Amerivision Song Contest 1969
edit| Amerivision Song Contest 1969 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | August 30 1969 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Radio City Music Hall New York, United States |
| Presenter(s) | Dinah Shore |
| Host broadcaster | National Broadcasting Company (NBC) |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 17 |
| Debuting countries |  Barbados |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Twenty-member juries awarded points to their five favourite songs. |
| Winning song |  Netherlands Antilles"You're the One for Me" |
The Amerivision Song Contest 1969 was the fourteenth edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster National Broadcasting Company (NBC). The edition was hosted in Radio City Music Hall, in New York City, United States, as the winning country of the 1968 edition, the Netherlands Antilles, refused to host the event, alledging a lack of budget and a big enough venue in the country for the contest, the offered was also made for runner-up Brazil, initially accepted to host the event but ended up denying the offer on March 1969 due to complications related to the recent aggravation of the censorship made by the dictatorial government at the time, therefore an offer was made to all countries interested in hosting the event, with Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and the United States making offers to host the event, with the american bid being the selected one.
This edition marked the debut of Barbados in the contest, as well as th Netherlands Antilles becoming the first country to win the competition twice in a roll, with the song "You're the One for Me" by Marva Hodge.
Host picking
editFourty-one 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 | Litto Nebbia | "Rosemary" | Spanish | |
| Barbados
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CBC TV 8 | Jackie Opel | "You Send Me" | English | |
 Brazil
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Tupi | Vanusa | "Atômico platônico" | Portuguese | "Atomic Platonic" |
 Canada
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CBC | Eric Mercury | "Long Way Down" | English | |
 Chile
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UCV | Los Galos | "Por temor" | Spanish | "By Fear" |
 Colombia
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Canal 1 | Ralfi Pagan | "No soy de ti" | "I'm Not Yours" | |
 Jamaica
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JBC | Pat Kelly | "How Long Will It Take" | English | |
 Mexico
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Las Estrellas | José José | "Una mañana" | Spanish | "A Morning" |
| Netherlands Antilles
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Telecuraçao | Marva Hodge | "You're the One for Me" | English | |
 Panama
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RPC | Los Dinámicos Exciters | "Algo muy profundo" | Spanish | "Something Very Deep" |
 Paraguay
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SNT | Los Blue Caps | "De cualquier manera" | "Either Way" | |
 Peru
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América | Los Datsuns | "Otra mejor que tú" | "Another One Better Than You" | |
 Puerto Rico
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Telemundo | Ismael Rivera y Sus Cachimbos | "Gulliver" | ||
 Trinidad and Tobago
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TTT | The Mighty Duke | "Black Is Beautiful" | English | |
 United States
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NBC | Wendy and Bonnie | "I Realized You" | ||
 Uruguay
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Canal 10 | Vera Sienra & Eduardo Mateo | "Aquel" | Spanish | "That" |
 Venezuela
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Venevisión | Henrique Lazo | "Confesiones de media noche" | Spanish, English | "Midnight Confessions" |
Contest overview
edit| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela
|
Henrique Lazo | "Confesiones de media noche" | 36 | 2 |
| 2 | Peru
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Los Datsuns | "Otra mejor que tú" | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Netherlands Antilles
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Marva Hodge | "You're the One for Me" | 39 | 1 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico
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Ismael Rivera y Sus Cachimbos | "Gulliver" | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | Panama
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Los Dinámicos Exciters | "Algo muy profundo" | 18 | 6 |
| 6 | Chile
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Los Galos | "Por temor" | 28 | 3 |
| 7 | Argentina
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Litto Nebbia | "Rosemary" | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | Mexico
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José José | "Una mañana" | 10 | 10 |
| 9 | United States
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Wendy and Bonnie | "I Realized You" | 10 | 10 |
| 10 | Barbados
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Jackie Opel | "You Send Me" | 16 | 7 |
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago
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The Mighty Duke | "Black Is Beautiful" | 9 | 12 |
| 12 | Uruguay
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Vera Sienra & Eduardo Mateo | "Aquel" | 22 | 4 |
| 13 | Brazil
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Vanusa | "Atômico platônico" | 15 | 8 |
| 14 | Colombia
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Ralfi Pagan | "No soy de ti" | 7 | 13 |
| 15 | Jamaica
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Pat Kelly | "How Long Will It Take" | 6 | 14 |
| 16 | Paraguay
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Los Blue Caps | "De cualquier manera" | 2 | 16 |
| 17 | Canada
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Eric Mercury | "Long Way Down" | 21 | 5 |
Detailed voting results
editTotal score
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Venezuela
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Peru
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Netherlands Antilles
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Puerto Rico
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Panama
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Chile
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Argentina
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Mexico
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United States
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Barbados
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Uruguay
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Brazil
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Colombia
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Jamaica
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Paraguay
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Canada
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contestants
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Venezuela
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36 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| Peru
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Netherlands Antilles
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39 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Puerto Rico
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1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Panama
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18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Chile
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28 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Argentina
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11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico
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10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| United States
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10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Barbados
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16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago
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9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Uruguay
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22 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Brazil
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15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Colombia
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7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Jamaica
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Paraguay
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2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada
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21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
5 points
editBelow is a summary of all 5 points received:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 5 points |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Venezuela
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Canada,  Mexico, Paraguay, Peru
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| 3 | Chile
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Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela
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| Netherlands Antilles
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Barbados, Panama, Puerto Rico
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| 2 | Canada
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Netherlands Antilles, United States
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| Uruguay
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Chile, Colombia
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| 1 | Argentina
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Uruguay
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| Barbados
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Trinidad and Tobago
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| Panama
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Jamaica
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