos Ary dos Santos and music by Nuno Nazareth Fernandes. The song was a great success in Portugal, with innovative lyrics at the time of the dictatorship of António de Oliveira Salazar. Simone went onto present this song for Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 in Madrid. Despite her popularity in Portugal, this song was not successful at the Eurovision, getting only 4 votes. She has starred in a number of television roles, as well as Portuguese movies. Simone is also a breast cancer survivor. Eurovision Song Contest 1965 Entry for Portugal Performer: Simone de Oliviera Song title: Sol De Inverno Song writer(s): Jeronimo Bragança Song composer(s): Carlos Nobrega e Sousa Sang In Position : 12 Final Position: 13 Total Points: 1 Italy and its national broadcaster RAI hosted this year's contest for the first time. The number of participants was the highest ever as 18 countries took part. After a year of absence, Sweden returned to the competition and Ireland debuted. Belgium, Germany, Finland and Spain all scored nul points while Luxembourg won for the second time with the highly controversial Poupée De Cire,
