Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 explained

Year:1967
Country:Portugal
Preselection:Festival da Canção 1967
Preselection Date:Semi-finals
11 February 1981
18 February 1981
Final
25 February 1967
Song:O vento mudou
Final Result:12th, 3 points

Portugal was represented by Eduardo Nascimento, with the song "O vento mudou", at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 8 April in Vienna. "O vento mudou" was chosen as the Portuguese entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa on 25 February. Eduardo Nascimento was the first black male singer in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. Rumours claimed that Portuguese prime minister Salazar had chosen this particular singer to show the rest of Europe that he was not racist.[1]

Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 1967

The Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1967 was held at the Tóbis studios in Lisbon, hosted by Isabel Wolmar and Henrique Mendes. For the first time, semi-finals where held, the first on 11 February at 22:25 UTC and the second on 18 February at 22:25 UTC. Each semi-final featured six competing entries from which three advanced to the final from each show. A total of twelve songs took part in the final. Armando Tavares Belo conducted all the songs.[2] The results were determined by a distrital jury, composed by three members, each had 5 votes to be distributed among the songs it intended to award, making a total of 15 votes per district.[3]

Semi-final 1 – 11 February 1967
DrawArtistSongVotesPlace
1Rui Malhoa"Balada da traição ao mar"434
2Marco Paulo"Sou tão feliz"542
3Valério Silva"Amor tens de voltar"415
4Maria de Lurdes Resende"Não quero o mundo"533
5Duo Ouro Negro"Quando amanhecer"721
6Maria de Lurdes Resende"Assim será o nosso amor"76
Semi-final 2 – 18 February 1967
DrawArtistSongVotesPlace
1Duo Ouro Negro"Livro sem fim"762
2Eduardo Nascimento"O vento mudou"781
3Artur Garcia"Porta secreta"553
4António Calvário"Deixa-me só"444
5Eduardo Nascimento"Um homem só"95
6António Calvário"Vencerás"86
Final – 25 February 1967
DrawArtistSongVotesPlace
1Duo Ouro Negro"Quando amanhecer"284
2Eduardo Nascimento"O vento mudou"1201
3Marco Paulo"Sou tão feliz"56
4Duo Ouro Negro"Livro sem fim"782
5Maria de Lurdes Resende"Não quero o mundo"303
6Artur Garcia"Porta secreta"95
Detailed Distrital Jury Votes
DrawSongAveiroBejaBragaBragançaCastelo
Branco
CoimbraÉvoraFaroGuardaLeiriaLisbonPortalegrePortoSantarémSetúbalViana
do Castelo
Vila
Real
ViseuTotal
1"Quando amanhecer"1155112328
2"O vento mudou"3371158581112105161177120
3"Sou tão feliz"2125
4"Livro sem fim"115310110113310175778
5"Não quero o mundo"4 541192430
6"Porta secreta"11212119

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Nascimento performed 5th in the running order, following France and preceding Switzerland. At the close of the voting the song had received 3 points, coming 12th in the field of 17 competing countries.[4] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Armando Tavares Belo.[5]

Voting

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eurovision Song Contest 1967 . . 15 June 2012.
  2. https://festivais.wixsite.com/1967/more Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.
  3. http://natfinals.50webs.com/50s_60s/Portugal1967.html ESC National Finals database 1967
  4. https://www.esc-history.com/details.asp?key=202 ESC History - Portugal 1967
  5. Book: Roxburgh . Gordon . Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest . 2012 . . Prestatyn . 978-1-84583-065-6 . 93–101 . One: The 1950s and 1960s.
  6. Web site: Results of the Final of Vienna 1967 . Eurovision Song Contest . 7 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210407173517/https://eurovision.tv/event/vienna-1967/final/results/portugal . 7 April 2021 . live.