Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country	Portugal
National selection
Selection process	Festival da Canção 2006
Selection date(s)	11 March 2006
Selected entrant	Nonstop
Selected song	"Coisas de nada"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	failed to qualify (19th)
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Portugal chose its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in a national final organised by RTP on 10 March. Of the ten songs, Nonstop triumphed with the song Coisas de nada (Meaningless things). The eventual result was actually a tie, between Nonstop and Vânia Olveira. The jury decided the outcome when a tie took place between these two songs, and as they had awarded more points to Nonstop, they were given the victory. The song was written and composed by José Manuel Afonso & Elvis Veiguinha.

As Portugal did not advance to the final of the Eurovision the previous year, it had to compete in the semifinal again in 2006. The Portuguese entry was not very popular with the televoters, coming 19th out of 23 entries.

Nonstop were formed as a result of the TV show 'POPSTARS'. The group consisted of Andrea, Katia, Fatima, Liliana and Rita. Together they released their first album and had huge success with their first single Ao Limite Eu Vou and their second single Basta Um Sorriso. One of the members, Fatima, decided to leave the group after they began singing songs in English to appeal to a boader audience. In 2004 they released their second album, which contained the singles E Tudo Vai Mudar and Play-back, a cover of a Portuguese hit from the eighties.

Result of National Final

Position	Singer	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Bruno Nicolau	"Um dia direi"	5	3	8	6th
2	Lara Afonso	"Alma nova"	6	2	8	5th
3	Madison Lucia	"Na noite és tu e eu"	4	1	5	10th
4	Mariafolia	"Bem mais além"	1	7	8	9th
5	Ricardo Moraes	"Nunca mais te digo adeus"	3	5	8	7th
6	Vânia	"Sei quem sou (Portugal)"	10	12	22	2nd
7	Natalie Insoandé	"Durmo com pedras na cama"	8	4	12	4th
8	Nonstop	"Coisas de nada"	12	10	22	1st
9	Beto	"O amor é uma fonte"	2	6	8	8th
10	Cuca	"As minhas guitarras"	7	8	15	3rd

At Eurovison

Points Awarded to Portugal (Semi-Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Andorra			France Switzerland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point

Points Awarded by Portugal

Semi final

12 points	Sweden
10 points	Ukraine
8 points	Finland
7 points	Russia
6 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 points	Lithuania
4 points	Ireland
3 points	Iceland
2 points	Belgium
1 point	Bulgaria

Final

12 points	Ukraine
10 points	Romania
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Russia
6 points	Finland
5 points	Ireland
4 points	Lithuania
3 points	Moldova
2 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 point	Switzerland