Amerivision Song Contest 1956
edit| Amerivision Song Contest 1956 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | September 8 1956 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Carnegie Hall New York City, United States |
| Presenter(s) | Ed Sullivan |
| Host broadcaster | National Broadcasting Company (NBC) |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 12 (from 6 countries) |
| Debuting countries |  Argentina Brazil Canada Colombia Mexico United States |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Jury from each country distributes 20 points across their favorite songs. |
| Winning song | Brazil "Tarde triste" |
The Amerivision Song Contest 1956 was the first edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster National Broadcasting Company (NBC).
Participating countries
edit| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | English title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina
|
TVP | Los Fronterizos | "Guitarra de medianoche" | Spanish | "Midnight Guitar" |
| Leo Marini | "Historia de un amor" | "Story of a Love" | |||
| Brazil
|
Tupi | Elizeth Cardoso | "Último desejo" | Portuguese | "Last Wish" |
| Maysa | "Tarde triste" | "Sad Afternoon" | |||
 Canada
|
CBC | Anita Ellis | "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" | English | - |
| Gisele MacKenzie | "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" | ||||
| Colombia
|
Canal 1 | Nelson Pinedo and La Sonora Matancera | "Bésame morenita" | Spanish | "Kiss Me Young Girl" |
| "Me voy pa' la Habana" | "I'm Going to Havana" | ||||
 Mexico
|
Las Estrellas | Gloria Lasso | "Luna de miel" | "Honeymoon" | |
| Jorge Negrete | "Mexico lindo y querido" | "Beautiful and Dear Mexico" | |||
 United States
|
NBC | Harry Belafonte | "Jamaica Farewell" | English | - |
| Julie London | "Lonely Girl" |
Contest overview
edit Winner
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico
|
Jorge Negrete | "Mexico lindo y querido" | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Argentina
|
Los Fronterizos | "Guitarra de medianoche" | 18 | 2 |
| 3 | Canada
|
Gisele MacKenzie | "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" | 15 | 3 |
| 4 | Brazil
|
Elizeth Cardoso | "Último desejo" | 12 | 5 |
| 5 | Colombia
|
Nelson Pinedo and La Sonora Matancera | "Me voy pa' la Habana" | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | United States
|
Harry Belafonte | "Jamaica Farewell" | 9 | 7 |
| 7 | Mexico
|
Gloria Lasso | "Luna de miel" | 14 | 4 |
| 8 | Argentina
|
Leo Marini | "Historia de un amor" | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Canada
|
Anita Ellis | "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | Brazil
|
Maysa | "Tarde triste" | 19 | 1 |
| 11 | Colombia
|
Nelson Pinedo and La Sonora Matancera | "Bésame morenita" | 10 | 6 |
| 12 | United States
|
Julie London | "Lonely Girl" | 1 | 12 |
Detailed voting results
editTotal score
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Mexico
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Argentina
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Canada
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Brazil
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Colombia
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United States
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contestants
|
Mexico lindo y querido
|
6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Guitarra de medianoche
|
18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
|
15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Último desejo
|
12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Me voy pa' la Habana
|
4 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Jamaica Farewell
|
9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Luna de miel
|
14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Historia de un amor
|
7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| If I Had a Ribbon Bow
|
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Tarde triste
|
19 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Bésame morenita
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10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Lonely Girl
|
1 | 1 | ||||||