Moniz was still fairly unknown in Portugal when at the age of 19 she performed in the nationally regarded Festival da Canção with the song " O meu coração não tem cor " ( " My Heart Has No Colour " ) . She unexpectedly reached the finals , which were held on March 7 , 1996 . Moniz went on to win first place only four points ahead of the second-place winner . She was awarded with representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 , where she finished in sixth place among 23 contestants – at the time the best result Portugal had achieved , and continued to be so , until their eventual win in 2017
Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Lúcia Moniz