Amerivision Song Contest 1965
edit| Amerivision Song Contest 1965 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | September 18 1965 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Presenter(s) | Mirtha Legrand |
| Host broadcaster | Televisión Pública (TVP) |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 14 |
| Debuting countries |  Panama Venezuela |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Twenty-member juries awarded points to their five favourite songs. |
| Winning song | Panama "Casi, casi" |
The Amerivision Song Contest 1965 was the tenth edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster Televisión Pública. The edition was hosted in the Teatro Colón, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as the country earned the right to host the contest by winning the previous edition.
This edition saw the debut of Panama and Venezuela in the contest, the former ended the competition as the winners of the contest, sending spanish singer Raphael, whose success in the competiton led to him being invited to represent his home country in Eurovision the following year.
Host picking
editTen argentinian 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 | Sandro | "Hay mucha agitación" | Spanish, English | "There's a Lot of Agitation" |
 Brazil
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Tupi | Marcos Valle | "Samba de verão" | Portuguese | "Summer Samba" |
 Canada
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CBC | Gale Garnett | "Excuse Me Mister" | English | |
 Chile
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UCV | Violeta Parra | "Paloma ausente" | Spanish | "Absent Dove" |
 Colombia
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Canal 1 | Soffy Martínez | "Carta fatal" | "Fatal Letter" | |
 Dominican Republic
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RTVD | Johnny Pacheco | "Mayari" | ||
 Mexico
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Las Estrellas | Las Hermanas Navarro | "Cuento corderitos" | "Counting Little Sheeps" | |
| Panama
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RPC | Raphael | "Casi, casi" | "Almost, Almost" | |
 Peru
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América | Jean Paul "El Troglodita" | "Tengo un Mustang" | "I Have a Mustang" | |
 Puerto Rico
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Telemundo | Lucecita | "El rebelde" | "The Rebel" | |
 Trinidad and Tobago
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TTT | Mighty Sparrow | "Man Like to Feel" | English | |
 United States
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NBC | Judy Roderick | "Me and My Chaffeur" | ||
 Uruguay
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Canal 10 | Los Shakers | "No me pidas amor" | English, Spanish | "Don't Ask Me for Love" |
| Venezuela
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Venevisión | Felipe Pirela | "Cuando estemos viejos" | Spanish | "When We Get Old" |
Contest overview
edit| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama
|
Raphael | "Casi, casi" | 35 | 1 |
| 2 | Colombia
|
Soffy Martínez | "Carta fatal" | 19 | 6 |
| 3 | Brazil
|
Marcos Valle | "Samba de verão" | 20 | 5 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic
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Johnny Pacheco | "Mayari" | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago
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Mighty Sparrow | "Man Like to Feel" | 8 | 9 |
| 6 | Uruguay
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Los Shakers | "No me pidas amor" | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | United States
|
Judy Roderick | "Me and My Chaffeur" | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Venezuela
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Felipe Pirela | "Cuando estemos viejos" | 7 | 10 |
| 9 | Canada
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Gale Garnett | "Excuse Me Mister" | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | Chile
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Violeta Parra | "Paloma ausente" | 6 | 11 |
| 11 | Peru
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Jean Paul "El Troglodita" | "Tengo un Mustang" | 21 | 4 |
| 12 | Mexico
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Las Hermanas Navarro | "Cuento corderitos" | 33 | 2 |
| 13 | Puerto Rico
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Lucecita | "El rebelde" | 25 | 3 |
| 14 | Argentina
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Sandro | "Hay mucha agitación" | 4 | 12 |
Detailed voting results
editTotal score
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Panama
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Colombia
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Brazil
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Dominican Republic
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Uruguay
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United States
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Venezuela
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Canada
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Chile
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Peru
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Mexico
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Puerto Rico
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Argentina
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Contestants
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Panama
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35 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Colombia
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19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Brazil
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20 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Dominican Republic
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2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Uruguay
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10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| United States
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4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Venezuela
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7 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Canada
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16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Chile
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6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Peru
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21 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Mexico
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33 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| Puerto Rico
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25 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Argentina
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 points
editBelow is a summary of all 5 points received:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 5 points |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Mexico
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Brazil, Peru, Puerto Rico, United States
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| 3 | Panama
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Colombia, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago
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| 2 | Colombia
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Argentina, Venezuela
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| Puerto Rico
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Dominican Republic, Panama
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| 1 | Brazil
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Uruguay
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| Peru
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Chile
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| Uruguay
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Canada
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