Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968
Eurovision Song Contest 1968 | ||||
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Country | Portugal | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Festival da Canção 1968 | |||
Selection date(s) | 4 March 1968 | |||
Selected entrant | Carlos Mendes | |||
Selected song | "Verão" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 11th, 5 points | |||
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Portugal was represented by Carlos Mendes, with the song "Verão", at the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 6 April in London. "Verão" was chosen as the Portuguese entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa on 4 March.
Before Eurovision[]
Festival da Canção 1968[]
The Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1968 was held at the Lumiar studios of the Radio and Television of Portugal in Lisbon, hosted by Maria Fernanda and Henrique Mendes. Unlike the previous year, no semi-finals where held, returning to the single-night model. Ten songs took part in the final. During the interpretation of her second theme, Simone de Oliveira feels sick and was unable to complete it, being removed from the stage to receive medical attention.[1] Joaquim Luís Gomes 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]
Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Place |
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1 | Mirene Cardinalli | "Vento não vou contigo" | 11 | 8 |
2 | Tonicha | "Fui ter com a madrugada" | 59 | 2 |
3 | Nicolau Breyner | "Pouco mais" | 33 | 4 |
4 | João Maria Tudela | "Ao vento e às andorinhas" | 24 | 5 |
5 | Carlos Mendes | "Verão" | 61 | 1 |
6 | José Cid | "Balada para D. Inês" | 43 | 3 |
7 | António Calvário | "O nosso mundo" | 2 | 8 |
8 | Tonicha | "Calendário" | 12 | 7 |
9 | Simone de Oliveira | "Dentro de outro mundo" | 11 | 8 |
10 | "Canção ao meu piano velho" | 14 | 6 |
Detailed Distrital Jury Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | "Vento não vou contigo" | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||||
2 | "Fui ter com a madrugada" | 7 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 59 | ||||||||
3 | "Pouco mais" | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 33 | |||||||
4 | "Ao vento e às andorinhas" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 24 | ||||||||
5 | "Verão" | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 61 | ||||
6 | "Balada para D. Inês" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 43 | ||||||||
7 | "O nosso mundo" | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | "Calendário" | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
9 | "Dentro de outro mundo" | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
10 | "Canção ao meu piano velho" | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
At Eurovision[]
On the night of the final Mendes performed 1st in the running order, preceding Netherlands. At the close of the voting the song had received 5 points, coming 11th in the field of 17 competing countries.[4] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Joaqium Luis Gomes.[5]
Voting[]
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References[]
- ^ "O desmaio de Simone no Festiva TV". Diário de Lisboa (in European Portuguese). Mário Soares Foundation. 5 March 1968.
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- ^ ESC National Finals database 1968
- ^ ESC History - Portugal 1968
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of London 1968". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968
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