Dora (singer)

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Dora Maria Reis Dias de Jesus (born 20 May 1966 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese singer.

She represented Portugal twice at the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1986 she placed 14th with the song "Não sejas mau para mim" and in 1988, she placed 18th with "Voltarei".^[1]^[2] She later represented Portugal in the OTI Festival 1990 with the song "Quero acordar".

In February 2013 at the age of 46 she posed nude for Playboy Portugal in a photoshoot by Ana Dias.^[3]

References

↑ "Portugal". Eurovision Song Contest official website. Archived from the original on 23 September 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
↑ "Portugal: 40 years of Festival da Cancao". ESC Today. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
↑ 31 January 2013 "Dora usou Photoshop nas fotos da Playboy". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 December 2020.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Adelaide Ferreira with "Penso em ti, eu sei"	Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986	Succeeded by Nevada with "Neste barco à vela"
Preceded by Nevada with "Neste barco à vela"	Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988	Succeeded by Da Vinci with "Conquistador"
Preceded by Marco Paulo with "Rosa morena"	Portugal in the OTI Festival 1990	Succeeded by Dulce Pontes with "Ao sul da América"

v t e Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
National selection: 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 2025
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 Napa 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 " " Deslocado " " 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 1986

Countries

Final	Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark France Finland Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Withdrawn	Greece

Artists

Final	Timna Brauer Cadillac Cocktail Chic Dora Doris Dragović Elpida Frizzle Sizzle Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel Lise Haavik Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell ICY Sandra Kim Klips ve Onlar Kari Kuivalainen Sherisse Laurence Luv Bug Ingrid Peters Ryder Daniela Simmons Ketil Stokkan
Withdrawn	Polina

Songs

Final	"Alles heeft ritme" "L'Amour de ma vie" "Du er fuld af løgn" "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" "Européennes" "Gleðibankinn" "Halley" " J'aime la vie " "Não sejas mau para mim" "Never the End" "Pas pour moi" "Romeo" "Runner in the Night" "Tora zo" "Über die Brücke geh'n" "Valentino" "Yavo Yom" "You Can Count On Me" "Die Zeit ist einsam" "Željo moja"
Withdrawn	"Wagon-lit"

Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Countries

Final	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Withdrawn	Cyprus

Artists

Final	Yardena Arazi Luca Barbarossa Beathoven Boulevard La Década Céline Dion Dora Lara Fabian Scott Fitzgerald Afroditi Fryda Maxi and Chris Garden Hot Eyes Gerard Joling Jump the Gun Tommy Körberg Karoline Krüger Gérard Lenorman MFÖ Reynaert Srebrna krila Wilfried
Withdrawn	Yiannis Dimitrou

Songs

Final	"Ben Adam" "Chanteur de charme" "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)" "Clown" " Croire " "For vår jord" "Go" "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?" "Laissez briller le soleil" "Lied für einen Freund" "Lisa Mona Lisa" "Mangup" "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" " Ne partez pas sans moi " "Shangri-La" "Stad i ljus" "Sufi" "Take Him Home" "Þú og þeir (Sókrates)" "Vivo (Ti scrivo)" "Voltarei"
Withdrawn	"Thimame"

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