- Baunilha E Chocolate
Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Portugal Baunilha E Chocolate
caption =
year = 1995
country = Portugal
artist = António Cruz
as = Tó Cruz
with =
language = Portuguese
languages =
composer = António Vitorino d'Almeida
lyricist = António Vitorino d'Almeida,
Rosa Lobato de Faria
conductor = Thilo Krassmann
place = 21st
points = 5
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1995pt from Diggiloo Thrush]
clip = [http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=rv2cHJLR1a8 from YouTube]
prev = Chamar A Música
prev_link = Chamar A Música
next = O Meu Coração Não Tem Cor
next_link = O Meu Coração Não Tem Cor"Baunilha E Chocolate" (English translation: "Vanilla And Chocolate") was the Portuguese entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1995 , performed in Portuguese byTó Cruz .The song is inspired by urban music and features Cruz singing to his "sweetheart with white skin" while musing on their interracial relationship (Cruz is black). He suggests that this could only have been made possible via the intrepid maritime history of their country, and sings about the spices and cultural knowledge that were brought back to Portugal as a result of this history.
The song was performed sixteenth on the night (following the
United Kingdom 'sLove City Groove with "Love City Groove" and precedingCyprus 'Alexandros Panayi with "Sti Fotia "). At the close of voting, it had received 5 points, placing 21st in a field of 23.It was succeeded as Portuguese representative at the 1996 Contest by
Lúcia Moniz with "O Meu Coração Não Tem Cor ".
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