Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973
| Eurovision Song Contest 1973 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Radiotelevisão Portuguesa(RTP) | |||
| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa1973 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 26 February 1973 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Fernando Tordo | |||
| Selected song | "Tourada" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 10th, 80 points | |||
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Portugal was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1973with the song "Tourada",composed byFernando Tordo,with lyrics byAry dos Santos,and performed by Tordo himself. The Portuguese participating broadcasterRadiotelevisão Portuguesa(RTP) selected its entry at theGrande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa1973.
Before Eurovision
[edit]Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa1973
[edit]Radiotelevisão Portuguesa(RTP) held theGrande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa1973 at theTeatro Maria MatosinLisbonon 26 February 1973, hosted by Alice Cruz andArtur Agostinho.Ten songs took part in the final.[1]This event was also marked by the return ofSimone de Oliveirato the songs, after being unable to sing for about 3 years. This singer was awarded the Interpretation Award for her performance in "Apenas o meu povo".[2]The results were determined by adistritaljury, that had 20 votes each, and a selection jury, composed of nine elements, to vote, each one with 10 votes to distribute among the songs in the contest[3][4]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Conductor | Jury | Votes | Place | |
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| Distrital | Selection | ||||||
| 1 | Tonicha | "A rapariga e o poeta" | José Calvário | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Mini-pop | "Menina de luto" | Thilo Krassmann | 12 | 2 | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Fernando Tordo | "Tourada" | Jorge Costa Pinto | 110 | 5 | 115 | 1 |
| 4 | Luís Duarte | "Minha senhora das dores" | Pepe Nieto | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Paco Bandeira | "É por isso que eu vivo" | Igor Raymond | 103 | 9 | 111 | 2 |
| 6 | Paulo de Carvalho | "Semente" | Thilo Krassmann | 16 | 46 | 62 | 4 |
| 7 | Improviso | "Cantiga" | Thilo Krassmann | 16 | 3 | 19 | 6 |
| 8 | Duarte Mendes | "Gente" | José Calvário | 85 | 6 | 91 | 3 |
| 9 | Fernando Tordo | "Carta de longe" | Jorge Costa Pinto | 8 | 15 | 23 | 5 |
| 10 | Simone de Oliveira | "Apenas o meu povo" | Igor Raymond | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Draw | Song | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | "A rapariga e o poeta" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | "Menina de luto" | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | "Tourada" | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 110 | ||||
| 4 | "Minha senhora das dores" | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | "É por isso que eu vivo" | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 103 | ||||
| 6 | "Semente" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | |||||||||
| 7 | "Cantiga" | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 16 | |||||||||||
| 8 | "Gente" | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 86 | |
| 9 | "Carta de longe" | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | "Apenas o meu povo" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Draw | Song | B. Domingues
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I. Cruz
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P. Rodrigues
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M. Pereira
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F. Teixeira
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L. Andrade
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F. D'Orey
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A. Andrade
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H. Mendes
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "A rapariga e o poeta" | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | "Menina de luto" | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | "Tourada" | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 4 | "Minha senhora das dores" | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 5 | "É por isso que eu vivo" | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| 6 | "Semente" | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 46 |
| 7 | "Cantiga" | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 8 | "Gente" | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 9 | "Carta de longe" | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | |||||
| 10 | "Apenas o meu povo" | 1 | 1 |
Controversy
[edit]"Tourada" became very controversial after the night of the Festival because this poem was much more than a song with a bullfighting content, this song cheated theregimeof the time, insofar as it was a sharp criticism of the current political and social regime. The possibility was still raised of not allowing "Tourada" to go toEurovision,but the fears of the negative repercussions that this attitude would have internationally spoke louder and so the political power let Fernando Tordo take Tourada "to Eurovision.[2]
At Eurovision
[edit]On the night of the final Tordo performed 3rd in the running order, followingBelgiumand precedingGermany.At the close of the voting the song had received 80 points, coming 10th in the field of 17 competing countries.[5][6]The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Jorge Costa Pinto.[7]
Voting
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References
[edit]- ^Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.
- ^ab"INFORMAÇÃO".1973(in Portuguese).Retrieved2021-03-30.
- ^"A votação".1973(in Portuguese).Retrieved2021-03-30.
- ^ESC National Finals database 1973
- ^"Final of Luxembourg 1973".Eurovision Song Contest.Archivedfrom the original on 9 April 2021.Retrieved9 April2021.
- ^ESC History - Portugal 1973
- ^Roxburgh, Gordon (2014).Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest.Vol. Two: The 1970s. Prestatyn:Telos Publishing.pp. 142–168.ISBN978-1-84583-093-9.
- ^ab"Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1973".European Broadcasting Union.Archivedfrom the original on 9 April 2021.Retrieved9 April2021.