Amerivision Song Contest 1961
edit| Amerivision Song Contest 1961 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | September 24 1961 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Auditorium Theatre Chicago, United States |
| Presenter(s) | Dinah Shore |
| Host broadcaster | National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 11 |
| Debuting countries |  Dominican Republic |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Jury from each country distributes 10 points across their favorite songs. |
| Winning song |  Puerto Rico"Ramona" |
The Amerivision Song Contest 1961 was the sixth edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster National Broadcasting Corporation. The edition was hosted in the Auditorium Theatre, in Chicago, United States. Originally the edition was going to be hosted in Uruguay, but the uruguayan broadcaster Canal 10 declined the offer to host the event due to budget reasons, as they hadn't already fully recovered from hosting the event in 1958, the offer then went to Canada, who also declined the offer after hosting two near consecutive editions, then a general offer was made and accepted by NBC, who promptly started working in hosting the 1961 event in the United States.
This was the first edition to feature the Dominican Republic.
Host picking
editThirteen american venues showed interest in hosting the event, the bolded bid was the selected one.
Participating countries
edit| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | English title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
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TVP | Johny Tedesco | "Vuelve primavera" | Spanish | "Spring is Back" |
 Brazil
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Tupi | Roberto Carlos | "Não é por mim" | Portuguese | "It's Not About Me" |
 Canada
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CBC | Jean-Pierre Ferland | "Les immortelles" | French | "The Immortals" |
 Chile
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UCV | Antonio Prieto | "La novia" | Spanish | "The Bride" |
 Colombia
|
Canal 1 | César Castro | "Mujer bonita" | "Beautiful Woman" | |
| Dominican Republic
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La Voz Dominicana | Dioris Valladares | "Como bailo mi pachanga" | "How I Dance My Pachanga" | |
 Mexico
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Las Estrellas | Chavela Vargas | "Paloma negra" | "Black Dove" | |
 Peru
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América | José Mojica | "Júrame" | "Swear to Me" | |
 Puerto Rico
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Telemundo | Cortijo y Su Combo | "Ramona" | ||
 United States
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NBC | Wanda Jackson | "There's a Party Goin' On" | English | |
 Uruguay
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Canal 10 | Julio Sosa | "Rencor" | Spanish | "Resentment" |
Contest overview
edit| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States
|
Wanda Jackson | "There's a Party Goin' On" | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Canada
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Jean-Pierre Ferland | "Les immortelles" | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Peru
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José Mojica | "Júrame" | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Brazil
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Roberto Carlos | "Não é por mim" | 8 | 7 |
| 5 | Uruguay
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Julio Sosa | "Rencor" | 9 | 6 |
| 6 | Chile
|
Antonio Prieto | "La novia" | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Puerto Rico
|
Cortijo y Su Combo | "Ramona" | 18 | 1 |
| 8 | Dominican Republic
|
Dioris Valladares | "Como bailo mi pachanga" | 17 | 2 |
| 9 | Mexico
|
Chavela Vargas | "Paloma negra" | 10 | 5 |
| 10 | Colombia
|
César Castro | "Mujer bonita" | 12 | 4 |
| 11 | Argentina
|
Johny Tedesco | "Vuelve primavera" | 8 | 8 |
Detailed voting results
editTotal score
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United States
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Canada
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Peru
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Brazil
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Uruguay
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Chile
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Puerto Rico
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Dominican Republic
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Mexico
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Colombia
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Argentina
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Contestants
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United States | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Canada | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Peru | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Brazil | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Uruguay | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Chile | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Dominican Republic | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Mexico | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Colombia | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Argentina | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||