Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 with the song "O vento mudou", composed by Nuno Nazareth Fernandes, with lyrics by João Magalhães Pereira, and performed by Eduardo Nascimento. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), selected its entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1967. Nascimento was the first black male singer in the history of Eurovision.[1]
| Eurovision Song Contest 1967 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) | |||
| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1967 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals 11 February 1981 18 February 1981 Final 25 February 1967 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | 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 | ||||
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Before Eurovision
editGrande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1967
editRadiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) held the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1967 at 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 |
| Draw | Song | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
editOn 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
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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. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.