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José Henrique Duarte Mendes (born 7 August 1947) is a Portuguese former Army captain and singer. He participated in Festival da Canção in 1970, 1971, 1972, and 1973 but he did not win until 1975 when he performed "Madrugada" (lyrics and song from José Luís Tinoco), about the Portuguese Overseas War and the 1974's Carnation Revolution.

He represented Portugal in Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with that song. He finished in 16th place with 16 points (a surprising 12 points from Turkey).

Discography

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Então Dizia-te (Single, 1970)
Adolescente/Dar e Cantar (Single, Philips, 1971)
Cidade Alheia/Town Without Sun (Single, Orfeu, 1972)
Gente (EP, Orfeu, 1973) Gente / O Retrato / Maria Vida Fria
Madrugada (Single, Orfeu, 1975)
Madrugada (LP, Orfeu, 1975?)

External links

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Lyrics of the song Madrugada, in Portuguese and its translation in English

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Paulo de Carvalho with "E depois do adeus"	Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975	Succeeded by Carlos do Carmo with "Uma flor de verde pinho"

v t e Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
Festival da Canção
Participation	1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	2B Alma Lusa Os Amigos Anabela Leonor Andrade Filipa Azevedo Rui Bandeira The Black Mamba Manuela Bravo António Calvário Carlos do Carmo Paulo de Carvalho José Cid Tó Cruz Da Vinci Dina Doce Dora ~~Elisa~~ Vânia Fernandes Adelaide Ferreira Flor-de-Lis Armando Gama Gemini Rita Guerra Maria Guinot Homens da Luta Madalena Iglésias Iolanda Célia Lawson Maro Carlos Mendes Duarte Mendes Mimicat Lúcia Moniz MTM Eduardo Nascimento Nevada Nonstop Nucha Simone de Oliveira Conan Osíris Carlos Paião Cláudia Pascoal Dulce Pontes Sabrina Salvador Sobral Filipa Sousa Suzy Sara Tavares Tonicha Fernando Tordo Sofia Vitória
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

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Countries	Belgium Finland France Germany Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Shlomo Artzi Lasse Berghagen and the Dolls Ann Christy Simone Drexel Joy Fleming Géraldine Duarte Mendes Ellen Nikolaysen Pepel in kri Pihasoittajat Renato Nicole Rieu Sergio and Estíbaliz The Shadows Sophie The Swarbriggs Teach-In Wess and Dori Ghezzi Semiha Yankı
Songs	"At Va'Ani" "Une chanson c'est une lettre" "Dan ljubezni" "Ding-a-dong" "Era" "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste" "Gelukkig zijn" "Jennie, Jennie" "Let Me Be the One" "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" "Madrugada" "Mikado" "Old Man Fiddle" "Seninle Bir Dakika" "Singing This Song" "That's What Friends Are For" "Toi" "Touch My Life (with Summer)" "Tú volverás"