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Portuguese singer and actress (born 1938)

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Background information
Birth nameSimone de Macedo e Oliveira
Born (1938-02-11) 11 February 1938 (age 86)
Lisbon, Portugal
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
Years active1958–2022
Musical artist

Simone de Macedo e Oliveira GCIH GCM (born 11 February 1938), better known as Simone de Oliveira, is a Portuguese singer and actress. She is known internationally for representing Portugal at the 1965 and 1969 editions of the Eurovision Song Contest, with the songs "Sol de inverno" and "Desfolhada portuguesa" respectively.

Early life and career

Simone de Oliveira was born and raised in Lisbon. Her Portuguese mother had black African roots in São Tomé and Príncipe (then a Portuguese territory), and her father was Belgian. She started singing in high school.

Music career

She started her career at the end of the 1950s.

With "Sol de inverno" she represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965.

Simone de Oliveira at Eurovision 1965

In 1968, the released the Quando Me Enamoro EP on Decca PEP 1250. It contained the songs, "Viva O Amor" ("Ein Hoch Der Liebe") by Carl J. Schäuble and Horst Jankowsky, "Nos Meus Braços Outra Vez" ("Come Into My Arms Again") by Barbara Ruskin, "Quando Me Enamoro" ("Quando M'Innammoro") by – Pace, Panzeri and Livraghi, and "Para Cada Um Sua Canção" ("A Chacun Sa Chanson") by J. C. Oliver and R. Valade.

She became fairly famous in 1969 with the song "Desfolhada portuguesa", with lyrics by José Carlos Ary dos Santos and music by Nuno Nazareth Fernandes. This song was a great success in Portugal, having innovative lyrics during the time of the dictatorship of António de Oliveira Salazar. It represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 in Madrid. Despite her popularity at home, it was not successful at the Eurovision, getting only 4 votes.

Eleven years later she was again selected by RTP to represent her country in the ninth edition of the OTI Festival (The Latin American counterpart of the Eurovision Song Contest). She performed the song "A tua espera" which got the 14th place with 9 points.

Other successful songs:

  • "Maria solidão"
  • "Deixa lá"
  • "À tua espera"

In 2022, she was announced to be a coach on the generations version of The Voice Portugal alongside Mickael Carreira, Anselmo Ralph, and Bárbara Bandeira. At 84, she became the oldest The Voice coach globally. She returned for her second season as a coach in 2023, with Carreira, Ralph, and Sara Correia.

Selected filmography

Theater

  • A tragédia da Rua das Flores
  • Passa por mim no Rossio (a great success in Portugal)
  • Maldita cocaína.
  • A homage to the singer Madalena Iglésias in the musical play What happened to Madalena Iglésias (another success)
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel in Joshua Sobols play Alma (2003, directed by Paulus Manker) in Convento dos Inglesinhos in Lisbon.

Acting career

Year Title Role Notes
1964 A Canção da Saudade Herself
1967 Operação diamante
1976 Cântico final
1982 A estrangeira [pt] Clara

Television

She has participated in several Portuguese telenovelas:

Date Title Role Network Notes
1996 Roseira Brava [pt] Amélia Falcão RTP
1996/1997 Vidas de Sal [pt] Madalena Fragoso RTP
2001/2002 A Senhora das Águas [pt] Maria dos Prazeres RTP
2005/2006 Morangos com Açúcar Maria Antónia Mergulhão TVI
2006/2007 Tu e Eu [pt] Raquel Lemos Silva Reis TVI
2008 Vila Faia: 25 anos depois [pt] D. Efigénia Marques Vila RTP
2022–2023 The Voice Generations Coach RTP

In 1993, Simone was also a jury member in the first season of SIC contest Chuva de Estrelas [pt] (the Portuguese version of Stars in Their Eyes), which has uncovered new talents in Portuguese music.

Personal life

Simone is a breast cancer survivor and had the sickness twice.

