Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

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Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Participating broadcasterRadiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP)
Country Portugal
National selection
Selection processGrande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1965
Selection date(s)6 February 1965
Selected artist(s)Simone de Oliveira
Selected song"Sol de inverno"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa
  • Jerónimo Bragança
Finals performance
Final result13th, 1 point
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1964 • 1965 • 1966►

Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song "Sol de inverno", composed by Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa, with lyrics by Jerónimo Bragança, and performed by Simone de Oliveira. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), selected its entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1965.

Before Eurovision

Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1965

Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) held the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1965 on 6 February 1965 at 21:55 UTC in its Lumiar studios in Lisbon, hosted by Henrique Mendes. Eight songs took part in the final. Fernando de Carvalho 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 - 6 February 1965
Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 António Calvário "Por causa do mar" 13 6
2 Simone de Oliveira "Silhuetas ao luar" 28 4
3 Artur Garcia "Nasci, sonhei, cresci e amei" 18 5
4 António Calvário "Você não vê" 2 8
5 Madalena Iglésias "Silêncio entre nós" 46 3
6 Artur Garcia "Amor" 66 2
7 Simone de Oliveira "Sol de inverno" 91 1
8 António Calvário "Bom Dia" 6 7
Detailed Distrital Jury Votes
Draw Song
Aveiro
 Total
1 "Por causa do mar" 1 1 2 6 1 1 1 13
2 "Silhuetas ao luar" 1 4 1 3 4 1 2 2 1 3 6 28
3 "Nasci, sonhei, cresci e amei" 4 3 3 2 2 1 3 18
4 "Você não vê" 1 1 2
5 "Silêncio entre nós" 1 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 11 6 9 1 46
6 "Amor" 9 11 4 5 5 8 7 3 2 2 2 1 2 4 1 66
7 "Sol de inverno" 2 3 2 6 12 1 6 9 6 12 1 14 10 1 6 91
8 "Bom Dia" 1 1 2 1 1 6

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Oliveira performed 12th in the running order, following France and preceding Italy. Each national jury awarded 5-3-1 to their top three songs, and at the close "Sol de inverno" had picked up only 1 point (from Monaco), placing Portugal joint 13th (with Norway) of the 18 entries. The Portuguese jury awarded its 5 points to Austria.[3] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Fernando de Carvalho.[4]

Voting

References

  1. ^ Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.
  2. ^ ESC National Finals database 1965
  3. ^ ESC History - Portugal 1965
  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 Naples 1965". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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