Doce

The band was formed in 1979, made of the singers Fátima Padinha, Teresa Miguel (these two were part of Gemini before), Helena Coelho and Laura Diogo. In January 1980 the single "Amanhã de Manhã" (the entry for OSC26 and their most famous song in Portugal) is released. In the same year they entered Festival da Canção with the song "Doce", ending in 2nd place. In March 1980 their first album, "OK KO" was released. They went back to the Festival da Canção in 1981 with the song "Ali-Babá (Um Homem das Arábias), and they got the 4th place. In October 1981 they released the album "É Demais". In 1982 they won the Festival da Canção with "Bem Bom", going then to Harrogate for the Eurovision Song Contest where they ended in 13th place. That song is one of the fan favourites still these days, and it's played every year in Euroclub. In 1983 they recorded some songs in English, and the unforgettable "Quente, Quente, Quente". In 1984 they participated once again in the Festival da Canção, with the song "O Barquinho da Esperança". They ended their career in 1987 with the compilation "Doce 1979-87". Eurovision Song Contest 1982 - Harrogate Entry for Portugal Performer: Doce Song title: Bem-bom Song writer(s): Song composer(s): António A. Pinho, Tózé Brito, Pedro Brito Sang in Position: 1 Final Position: 13 Total Points: 32 The fairly unknown town of Harrogate in the United Kingdom was this year's host city of the Eurovision Song Contest. France was absent due to the fact that the national broadcaster thought that the Eurovision Song Contest would not be interesting for its viewers any longer. But already in 1983, France returned to the contest with a different broadcaster. Greece also withdrew from the contest, leaving 18 countries in the competition. Greece was supposed to enter the contest with the song Sarantapente Kopelies performed by Themis Adamantidis but the Greek minister of culture Melina Mercouri decided to withdraw the song just two weeks before the contest as it did not meet her quality standards. Germany finally had its first win in the history of the song contest with its 27th try. Ein Biβchen Frieden performed by Nicole beat the runner-up by 61 points. At the reprise, Nicole sang the song in four languages: German, English, French and Dutch. Over 13 million West Germans watched Nicole's victory on television and her winning song became a hit in all over Europe. Finland’s entrant, Kojo, also sang about peace. His song - a protest against nuclear bombs - did not do as well as Germany's, however It received no points at all. For the Belgian singer Stella, it was already the third time she participated in the Eurovision Song Contest: in 1970, she competed for the Netherlands, and in 1977 for Belgium. Her 1982 song Si Tu Aimes Ma Musique was sung fully in French even if Stella hardly spoke the language, being a native Dutch speaker. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.