Portugal win Eurovision for the first time - Eurovision 2017: Grand Final - BBC One 

That awesome they are :)

The new point system. But if there would be the old point system, the old record would stand

Reina F even with the old voting system Portugal would have snatched the record for the most points AND the most sets of 12 points.

That's how they roll!

That happened to Finland back in 2006.

He brought back the beautiful sound of music.

@@Virginielie absolutely,that's a valid point you made there.

Bulgaria got higher Semi Final score than Portugal. anyway this Eurovision was RIGGED . Many people complained their televotes were declined while they wanted to vote for Bulgaria . Kristian is half-Russian. Ukraine didn't like Russia. ALso this was the only chance Portugal to ever win or else they withdraw forever from the competition and Eurovision doesn't want to LOSE MONEY and fans so they made Portugal to win

Bulgaria should have won

@Ludovic Ouimet no i don't believe it. They gave them the victory because Portugal complained they never won and will withdraw forever . OK

Por favor divulguem, quem a conhece nunca a esquecerá, quem agora a ouvir , nunca a irá esquecer também.

I dont care, Salvador wins ❤❤

@@lindsey0806 other way around. Norway is second or third if everyone had the same system... Salvador is still 1st

I wouldn't call him the singer I'd call home The artist

Not the only one. Germany 2010 as well. Both are genious tho

Johanna Allegra, they are just fans of generic pop music. They have no good arguments against this song, and so they resort to being shallow and insult him because he does not look like their pop idols. What a shame, they can only see the outside...

I read he couldn't even do the rehearsals because of his heart issues & his sister subbed for him there. And shortly after the contest, he needed a heart transplant. Poor guy.

@@PhilipTheBigOne it is true. He had an heart surgery shortly after Eurovision.

@@dsc5595 For someone who talks about being shallow, you are quick to dismiss others' opinions and generalize. 😂 Sure, if someone dislikes the song, that personnis obviously described with three short adjectives, right? What about me? I liked the song, and still feel Sobral is an arrogant, opportunistic prick. Where do I stand according to you? Respond not, for I care not.

@@theimpossiblemary Indeed, and of course all the press coverage about his health, missing rehearsals, etc. had, of course, nothing to do with his win. That was a coincidence.

This year Italy lol

He is much worse than you describe! He is so mean to the other Contestants and is making fun of them I hate him!

​@@gahyeonsangel7470 and you're worse, you don't know him, no, he didn't make fun of any other contestant, don't talk about what you don't know, we won that year, and there is nothing you can do about it, don't like it? cry louder. "Music isn't fireworks, music is feeling"🇵🇹💕

@@gabsloveskiri go on support him idc he’s just annoying

That’s my name, and when I read that I was confused for a bit because I was scared someone was seeing me or something💀

Peace and love from Bulgaria! Great song and performance!

Love from Portugal i loved the Bulgaria song ❤

Although I do prefer Portugal to Italy or Sweden or even Bulgaria, I still think that a lot of people voted not for the Portugese song but for his health backstory and because Portugal has not won for 53 years.

Sash are you serious? who puts a song nº1 on itunes in 15 countries for compassion? in that logic if Russia was alowed to join this year she would've won with 1000 points cuz of wheel chair.. that is a dumb statement.. just make a search about the impact that music is having around the world

Cláudio Brito well, Claudio, 'Amar Pelos Dois' has become No 1 in 15 countries after the contest, not before, which means that people started downloading the song because it has won the contest and not because it is good. though I agree it is still an achievement - not every eurovision winner was capable of that.

Ofc i want my nation to win :) who doesnt , but when u loose u have to repsect the winner and many of my fellow bulgarians were angry in a time when they had to show sportsmanship , we all here in Bulgaria loved Alma from France and noone would have mind if she was the winner, but thats the beauty of this contest , people like what they like and they vote for it. We cant be mad at Salvador , he won tele and jury votes , we are happy that a small nation as Bulgaria made it a bit more interesting at the end :) I even dare to say that we are even more happy to be a guests then a hosts , cuz we dont really have money to host a good Eurovision show , so its all good :)

MyGaMe Thank you from Portugal 🙏😊 🇵🇹💞🇧🇬

Ur country were also awesome i really liked the song, My fav

@@dimitaru.8408 Jesus christ your a normie

@@dimitaru.8408 The majority has decided lol

Joanie3626 well, he made people understand his words with his feelings

+Miguel Ferro Nah, he should go to a therapist before attending eurovision. He clearly looks mental

Joanie3626 he's not mental, he's a humble artist. something we are no longer used to. he may seem out of this world, because he's an artist. Van Gogh cut his ear and his art is an icon nowadays.

