Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967

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Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Country Portugal
National selection
Selection processFestival da Canção 1967
Selection date(s)Semi-finals
11 February 1981
18 February 1981
Final
25 February 1967
Selected entrantEduardo Nascimento
Selected song"O vento mudou"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Nuno Nazareth Fernandes
  • João Magalhães Pereira
Finals performance
Final result12th, 3 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1966 1967 1968►

Portugal was represented by

racist.[1]

Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 1967

The Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1967 was held at the Tóbis studios in Lisbon, hosted by Isabel Wolmar and Henrique Mendes. For the first time, semi-finals where held, the first on 11 February at 22:25 UTC and the second on 18 February at 22:25 UTC. Each semi-final featured six competing entries from which three advanced to the final from each show. A total of twelve songs took part in the final. Armando Tavares Belo conducted all the songs.[2] The results were determined 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.[3]

Semi-final 1 – 11 February 1967
Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Rui Malhoa "Balada da traição ao mar" 43 4
2 Marco Paulo "Sou tão feliz" 54 2
3 Valério Silva "Amor tens de voltar" 41 5
4 Maria de Lurdes Resende "Não quero o mundo" 53 3
5 Duo Ouro Negro "Quando amanhecer" 72 1
6 Maria de Lurdes Resende "Assim será o nosso amor" 7 6
Semi-final 2 – 18 February 1967
Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Duo Ouro Negro "Livro sem fim" 76 2
2 Eduardo Nascimento "O vento mudou" 78 1
3 Artur Garcia "Porta secreta" 55 3
4 António Calvário "Deixa-me só" 44 4
5 Eduardo Nascimento "Um homem só" 9 5
6 António Calvário "Vencerás" 8 6
Final – 25 February 1967
Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Duo Ouro Negro "Quando amanhecer" 28 4
2 Eduardo Nascimento "O vento mudou" 120 1
3 Marco Paulo "Sou tão feliz" 5 6
4 Duo Ouro Negro "Livro sem fim" 78 2
5 Maria de Lurdes Resende "Não quero o mundo" 30 3
6 Artur Garcia "Porta secreta" 9 5
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 "Quando amanhecer" 1 15 5 1 1 2 3 28
2 "O vento mudou" 3 3 7 11 5 8 5 8 11 12 10 5 1 6 11 7 7 120
3 "Sou tão feliz" 2 1 2 5
4 "Livro sem fim" 11 5 3 10 1 10 1 1 3 3 10 1 7 5 7 78
5 "Não quero o mundo" 4 5 4 1 1 9 2 4 30
6 "Porta secreta" 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 9

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Nascimento performed 5th in the running order, following France and preceding Switzerland. At the close of the voting the song had received 3 points, coming 12th in the field of 17 competing countries.[4] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Armando Tavares Belo.[5]

Voting

References

  1. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1967". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  2. ^ Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.
  3. ^ ESC National Finals database 1967
  4. ^ ESC History - Portugal 1967
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  6. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Vienna 1967". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.