"Sol de inverno" 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 1965

Eurovision Song Contest 1965

The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the 10th in the series. Luxembourg's win was their second. Belgium, Finland, Germany, and Spain each scored "null points" for the second time. The 1965 contest marked the debut of Ireland, a country which later went on to dominate the competition. This was also...

, 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 Simone de Oliveira

Simone de Oliveira

Simone de Oliveira, GCIH is a Portuguese singer and actress. Simone was born and raised in Lisbon. Her Portuguese father had black African roots in São Tomé and Príncipe , and her mother was Belgian. She started singing in high school...

.

The song is in the chanson style, popular in the early years of the Contest. de Oliveira takes the role of a woman whose lover is ending their relationship, and tells him how she feels. She compares her situation to that of the winter sun, singing that she has "no warmth".

The song was performed twelfth on the night, following France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

's Guy Mardel

Guy Mardel

Guy Mardel is a French-Algerian singer, best known for his participation in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest....

 with "N'avoue jamais

N'Avoue Jamais

"N'avoue jamais" was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, performed in French by Guy Mardel. Mardel also wrote the lyric and the melody was composed by Françoise Dorin....

" and preceding Italy

Italy

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's Bobby Solo

Bobby Solo

Bobby Solo is an Italian singer and musician.Solo was born in Rome.In 1964, he participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Una lacrima sul viso" , but he was disqualified for singing with playback which was contrary to the festival regulations. The song, however, became a global hit...

 with "Se piangi, se ridi

Se Piangi, Se Ridi

"Se piangi, se ridi" was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, performed in Italian by Bobby Solo....

". At the close of voting, it had received 1 point - Portugal's first in Contest history - placing 13th in a field of 18.

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 1966 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1966

The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition and was held on 5 March 1966 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. The rule stating that a country could only sing in any of its national languages was originally created in this year. This was possibly created due to the 1965 Swedish entry, "Absent...

 by Madalena Iglésias with "Ele e ela

Ele E Ela

"Ele e ela" was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, performed in Portuguese by Madalena Iglésias.The song is in the chanson style, popular in the early years of the Contest...

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