| Eurovision Song Contest 1966 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Festival da Canção 1966 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 15 January 1966 | |||
| Selected entrant | Madalena Iglésias | |||
| Selected song | "Ele e ela" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Carlos Canelhas | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 13th, 6 points | |||
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Portugal was represented by Madalena Iglésias, with the song "Ele e ela", at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 March in Luxembourg City. "Ele e ela" was chosen as the Portuguese entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa on 15 January.
Before Eurovision
Festival da Canção 1966
The Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1966 was held on 15 January 1966 at 22:00 UTC at the Tóbis studios in Lisbon, hosted by Maria Fernanda and Henrique Mendes. Eight songs took part in the final. Jorge Costa Pinto conducted all the songs.[1] The winning song was chosen 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.[2]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | João Maria Tudela | "Outono" | 35 | 4 |
| 2 | Madalena Iglésias | "Ele e ela" | 81 | 1 |
| 3 | Sérgio Borges | "Eu nunca direi adeus" | 52 | 2 |
| 4 | João Maria Tudela | "Ai, gracinha" | 10 | 7 |
| 5 | Madalena Iglésias | "Rebeldia" | 42 | 3 |
| 6 | António Calvário | "Encontro para amanhã" | 26 | 5 |
| 7 | Madalena Iglésias | "Caminhos perdidos" | 19 | 6 |
| 8 | Tony de Matos | "Nada e ninguém" | 5 | 8 |
| Detailed Distrital Jury Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Aveiro | Beja | Braga | Bragança | Castelo Branco |
Coimbra | Évora | Faro | Guarda | Leiria | Lisbon | Portalegre | Porto | Santarém | Setúbal | Viana do Castelo |
Vila Real |
Viseu | Total |
| 1 | "Outono" | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 35 | |||||||
| 2 | "Ele e ela" | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 81 | |
| 3 | "Eu nunca direi adeus" | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 52 | ||||||
| 4 | "Ai, gracinha" | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | "Rebeldia" | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 42 | ||||||||
| 6 | "Encontro para amanhã" | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 26 | |||||||||
| 7 | "Caminhos perdidos" | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | "Nada e ninguém" | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Iglésias performed 8th in the running order, following Finland and preceding Austria. At the close of the voting the song had received 6 points, coming 13th in the field of 18 competing countries. The Portuguese jury awarded its 5 points to Spain.[3] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Jorge Costa Pinto.[4]
Voting
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References
- ↑ Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.
- ↑ ESC National Finals database 1966
- ↑ ESC History - Portugal 1966
- ↑ Roxburgh, Gordon (2012). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. One: The 1950s and 1960s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. pp. 93–101. ISBN 978-1-84583-065-6.
- 1 2 "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1966". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.