"Less is more" a lesson for the World from Portugal, Thanks Sobral Brothers.!

On the other hand you look like a bad made abortion.

Time will tell how long people will remember this song. Personally I heard it twice and already forgot it. Sounds like a music from the 60s - 70s. If I was into that music I'll listen to Sinatra instead. Nothing special here, just brings memories to grannies. Won't ever top any radio chart, there's no need to explain why. Don't get me wrong the song sounds good, probably the lyrics are good too. Unfortunately I don't understand portuguese and don't like my granny's music so it's not touching me inside. I can understand the jury vote, but the televote was set for sure. Cheers.

Not to compare Salvador with the ones I'm going to mention, just to prove a point: what makes you think music from past decades (or centuries) are less worthy? Ever heard of Beethoven? Mozart? Chopin? They sure weren't from this decade, or century(ies). Billy Holiday? Beatles? Sure enough again, not this decade. All of these are still listened to. But like I said, not to compare them with Salvador, just to prove how big a fallacy you have going there.

Dimitar Vankov You don't know much about 60s or 70s music. Go back to your disposable crap in clubs.

Dimitar Vankov You're placing this song in the wrong decade or better yet, wrong category! This is a classic song that belongs in a hollywood movie...Wonderful composition that has many youtube covers and in several languages...I don't see it being forgotten. The reaction of Artsvik the Armenian singer when Salvador finished singing was beautiful and many others like Alexander Rybak on his instagram said "Yesssss!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ What an amazing voice, and such a worthy winner! I'm very happy now.😍" ... Real Musicians realize what a jewel of a song this is! I understand that this isn't everyone's cup of tea but this reaction happens every year to all winners...Cheers! Go #LISBON2018

Of course he's making history with the score. They changed the scoring system last year, so from now on all winners will get more points than what the winners got when we used the previous system. He deserved to win, but the score is not an achievement :)

i'am so gratefull to you and to your comment!! I really am!! thank you so much . I hope we see you next year in Lisboa, you are wellcome in my Country and in my City (Lisbon)

I've been in your beautiful city years ago, we would gladly come back, it would be nice to see for the first time the live Eurovision Song Contest in the wonderful Lisbon

and we are glad to receive you again!! I hope you can be happy here!! Regards

Her sister made the song and gave it to Salvador...she's a very known and talented artist in Portugal too...her name is Luísa Sobral ❤

the shade of it all

Can Khan: That's because he was the only artist presented at the ESC. Which is not a surprise cause he's Portuguese.

Can Khan lol I agree with him tho! I'm proud that the Netherlands (my country) kept it smaller too and I'm happy Salvador won. Maybe this will be a change in the contest!!

Can Khan ir

Netherlands song was good - just too many good songs this year. I think it will be good for the future of the contest - more diversity in songs.

Ila Lapinski It was kind of shady to all the other acts that had fireworks though. I though some of the acts with extravagant stage performances were really exciting but that's just my opinion. Maybe he's not into that kind of stuff and that's okay but many eurovision fans are and trying to tell eurovision artists to not do songs with fire works is like going into a strip club and telling everyone to believe in jesus.

People seem to interpret what he said as if he was shitting on Eurovision. I think that he was trying to say that there's often too much focus on the fireworks, and too little focus on the music. I really doubt that he meant that all entries that had fireworks were bad.

flaekon the thing is that your average eurovision viewers like songs with fireworks and it did feel like a mean remark even if it wasn't intended as one. This year the viewers decided to give something different a chance so I think he should show the eurovision audience a bit more respect. Don't make them regret voting for him.

Thank you so much for your support.

so take a chair and wait! XD xD xD ahahahaha ops ops ;)

Que raio de resposta é essa Sergio C.?!O homem está a elogiar , não a atacar. What the fuck is that answear Sergio C. ?!

