Madalena Iglésias do Vale

Madalena Iglésias (24 October 1939 – 16 January 2018) was a Portuguese actress and singer. She represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, with the song "Ele e ela".

Biography Madalena Lucília Iglésias Doval was born in the Santa Catarina neighborhood of Lisbon on 24 October 1939. She studied at the Conservatory and the School of Singing, and at the age of 15, she joined the Rádio e Televisão de Portugal's Center for Radio Artist Training, under the direction of Motta Pereira.

She died on January 16, 2018, in a clinic in Barcelona, Spain, at the age of 78.

Career Iglésias made her public debut in 1954 on both television and the national radio. Her international career began in 1959 with an appearance on Spanish television. In 1960, she was named "Queen of Radio and Television" in Portugal.

She participated in numerous national and international music festivals. Two years later, she competed in the Festival da Canção with the songs "Balada das Palavras Perdidas" and "Na Tua Carta", placing fifth and tenth, respectively. She subsequently represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 in Luxembourg, She was awarded the 1966 Casa da Imprensa prize the following year.

Iglésias was one of the most prominent voices of nacional-cançonetismo, a musical style that emphasized Portuguese cultural identity and was widely popular during the 1960s. and a retrospective compilation issued by Movieplay in the series O Melhor dos Melhores. Canção da Saudade (1964) Sarilho de fraldas (1966)