Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Portugal was represented by Eduardo Nascimento, with the song "O vento mudou", at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 8 April in Vienna. "O vento mudou" was chosen as the Portuguese entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa on 25 February. Eduardo Nascimento was the first black male singer in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. Rumours claimed that Portuguese prime minister Salazar had chosen this particular singer to show the rest of Europe that he was not racist.[1]
| Eurovision Song Contest 1967 | |
|---|---|
| Country | Portugal |
| National selection | |
| Selection process | Festival da Canção 1967 |
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals 11 February 1981 18 February 1981 Final 25 February 1967 |
| Selected entrant | Eduardo Nascimento |
| Selected song | "O vento mudou" |
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 12th, 3 points |
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | |
Before Eurovision edit
Festival da Canção 1967 edit
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]
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1967". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.
- ^ ESC National Finals database 1967
- ^ ESC History - Portugal 1967
- ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (2012). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. One: The 1950s and 1960s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. pp. 93–101. ISBN 978-1-84583-065-6.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Vienna 1967". Eurovision Song Contest. from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.