Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Participating broadcaster	Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP)
Country	Portugal
National selection
Selection process	Grande 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 result	13th, 1 point
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest

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	Beja	Braga	Bragança	Castelo Branco	Coimbra	Évora	Faro	Guarda	Leiria	Lisbon	Portalegre	Porto	Santarém	Setúbal	Viana do Castelo	Vila Real	Viseu	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

Points awarded to Portugal^[5]
Score	Country
5 points
3 points
1 point	Monaco

Points awarded by Portugal^[5]
Score	Country
5 points	Austria
3 points	Ireland
1 point	Yugoslavia

References

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

[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.

[1965detailed-5] "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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Festival da Canção
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Artists	2B Alma Lusa Os Amigos Anabela Leonor Andrade Filipa Azevedo Rui Bandeira The Black Mamba Manuela Bravo António Calvário Carlos do Carmo Paulo de Carvalho José Cid Tó Cruz Da Vinci Dina Doce Dora ~~Elisa~~ Vânia Fernandes Adelaide Ferreira Flor-de-Lis Armando Gama Gemini Rita Guerra Maria Guinot Homens da Luta Madalena Iglésias Iolanda Célia Lawson Maro Carlos Mendes Duarte Mendes Mimicat Lúcia Moniz MTM Eduardo Nascimento Nevada Nonstop Nucha Simone de Oliveira Conan Osíris Carlos Paião Cláudia Pascoal Dulce Pontes Sabrina Salvador Sobral Filipa Sousa Suzy Sara Tavares Tonicha Fernando Tordo Sofia Vitória
Songs	"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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Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Conchita Bautista Birgit Brüel France Gall Udo Jürgens Kathy Kirby Viktor Klimenko Guy Mardel Lize Marke Butch Moore Marjorie Noël Simone de Oliveira Bobby Solo Kirsti Sparboe Conny Vandenbos Vice Vukov Ulla Wiesner Ingvar Wixell Yovanna
Songs	"Absent Friend" "Als het weer lente is" "Aurinko laskee länteen" "Čežnja" "For din skyld" "I Belong" "Karusell" "N'avoue jamais" "Non, à jamais sans toi" "Paradies, wo bist du?" "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!" "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen" "Se piangi, se ridi" "Sol de inverno" "'t Is genoeg" "Va dire à l'amour" "Walking the Streets in the Rain"