„Don’t be so bad to me, I just want you“
The Portuguese Final was held on March 22nd, hosted by Henrique Mendes & Maria Helena. Each of the four Portuguese Television districts (Ponta Delgada, Funchal, Porto & Lisbon) submitted 3 songs and the songs were broadcast from these regional studios as video clips. The winning song was chosen by the votes of an „expert“ jury and only the top 3 songs were announced.
| 1 | No vapor da madrugada | In the vapour of daybreak | Grupo Rimanço | 2nd= |
| 2 | Canção para José da Lata | Song for José da Lata | Carlos Alberto Moniz & A Banda |
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| 3 | Cais de encontro | Meeting quay | Luís Bettencourt |
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| 4 | Tango da meia-noite | Midnight tango | Luís Filipe |
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| 5 | Um amor, uma ilha | One love, one island | Paulo Ferraz |
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| 6 | Quebrar a distância | Breaking the distance | Sérgio Borges |
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| 7 | Dessa juras que se fazem | Those oaths we say | Né Ladeiras |
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| 8 | Tigres de bengala | The cane tigers | Trabalhadores do Comércio | 2nd= |
| 9 | Cinzas e mel | Ashes and honey | Gabriela Schaaf |
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| 10 | Rápidamente | Rapidly | Lara Li |
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| 11 | Não sejas mau para mim | Don’t be so bad to me | Dora |
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| 12 | Uma balada de amor | A love ballad | Fá |
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Dora came 14th at the ESC. Fá represented Portugal in ESC 1982 (in the group ‚Doce‘).