Amerivision Song Contest 1959
edit| Amerivision Song Contest 1959 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | September 12 1959 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Solís Theatre Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Presenter(s) | Ramón Collazo |
| Host broadcaster | Canal 10 |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 10 |
| Debuting countries |  Peru |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Jury from each country distributes 10 points across their favorite songs. |
| Winning song |  Canada"Fourty Days" |
The Amerivision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster Canal 10. The edition was hosted in the Solís Theatre, in Montevideo, Uruguay, as the country earned the right to host the contest by winning the previous edition.
This was the first edition that Peru participated, as well as the first edition where a former champion won for a second time, since Canada had won the 1957 contest.
Participating countries
edit| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | English title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
TVP | Billy Cafaro | "Pity Pity" | Spanish | |
 Brazil
|
Tupi | Alaíde Costa | "Gosto de você" | Portuguese | "I Like You" |
| Canada
|
CBC | Ronnie Hawkins | "Fourty Days" | English | |
 Chile
|
UCV | Los Cuatro Huasos | "Mantelito blanco" | Spanish | "White Tablecloth" |
 Colombia
|
Canal 1 | Bovea y Sus Vallenatos | "Ay teresa" | "Oh Teresa" | |
 Mexico
|
Las Estrellas | Tony Camargo | "El año viejo" | "The Old Year" | |
| Peru
|
América | Yma Sumac | "La flor de la canela" | "Cinnamon Flower" | |
 Puerto Rico
|
WKAQ-TV | Ramito | "Sabor boricua" | "Boricua Flavor" | |
 United States
|
NBC | The Flamingos | "I'm in the Mood for Love" | English | |
 Uruguay
|
Canal 10 | Amalia de la Vega | "El lazo" | Spanish | "The Loop" |
Returning artists
edit| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Amalia de la Vega | Uruguay
|
1958 |
Contest overview
edit Winner
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puerto Rico
|
Ramito | "Sabor boricua" | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Argentina
|
Billy Cafaro | "Pity Pity" | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Colombia
|
Bovea y Sus Vallenatos | "Ay teresa" | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Mexico
|
Tony Camargo | "El año viejo" | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | United States
|
The Flamingos | "I'm in the Mood for Love" | 13 | 4 |
| 6 | Chile
|
Los Cuatro Huasos | "Mantelito blanco" | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Brazil
|
Alaíde Costa | "Gosto de você" | 15 | 3 |
| 8 | Canada
|
Ronnie Hawkins | "Fourty Days" | 27 | 1 |
| 9 | Peru
|
Yma Sumac | "La flor de la canela" | 19 | 2 |
| 10 | Uruguay
|
Amalia de la Vega | "El lazo" | 10 | 5 |
Detailed voting results
editTotal score
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Puerto Rico
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Argentina
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Colombia
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Mexico
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United States
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Chile
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Brazil
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Canada
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Peru
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Uruguay
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contestants
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Puerto Rico | 0 | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Mexico | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| United States | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Chile | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Brazil | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Canada | 27 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Peru | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Uruguay | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||