Dejan V. Song was good .... and what do you think of Portugal in Russia2018 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2xiWOzE82gw.html

A lot of people who're hating the song only listen to metal or dubstep or rap or pop or remixes and they actually think those are the best and everything else is shit, but in reality all the good bands right now have some sort of background in classical or jazz (Muse, Imagine Dragons, U2, etc...), the ones with disney background who get their songs from someone else aren't really the best thing... i mean i still like some of the above i mentioned and i listen to them but it's clear how the construction of those songs compared to jazz or classical is just garbage. tbh a song i would listen to frequently isn't the portuguese one but the swedish one, because it gets stuck in your head and it's a fun song, but you can immediately tell it's super repetitive and it's a super generic pop song without anything to distinguish it from the others... catchy and fun isn't a synonym to quality song, which a lot of people haven't realized yet... no one really listens to mozart or beethoven on a daily basis but only illiterate dumbasses would dare say it sucks. the other reason people hate on the portuguese song is because of Salvador Sobral's looks... i don't think i even have to comment about those degenerates. people were telling me on twitter they don't really expect a much refined taste from me since i'm someone who enjoys playing videogames like LoL or Overwatch (who knows why that is in any form related to my taste in music...), but then i noticed people who said that are metal and k-pop fans with their profile pics from Babymetal so... i don't think they really understood their situation... people are just super butthurt, specially the bulgarians, they're outraged because their horrible song didn't win XD

I think it is weird how people say that they want different things and embrace diversity but in reality when someone actually presents them real diversity they say, no, Eurovision songs have to follow this formula, don't step out of it. It looks like people don't like to think or be challenged. Like when you give kids a home cooked meal and they say nooooo I wan't to eat MC Donalds every day. And when you confront them with the truth they say, how arrogant. You can like this song or not, but look ! you can actually give an honest intelligent response about it. Congrats!

The highest score ever in Eurovision (even with the olds systems points)... Eurovision made History with Portugal.

And Fantastic Singer Mr. Bleu don´t Forget the most Important!

*beginning. Please edit your grammar error.

Geek Azores where?

Udo M at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with 758 points!

You got it

Completely reversed by Netta and her crap fast food music song :(

Greece votes for Cyprus , Cyprus for Greece :O If north Cyprus got to vote , it would probably vote for Turkey :O

You can't compare Portugal and italy. Portugal sang of love, italy of social satire. Both great songs, meant to suscitate different emotions.

Gazza Linus it was just an example. I just think that portugal's song had a deeper meaning than the other songs. What you say is true though.

Italy guy won San Remo respectfull festival. Portugal guy won Eurocrapvision. Thart s the diffrence.

lucyannejane the difference is that the portugal guy had actually a deep meaning in his song while the italy guy wrote just a simple song . 👏👏 And i wasnt talking just for italy i was talking for every song with simple meaning in the competition.

Just because he won doesn't mean he's the best. Last year someone else won, but guess what? It was the song of the loser playing over the radio for over a year (if I were sorry)

Cubic i didn't said that he is the best ! BUT he did it good very good and we dont have to show you guys the things that people want to see we do it in our way & its beautiful what he said about the music ! So he said its about feeling and he is right

"Finitto"?

But again, I guess you would protest if someone, who you think won for a casual moment wins money and gets praised. Yes he's sick, but being poor, sick doesn't make anything easier for you, it shouldn't at least Some people were very talented and had awesome songs, yet they don't get voted for simple politic reasons. They should change the voting system.

Foi o papa xD

Futebol (Benfica) Fátima (Papa) Fado *faz de conta* (Salvador)

next year let's win the World Cup ahahaha why not.. chorei tanto hoje foda-se para isto....

Adoro Portugal 💚

Sara Ferreira PORTUGAL💚💛❤

Patrick G Ras le cul de la langue anglaise de partout franchement Alma aurait pu chanter QUE en français !

12 points go to this comment👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻;)

V3R4H if you are having a go get your grammar right, it's this, not these!

so true, well said! it was a well deserved victory! BTW this english commentator is the scary "crap" here!

V3R4H thank u so much for the support!! much love from Portugal!

Luís Magalhães bem dito

Respect ✌

L'Eurovision fu creato sulla falsa riga del Festival di Sanremo, su suggerimento di un italiano, dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Diciamo che è solo un Sanremo allargato. Perciò sì, in realtà ha vinto Francesco... ma non diciamolo agli altri shhhhh ahahaha

legendary sanremo...where Master Eros Ramazotti started, right?! :D i like so much zucchero too, he is amazing. ciao fratello...italiani are good people.

ITS PORTUGAL

Me too hahahaha it looks like it was very normal for him

Rita obrigado