Amor D'Água Fresca
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"Amor d'água fresca" was the Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Eurovision Song Contest 1992
The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1992 in Malmö, Sweden. The presenters were Lydia Cappolicchio and Harald Treutiger. Linda Martin, representing Ireland, was the winner of this Eurovision with the song Why Me?. The song was written by Johnny...

, performed in Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

 by Dina
Dina (singer)
Dina is a Portuguese singer, best known for her participation in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest....

 (born Ondina Veloso).

The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Dina comparing her lover to a series of different fruits and his love to "fresh water". Thus, she says that she "picked you, bit you and put you in the basket" and describes her lover's "eyes of plum/And your blackberry mouth".

The song was performed eighth on the night, following Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

's Christer Björkman
Christer Björkman
Christer Samuel Björkman is a Swedish singer. He was a hairdresser, and had a hair-salon in Borås. He started his career by recording a song called "Våga och vinn" which was produced by Bruno Glenmark in the mid-1980s....

 with "I morgon är en annan dag
I morgon är en annan dag
I morgon är en annan dag is a ballad which Christer Björkman sang when he won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1992. The song was written by Niklas Strömstedt. In the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, I morgon är en annan dag finished 22nd, which was second to last place...

" and preceding Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

' Evridiki
Evridiki
Evridiki Theokleous , known professionally as simply Evridiki, is a Cypriot rock, pop, and electro pop singer. She is best known in Europe for representing her home country, Cyprus, in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, 1994 and 2007 with the songs Teriazoume, Eimai Anthropos Ki Ego and Comme...

 with "Teriazoume
Teriazoume
"Teriazoume" was the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, performed in Greek by Evridiki....

". At the close of voting, it had received 26 points, placing 17th in a field of 23.

It was succeeded as Portuguese representative at the 1993 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1993
The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 15 May 1993 in Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland. The presenter was Fionnuala Sweeney. Niamh Kavanagh was the winner of this Eurovision for Ireland with the song, "In Your Eyes"...

 by Anabela
Anabela
Anabela Braz Pires is a Portuguese singer and musical theatre actress, best known in Portugal by her first name, Anabela....

 with "A cidade (até ser dia)
A Cidade (Até Ser Dia)
"A cidade " was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Portuguese by Anabela....

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