Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966

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Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Country Portugal
National selection
Selection processFestival da Canção 1966
Selection date(s)15 January 1966
Selected entrantMadalena Iglésias
Selected song"Ele e ela"
Selected songwriter(s)Carlos Canelhas
Finals performance
Final result13th, 6 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1965 1966 1967►

Portugal was represented by

1966 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 March in Luxembourg City
. "Ele e ela" was chosen as the Portuguese entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa on 15 January.

Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 1966

The Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1966 was held on 15 January 1966 at 22:00 UTC at the Tóbis studios in Lisbon, hosted by Maria Fernanda and Henrique Mendes. Eight songs took part in the final. Jorge Costa Pinto conducted all the songs.[1] The winning song was chosen by a distrital jury, composed by three members, each had 5 votes to be distributed among the songs it intended to award, making a total of 15 votes per district.[2]

Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa - 15 January 1966
Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 João Maria Tudela "Outono" 35 4
2 Madalena Iglésias "Ele e ela" 81 1
3 Sérgio Borges "Eu nunca direi adeus" 52 2
4 João Maria Tudela "Ai, gracinha" 10 7
5 Madalena Iglésias "Rebeldia" 42 3
6 António Calvário "Encontro para amanhã" 26 5
7 Madalena Iglésias "Caminhos perdidos" 19 6
8 Tony de Matos "Nada e ninguém" 5 8
Detailed Distrital Jury Votes
Draw Song Aveiro Beja Braga Bragança Castelo
Branco
Coimbra Évora Faro Guarda Leiria Lisbon Portalegre Porto Santarém Setúbal Viana
do Castelo
Vila
Real
Viseu Total
1 "Outono" 1 4 4 1 1 4 12 2 1 1 4 35
2 "Ele e ela" 4 5 1 5 7 9 8 1 2 4 8 1 6 12 1 3 4 81
3 "Eu nunca direi adeus" 1 2 5 7 3 2 1 3 7 13 2 6 52
4 "Ai, gracinha" 4 1 1 2 1 1 10
5 "Rebeldia" 4 1 5 1 11 6 1 3 4 6 42
6 "Encontro para amanhã" 5 1 1 2 6 4 2 4 1 26
7 "Caminhos perdidos" 8 3 1 2 5 19
8 "Nada e ninguém" 3 2 5

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Iglésias performed 8th in the running order, following Finland and preceding Austria. At the close of the voting the song had received 6 points, coming 13th in the field of 18 competing countries. The Portuguese jury awarded its 5 points to Spain.[3] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Jorge Costa Pinto.[4]

Voting

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