A cidade

"A cidade (até ser dia)"
Eurovision Song Contest 1993 entry
Country	Portugal
Artist(s)	Anabela
Language	Portuguese
Composer(s)	Pedro Abrantes, Marco Quelhas, Paulo de Carvalho
Lyricist(s)	Pedro Abrantes, Marco Quelhas, Paulo de Carvalho
Conductor	Armindo Neves
Finals performance
Final result	10th
Final points	60
Appearance chronology
◄ Amor d'água fresca (1992)
Chamar a música (1994) ►

"A cidade (até ser dia)" ("The city (until dawn)") was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Portuguese by Anabela.

The song is a ballad, with Anabela singing about the mystique that a city can have from dusk until dawn. She describes it as being a "dream", and that "There's a glow in the air". The english version of this song was called "Nightfall in the city".

The song was performed eleventh on the night, following Austria's Tony Wegas with "Maria Magdalena" and preceding France's Patrick Fiori with "Mama Corsica"). At the close of voting, it had received 60 points, placing 10th in a field of 25.

It was succeeded as Portuguese representative at the 1994 Contest by Sara Tavares with "Chamar a música".

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1993   Countries Final Italy Turkey Germany Switzerland Denmark Greece Belgium Malta Iceland Austria Portugal France Sweden Ireland (winner) Luxembourg Slovenia Finland Bosnia and Herzegovina United Kingdom Netherlands Croatia Spain Cyprus Israel Norway Kvalifikacija za Millstreet Estonia Hungary Romania Slovakia   Artists Final Enrico Ruggeri Burak Aydos Münchener Freiheit Annie Cotton Tommy Seebach Band Katerina Garbi Barbara Dex William Mangion Inga Tony Wegas Anabela Patrick Fiori Arvingarna Niamh Kavanagh Modern Times 1X Band Katri Helena Fazla Sonia Ruth Jacott Put Eva Santamaría Zimboulakis & Van Beke Sarah'le Sharon & The Shiru Group Silje Vige Kvalifikacija za Millstreet Janika Sillamaa Andrea Szulák Dida Drăgan Elán   Songs Final "Sole d'Europa" "Esmer Yarim" "Viel zu weit" "Moi, tout simplement" "Under stjernerne på himlen" "Ellada, Chora Tou Fotos" "Iemand als jij" "This Time" "Þá veistu svarið" "Maria Magdalena" "A cidade (até ser dia)" "Mama Corsica" "Eloise" "In Your Eyes" "Donne-moi une chance" "Tih deževen dan" "Tule luo" "Sva bol svijeta" "Better The Devil You Know" "Vrede" "Don't Ever Cry" "Hombres" "Mi Stamatas" "Shiru" "Alle mine tankar" Kvalifikacija za Millstreet "Muretut meelt ja südametuld" "Árva reggel" "Nu pleca" "Amnestia na neveru" (Note: All information are in order of appearance)

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