Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967

  • Nuno Nazareth Fernandes
  • João Magalhães Pereira
Finals performanceFinal result12th, 3 pointsPortugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1966 • 1967 • 1968►

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
Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Rui Malhoa "Balada da traição ao mar" 43 4
2 Marco Paulo "Sou tão feliz" 54 2
3 Valério Silva "Amor tens de voltar" 41 5
4 Maria de Lurdes Resende "Não quero o mundo" 53 3
5 Duo Ouro Negro "Quando amanhecer" 72 1
6 Maria de Lurdes Resende "Assim será o nosso amor" 7 6
Semi-final 2 – 18 February 1967
Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Duo Ouro Negro "Livro sem fim" 76 2
2 Eduardo Nascimento "O vento mudou" 78 1
3 Artur Garcia "Porta secreta" 55 3
4 António Calvário "Deixa-me só" 44 4
5 Eduardo Nascimento "Um homem só" 9 5
6 António Calvário "Vencerás" 8 6
Final – 25 February 1967
Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Duo Ouro Negro "Quando amanhecer" 28 4
2 Eduardo Nascimento "O vento mudou" 120 1
3 Marco Paulo "Sou tão feliz" 5 6
4 Duo Ouro Negro "Livro sem fim" 78 2
5 Maria de Lurdes Resende "Não quero o mundo" 30 3
6 Artur Garcia "Porta secreta" 9 5
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 "Quando amanhecer" 1 15 5 1 1 2 3 28
2 "O vento mudou" 3 3 7 11 5 8 5 8 11 12 10 5 1 6 11 7 7 120
3 "Sou tão feliz" 2 1 2 5
4 "Livro sem fim" 11 5 3 10 1 10 1 1 3 3 10 1 7 5 7 78
5 "Não quero o mundo" 4 5 4 1 1 9 2 4 30
6 "Porta secreta" 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 9

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

Points awarded to Portugal[6]
Score Country
1 point
Points awarded by Portugal[6]
Score Country
2 points  Spain
1 point

References

  1. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1967". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  2. ^ Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.
  3. ^ ESC National Finals database 1967
  4. ^ ESC History - Portugal 1967
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Vienna 1967". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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ParticipationArtistsSongs
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  • "Amar"
  • "Amar pelos dois"
  • "Amor d'água fresca"
  • "Antes do adeus"
  • "Baunilha e chocolate"
  • "Bem bom"
  • "Chamar a música"
  • "A cidade (até ser dia)"
  • "Coisas de nada"
  • "Como tudo começou"
  • "Conquistador"
  • "Dai li dou"
  • "Dança comigo"
  • "Deixa-me sonhar"
  • "Desfolhada portuguesa"
  • "E depois do adeus"
  • "Ele e ela"
  • "Esta balada que te dou"
  • "A festa da vida"
  • "Uma flor de verde pinho"
  • "Foi magia"
  • "Um grande, grande amor"
  • "Grito"
  • "Há dias assim"
  • "Há sempre alguém"
  • "Há um mar que nos separa"
  • "O jardim"
  • "Love Is on My Side"
  • "Lusitana paixão"
  • "A luta é alegria"
  • "Madrugada"
  • "Medo de sentir"
  • "Menina do alto da serra"
  • "O meu coração não tem cor"
  • "Não sejas mau para mim"
  • "Neste barco à vela"
  • "Oração"
  • "Penso em ti, eu sei"
  • "Playback"
  • "Portugal no coração"
  • "Quero ser tua"
  • "Saudade, saudade"
  • "Se eu te pudesse abraçar"
  • "Senhora do mar (negras águas)"
  • "Silêncio e tanta gente"
  • "Só sei ser feliz assim"
  • "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe"
  • "Sol de inverno"
  • "Telemóveis"
  • "Todas as ruas do amor"
  • "Tourada"
  • "O vento mudou"
  • "Verão"
  • "Vida minha"
  • "Voltarei"
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  • "Quel cœur vas-tu briser ?"
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