Eurovision 1979 - Portugal

Manuela Bravo performing "Sobe, Sobe, Balão Sobe" ("Rise, Rise, Balloon Rise"), the Portuguese entry at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest.

A strong start to a very strong contest, a very entertaining, contemporary light-disco number with a wonderfully uplifting chorus, it's no wonder that this song gave the Portuguese their first top-10 ranking in 6 years.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Eurovision
• Song
• Contest
• ESC
• 1979
• portugal
• manuela
• bravo
• sobe
• balao
• portuguese
• pop
• disco
• dance
• jerusalem
• israel

[Furienna]

Portugal was underrated in many years back in the 80s and the 90s, but in this year, they got a well-deserved top 10 placing.

[alantuan]

In my oppinion 1979 was the strongest ESC ever. 6 of 19 brilliant songs in one year!!! Of cource Portugal is one of these 6! BRAVO!!!

[dguri]

love it!

[nmgscp]

@filmarques Um PIB maior que em relação a 1979, provavelmente tem, mas em relação aos anos 90, estou quase certo que não tem... Além disso, um PIB, mesmo que fosse menos 5 ou 10% em 1995, representava um drama menor pq havia muitíssimo menos desemprego, o PIB era medido de outras formas (por ex., em 1995, eu mal tinha experimentado a internet... mas isso não era grande drama para mim)... havia menos carros, mas na Dinamarca, com um PIB muito mais alto há menos carros por habitante que aqui, etc.

[nmgscp]

Well, good to see that so many people like this Portuguese song... I think that Portugal now doesn't actually compete in the Eurovision, since it known it will lose! That's why the songs haven't been great this last 10 or 15 years, I think... This year they actually sent a song there that was almost to tease about the competition. But Spain (sometimes I watch the Eurovision in TVE) isn't either going to the Eurovision to win, for instance... They also know they're going to lose!

[filmarques]

@pcapella2005: agora Portugal tem um PIB maior, mas tambem tem uma divida em % do PIB maior e com ainda menos industria que em 1979. Portanto acho q agora ainda esta mais pobre.

[dsznayder]

Now 31 years aftet I'm still feeling something special when I hear or watch YouTube. Time that will never return :-(

[dsznayder]

I was 10 years old and still remember this event. And it's NOT because my country Israel won agsin. So many great songs... Time that never return :(

[MyEliezer1]

@alantuan

Which other songs are one of the 6?

[mafamar2]

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