Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974

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Portugal was represented by Paulo de Carvalho, with the song "E depois do adeus", at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 6 April in Brighton. "E depois do adeus" was chosen as the Portuguese entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa on 7 March.

Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 1974

The Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1974 was held at the Teatro Maria Matos in Lisbon, hosted by Glória de Matos and Artur Agostinho. Ten songs took part in the final.[1] The results were determined by a distrital jury, 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.[2] For the first time, Funchal was called to vote[3]

Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa - 7 March 1974
Draw Artist Song Conductor Jury Votes Place
Distrital Selection
1 Green Windows "Imagens" Jorge Machado 39 1 40 3
2 Duo Ouro Negro "Bailia dos trovadores" 28 0 28 4
3 Verónica "Canção por todos vós" 0 0 0 8
4 José Cid "A rosa que te dei" 10 0 10 5
5 Paulo de Carvalho "E depois do adeus" José Calvário 159 86 245 1
6 Artur Garcia "Dona e senhora da boina" Rafael Ibarbia 0 0 0 8
7 Green Windows "No dia em que o rei fez anos" Jorge Machado 141 3 144 2
8 Fernanda Farri "Cantiga ao vento" Joaquim Luís Gomes 0 0 0 8
9 Helena Isabel "Canção solidão" Thilo Krassmann 2 0 2 6
10 Xico Jorge "Temos de cantar" 1 0 1 7
Detailed Distrital Jury Votes
Draw Song Aveiro Beja Braga Bragança Castelo
Branco
Coimbra Évora Faro Funchal Guarda Leiria Lisbon Portalegre Porto Santarém Setúbal Viana
do Castelo
Vila
Real
Viseu Total
1 "Imagens" 2 5 4 3 7 9 2 5 2 9 39
2 "Bailia dos trovadores" 4 4 2 2 7 4 3 2 4 28
3 "Canção por todos vós" 0
4 "A rosa que te dei" 2 1 4 3 10
5 "E depois do adeus" 8 19 1 4 10 3 9 10 14 6 7 10 7 16 11 8 9 7 159
6 "Dona e senhora da boina" 0
7 "No dia em que o rei fez anos" 6 1 12 8 10 15 5 2 2 7 10 10 4 6 6 15 9 141
8 "Cantiga ao vento" 0
9 "Canção solidão" 1 1 2
10 "Temos de cantar" 1
Detailed Selection Jury Votes
Draw Song A. Andrade H. Mendes L. Andrade M. Pereira J. M. Santana P. Rodrigues I. Cruz F. Teixeira B. Domingues Total
1 "Imagens" 1 1
2 "Bailia dos trovadores" 0
3 "Canção por todos vós" 0
4 "A rosa que te dei" 0
5 "E depois do adeus" 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 86
6 "Dona e senhora da boina" 0
7 "No dia em que o rei fez anos" 3 3
8 "Cantiga ao vento" 0
9 "Canção solidão" 0
10 "Temos de cantar" 0

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Carvalho performed 16th in the running order, following Switzerland and preceding Italy. The voting system tried between 1971 and 1973 was abandoned, and for 1974 returned to the previous system of ten jury members in each country awarding one vote each.

At the close of the voting the song had received 3 points, placing joint last (along with Germany, Norway and Switzerland).[4][5] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by José Calvário.[6]

Voting

Points awarded to Portugal[7]
Score Country
2 points   Switzerland
1 point  Spain
Points awarded by Portugal[7]
Score Country
2 points
1 point

Aftermath

Despite the modest showing in Brighton at the Contest itself, the song achieved considerable fame as one of the two signals to launch the Carnation Revolution in Portugal against the Estado Novo regime of Marcelo Caetano - the other being the folk song "Grândola Vila Morena" by Zeca Afonso, which was the signal for the coup leaders to announce that they had taken control of strategic parts of the country. It was broadcast at 22.55 on 24 April 1974 by 'Emissores Associados de Lisboa'.[8][9]

Histories of the Contest tend to take a facetious view of this fact. In his Official History of The Eurovision Song Contest author John Kennedy O'Connor, for example, describes it as "the only Eurovision entry to have actually started a revolution", while Des Mangan suggests that other Portuguese entries (he mentions 1998's "Se eu te pudesse abraçar") would not be likely to inspire coups.[10]

References

  1. ^ Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.
  2. ^ ESC National Finals database 1974
  3. ^ "A votação". 1974 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  4. ^ "Final of Brighton 1974". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  5. ^ ESC History - Portugal 1974
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Brighton 1974". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  8. ^ ""E Depois do Adeus" – Paulo de Carvalho". Altamont. April 25, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  9. ^ Mangan, Des (2004). This Is Sweden Calling.
  10. ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy (2005). The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History.
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