Amerivision Song Contest 1970
edit| Amerivision Song Contest 1970 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | September 12 1970 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Aula Magna Caracas, Venezuela |
| Presenter(s) | Concepción Stresser |
| Host broadcaster | Venevisión |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 17 |
| Debuting countries |  Nicaragua |
| Non-returning countries |  Paraguay |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Twenty-member juries awarded points to their five favourite songs. |
| Winning song |  United States"Les fleurs" |
The Amerivision Song Contest 1970 was the fifteenth edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster Venevisión. The edition was hosted in Aula Magna, in Caracas, Venezuela, as the winning country of the 1969 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 offer then, was made to the runner up of the edition, Venezuela, that accepted to host the event.
This edition marked the debut of Nicaragua in the contest. Paraguay withdrew from this contest after disappointing results in the previous editions.
Host picking
editTwo venezuelan venues showed interest in hosting the event, the bolded bid was the selected one.
| City | Venue |
|---|---|
| Caracas | Aula Magna |
| Teatro Municipal of Caracas |
Participating countries
edit| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | English title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
TVP | Pedro y Pablo | "Yo vivo en esta ciudad" | Spanish | "I Live in This City" |
 Barbados
|
CBC TV 8 | The Merrymen | "La La La (If I Had You)" | English | |
 Brazil
|
Tupi | Dóris Monteiro | "Cafézinho" | Portuguese | "Little Coffee" |
 Canada
|
CBC | Judi Singh | "Up and Down" | English | |
 Chile
|
UCV | Gloria Simonetti | "Las flores del jardín de nuestra casa" | Spanish | "The Flowers in the Garden of Our Home" |
 Colombia
|
Canal 1 | Los Corraleros | "Ocho días" | "Eight Days" | |
 Jamaica
|
JBC | Bob & Marcia | "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" | English | |
 Mexico
|
Las Estrellas | Leo Acosta | "Rencorosa" | Spanish | "Spiteful" |
 Netherlands Antilles
|
Telecuraçao | Marva Hodge & The Moody Sec | "Let the Sun Shine In" | English | |
| Nicaragua
|
Televicentro | Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy | "Hilachas de sol" | Spanish | "Sunshine" |
 Panama
|
RPC | Basilio | "No digas adios" | "Don't Say Goodbye" | |
 Peru
|
América | Los Destellos | "Elsa" | ||
 Puerto Rico
|
Telemundo | Roberto Angleró | "Abicú" | ||
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
TTT | Mac Kissoon | "Get Down With It" | English | |
| United States
|
NBC | Minnie Riperton | "Les fleurs" | "The Flowers" | |
 Uruguay
|
Canal 10 | Limonada | "Ojos que miran lejos" | Spanish | "Eyes That Look Far Away" |
 Venezuela
|
Venevisión | Ray Pérez & Perucho Torcat | "Reproche" | "Reproach" |
Returning artists
edit| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Marva Hodge | Netherlands Antilles
|
1969 |
| The Merrymen | Barbados
|
1966 (for Trinidad and Tobago)
|
Contest overview
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Winner
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay
|
Limonada | "Ojos que miran lejos" | 9 | 11 |
| 2 | Mexico
|
Leo Acosta | "Rencorosa" | 25 | 3 |
| 3 | Chile
|
Gloria Simonetti | "Las flores del jardín de nuestra casa" | 21 | 4 |
| 4 | Brazil
|
Dóris Monteiro | "Cafézinho" | 17 | 6 |
| 5 | Barbados
|
The Merrymen | "La La La (If I Had You)" | 16 | 7 |
| 6 | Venezuela
|
Ray Pérez & Perucho Torcat | "Reproche" | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | Panama
|
Basilio | "No digas adios" | 19 | 5 |
| 8 | Netherlands Antilles
|
Marva Hodge & The Moody Sec | "Let the Sun Shine In" | 36 | 2 |
| 9 | United States
|
Minnie Riperton | "Les fleurs" | 47 | 1 |
| 10 | Trinidad and Tobago
|
Mac Kissoon | "Get Down With It" | 13 | 8 |
| 11 | Colombia
|
Los Corraleros | "Ocho días" | 7 | 13 |
| 12 | Argentina
|
Pedro y Pablo | "Yo vivo en esta ciudad" | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Puerto Rico
|
Roberto Angleró | "Abicú" | 4 | 15 |
| 14 | Jamaica
|
Bob & Marcia | "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" | 11 | 10 |
| 15 | Peru
|
Los Destellos | "Elsa" | 3 | 16 |
| 16 | Canada
|
Judi Singh | "Up and Down" | 8 | 12 |
| 17 | Nicaragua
|
Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy | "Hilachas de sol" | 12 | 9 |
Detailed voting results
editTotal score
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Uruguay
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Mexico
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Chile
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Brazil
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Barbados
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Venezuela
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Panama
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Netherlands Antilles
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United States
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Colombia
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Argentina
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Puerto Rico
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Jamaica
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Peru
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Canada
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Nicaragua
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contestants
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Uruguay
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9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico
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25 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Chile
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21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Brazil
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17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Barbados
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16 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Venezuela
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Panama
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19 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Netherlands Antilles
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36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||
| United States
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47 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago
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13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Colombia
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7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Argentina
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1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Jamaica
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11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Peru
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3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada
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8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua
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12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
5 points
editBelow is a summary of all 5 points received:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 5 points |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | United States
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Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Puerto Rico
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| 5 | Netherlands Antilles
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Barbados, Chile, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
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| 2 | Chile
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Argentina, Uruguay
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 Mexico
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Colombia, Peru
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| Panama
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Nicaragua, Venezuela
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