Nucha is a Portuguese

Portugal

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 singer, best known for her participation in the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

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Nucha's first participation in Portugal's Eurovision selection, Festival da Canção, was in 1988 with the song "Se calhar", but this failed to pass the semi-final stage. She entered Festival da Canção a second time in 1990, and this time was successful with the song "Há sempre alguém

Há Sempre Alguém

"Há sempre alguém" was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, performed in Portuguese by Nucha.The song is a ballad, with Nucha reminding her listeners that "There's always someone/Who still doesn't have as much as we do" but who also dreams the same dreams that the better-off...

" ("There's Always Someone") winning the juries' vote. "Há sempre alguém" went forward to the 35th Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1990

The Eurovision Song Contest 1990, the 35th in the series, was held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia on 5 May 1990. The presenters were Helga Vlahović Brnobić and Oliver Mlakar. Toto Cutugno was the winner of this contest with the song "Insieme: 1992"...

, held on 5 May in Zagreb

Zagreb

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, where it did not prove popular, finishing in 20th place of the 22 entries, having received points only from the Luxembourg

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 and United Kingdom

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 juries. However, the song did prove to be popular in Portugal.

Nucha's first album, Tu vais ver, was released in 1992, followed two years later by the more successful Todos me querem. Four further albums followed in the 1990s, and she was also became a familiar face on Portuguese television with many appearances on entertainment programmes. She remained a regular on TV into the 2000s, but her recording career was on hold for several years until the release of the album Regresso in 2007.

Nucha made a surprise return to Festival da Canção in 2009 with "Tudo está na tua mão", placing fourth.

Albums discography

• 1992: Tu vais ver
• 1994: Todos me querem
• 1996: Sedução
• 1997: Anda
• 1998: Luz
• 1999: Destino
• 2007: Regresso

External links

• Official website (Portuguese)
• Festival da Canção 1990 (Portuguese - includes audio)