Simone de Oliveira

Simone de Macedo e Oliveira, GCIH • GMC (lahir 11 Februari 1938) lebih dikenal sebagai Simone de Oliveira adalah seorang penyanyi dan aktris Portugis. Simone lahir dan besar di Lisbon. Ibunya yang Portugis memiliki akar kulit hitam Afrika di São Tomé dan Príncipe (saat itu merupakan wilayah Portugis), dan ayahnya adalah orang Belgia. Dia mulai bernyanyi di sekolah menengah. Dia adalah penyintas kanker payudara dan menderita penyakit tersebut dua kali. Dia memulai karirnya pada akhir tahun 1950-an. Dengan "Sol de inverno" dia mewakili Portugal di Kontes Lagu Eurovision 1965. Dia menjadi cukup terkenal pada tahun 1969 dengan lagu "Desfolhada Portuguesa", dengan lirik oleh José Carlos Ary dos Santos dan musik oleh Nuno Nazareth Fernandes. Lagu ini sukses besar di Portugal, memiliki lirik yang inovatif pada masa kediktatoran António de Oliveira Salazar. Ia mewakili Portugal pada Kontes Lagu Eurovision 1969 di Madrid. Meskipun popularitasnya di dalam negeri, ia tidak sukses di Eurovision, hanya mendapat 4 suara. Sebelas tahun kemudian dia dipilih kembali oleh RTP untuk mewakili negaranya di Festival OTI edisi kesembilan (Rekan Amerika Latin dari Kontes Lagu Eurovision). Ia membawakan lagu "A tua espera" yang menduduki peringkat ke-14 dengan 9 poin. Dia membintangi beberapa drama, lebih dari 10 film dan 23 TeleNovela.

Simone de Macedo e Oliveira, GCIH • GMC (born 11 February 1938) better known as Simone de Oliveira is a Portuguese singer and actress. Simone 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. She is a breast cancer survivor and had the sickness twice. She started her career at the end of the 1950s. With "Sol de inverno" she represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965. 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. She was in several plays, more than 10 movies and 23 TeleNovelas.