"Silêncio e tanta gente" ("Silence and so many people") was the Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

Eurovision Song Contest 1984

The Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was the 29th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 5 May 1984 in Luxembourg. The presenter was Désirée Nosbusch. Nosbusch, only 19 years old at the time, hosted the show in a lax manner, which was quite unusual for this show back then...

, performed in Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

 by Maria Guinot

Maria Guinot

Maria Guinot is a Portuguese singer, best known for her participation in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest.Guinot released two EPs, "La mère sans enfant" and "Balada do negro só" in the late 1960s, then took a long break from the music industry...

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The song is a ballad, with Guinot musing on life's character. She sings that it is sometimes only the silence which enables her to establish what she wants to say, and likewise it is sometimes only in a crowd that she finds where she wants to go.

The song was performed nineteenth on the night, following Italy

Italy

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's Alice

Alice (Italian singer)

Alice , also known as Alice Visconti is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist, active since 1971...

 and Battiato

Franco Battiato

Francesco Battiato is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes...

 with "I treni di Tozeur

I Treni Di Tozeur

"I treni di Tozeur" is an Italian song, written by Franco Battiato, Rosario Cosentino and Giusto Pio. It was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed in Italian by Alice and Franco Battiato.In a studio version sung only by Battiato, the song was later to be included on his...

". At the close of voting, it had received 38 points, placing 11th in a field of 19.

It was succeeded as Portuguese representative

Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest

Portugal has entered the Eurovision Song Contest 45 times since its debut in the 1964 contest. Portugal has missed only three contests since the country's debut in 1964....

 at the 1985 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1985

The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 May 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The presenter was Lill Lindfors, and Norwegian duo Bobbysocks! was the winner of this Eurovision with the song "La det swinge"....

 by Adelaide

Adelaide Ferreira

Maria Adelaide Mengas Matafome Ferreira is a Portuguese singer.She started as a rock singer with the hit "Baby suicida" in 1981. After that, she has sung ballads...

 with "Penso em ti, eu sei

Penso Em Ti, Eu Sei

"Penso em ti, eu sei" was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed in Portuguese by Adelaide.The song is a ballad, with Adelaide telling her lover how she feels as their relationship comes to an end...

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