Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964

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Finals performanceFinal result13th, 0 pointsPortugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
1964 • 1965►

Portugal was represented by António Calvário, with the song "Oração", at the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 21 March in Copenhagen. "Oração" was chosen as the Portuguese entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa on 2 February. This was Portugal's debut at the event and consequently the first time that the Portuguese language was heard at the contest.

Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 1964

The logo

The Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1964 was held on 2 February 1964 at 22:25 UTC at the Lumiar studios of the Radio and Television of Portugal in Lisbon, hosted by Maria Helena Fialho Gouveia and Henrique Mendes. Twelve songs took part in the final and each artist sung two songs. Armando Tavares Belo 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]

Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa - 2 February 1964
Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 António Calvário "Oração" 79 1
2 Artur Garcia "Foi sonho" 0 10
3 Madalena Iglésias "Na tua carta" 0 10
4 Simone de Oliveira "Olhos nos olhos" 53 3
5 Gina Maria "Tirano Gentil" 6 7
6 Artur Garcia "Finalmente" 2 8
7 Guilherme Kjölner "Manhã" 31 4
8 Simone de Oliveira "Amar é ressurgir" 2 8
9 Gina Maria "Minha luz brilhou" 0 10
10 António Calvário "Para cantar Portugal" 11 6
11 Guilherme Kjölner "Lindo par" 56 2
12 Madalena Iglésias "Balada das palavras perdidas" 30 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 "Oração" 1 1 2 5 5 2 7 9 8 1 1 2 5 3 6 9 10 2 79
2 "Foi sonho" 0
3 "Na tua carta" 0
4 "Olhos nos olhos" 5 1 1 3 1 3 14 6 3 1 2 4 1 8 53
5 "Tirano Gentil" 1 2 1 1 1 6
6 "Finalmente" 1 1 2
7 "Manhã" 1 4 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 2 1 5 3 1 31
8 "Amar é ressurgir" 1 1 2
9 "Minha luz brilhou" 0
10 "Para cantar Portugal" 1 5 3 1 1 11
11 "Lindo par" 8 3 3 1 3 12 6 3 1 4 3 1 4 3 1 56
12 "Balada das palavras perdidas" 1 8 2 1 4 6 2 3 3 30

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Calvário performed 11th in the running order, following the Monaco and preceding Italy. Only an audio recording of Calvário's performance survives, as the video master of the 1964 contest is believed to have been lost in a fire at the Danish TV archive during the 1970s, and no other broadcaster had kept a copy. Voting was by each national jury awarding 5-3-1 to their top 3 songs, and at the close "Oração" was one of four songs (along with the entries from Germany, Switzerland and Yugoslavia) which had failed to pick up a single point. This was the third consecutive contest in which four countries had failed to score, and a first time a country debuts with nul-points. The Portuguese jury awarded its 5 points to Italy.[3] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Kai Mortensen.[4]

Voting

Portugal did not receive any points at the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest.[5]

Points awarded by Portugal[5]
Score Country
5 points  Italy
3 points  France
1 point  Belgium

References

  1. ^ Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.
  2. ^ ESC National Finals database 1964
  3. ^ ESC History - Portugal 1964
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 1964". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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  • "Ai coração"
  • "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"
  • Note: Entries scored out signify where Portugal did not compete
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