References

  1. Discogs - Simone* – Quando Me Enamoro
  2. All for Music - Quando me enamoro - Simone de Oliveira - Écoute gratuite
  3. "Simone de Oliveira". IMDb.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded byAntónio Calvário
"Oração" 		Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
1965 		Succeeded byMadalena Iglésias
with "Ele e ela"
Preceded byCarlos Mendes
"Verão" 		Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
1969 		Succeeded byTonicha
with "Menina do alto da serra"
Preceded byJosé Cid
with "Na cabana junto à praia" 		Portugal in the OTI Festival
1980 		Succeeded byJosé Cid
with "Uma lagrima"
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
National selection: Festival da Canção
Participation
Artists
Songs
  • "Ai coração"
  • "Amar"
  • "Amar pelos dois"
  • "Amor d'água fresca"
  • "Antes do adeus"
  • "Baunilha e chocolate"
  • "Bem bom"
  • "Chamar a música"
  • "A cidade (até ser dia)"
  • "Coisas de nada"
  • "Como tudo começou"
  • "Conquistador"
  • "Dai li dou"
  • "Dança comigo"
  • "Deixa-me sonhar"
  • "Desfolhada portuguesa"
  • "E depois do adeus"
  • "Ele e ela"
  • "Esta balada que te dou"
  • "A festa da vida"
  • "Uma flor de verde pinho"
  • "Foi magia"
  • "Um grande, grande amor"
  • "Grito"
  • "Há dias assim"
  • "Há sempre alguém"
  • "Há um mar que nos separa"
  • "O jardim"
  • "Love Is on My Side"
  • "Lusitana paixão"
  • "A luta é alegria"
  • "Madrugada"
  • "Medo de sentir"
  • "Menina do alto da serra"
  • "O meu coração não tem cor"
  • "Não sejas mau para mim"
  • "Neste barco à vela"
  • "Oração"
  • "Penso em ti, eu sei"
  • "Playback"
  • "Portugal no coração"
  • "Quero ser tua"
  • "Saudade, saudade"
  • "Se eu te pudesse abraçar"
  • "Senhora do mar (negras águas)"
  • "Silêncio e tanta gente"
  • "Só sei ser feliz assim"
  • "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe"
  • "Sol de inverno"
  • "Telemóveis"
  • "Todas as ruas do amor"
  • "Tourada"
  • "O vento mudou"
  • "Verão"
  • "Vida minha"
  • "Voltarei"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Portugal did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.
Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Countries
Artists
Songs
  • "Absent Friend"
  • "Als het weer lente is"
  • "Aurinko laskee länteen"
  • "Čežnja"
  • "For din skyld"
  • "I Belong"
  • "Karusell"
  • "N'avoue jamais"
  • "Non, à jamais sans toi"
  • "Paradies, wo bist du?"
  • "Poupée de cire, poupée de son"
  • "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!"
  • "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen"
  • "Se piangi, se ridi"
  • "Sol de inverno"
  • "'t Is genoeg"
  • "Va dire à l'amour"
  • "Walking the Streets in the Rain"
Eurovision Song Contest 1969
Countries
Artists
Songs
Portugal in the OTI Festival
Participation
  • 1972
  • 1973
  • 1977
  • 1979
  • 1980
  • 1981
  • 1984
  • 1985
  • 1986
  • 1987
  • 1988
  • 1989
  • 1990
  • 1991
  • 1992
  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 2000
Songs
  • "Abandonada"
  • "Adeus à praia"
  • "Amor sem palavras"
  • "Ao sul da América"
  • "A minha ilha"
  • "À tua espera"
  • "Eu quero um planeta azul"
  • "Glória, glória, aleluia"
  • "Mar Portugal"
  • "Na cabana junto à praia"
  • "Não me tirem este mar"
  • "Onde Estás?"
  • "Poema de mim"
  • "Quem espera, desespera"
  • "Quero acordar"
  • "Rosa morena"
  • "Um ano depois"
  • "Uma avenida inteira de saudade"
  • "Uma lágrima"
  • "Vem lá bem"
  • "Vem no meu sonho"
  • "Vivo a vida cantando"
Performers
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