Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "Oração", composed by João Nobre, with lyrics by Francisco Nicholson and Rogério Bracinha, and performed by António Calvário. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), selected its entry for the contest at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1964. This was the first-ever entry from Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest, and the first-ever entry performed in Portuguese in the contest.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1964 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) | |||
| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1964 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 2 February 1964 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | António Calvário | |||
| Selected song | "Oração" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 13th, 0 points | |||
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
editGrande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1964
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Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) held the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1964 on 2 February 1964 at 22:25 UTC in its Lumiar studios 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]
| 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 |
| Draw | Song | 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
editThe contest was broadcast on RTP.[3]
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.[4] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Kai Mortensen.[5]
Voting
editPortugal did not receive any points at the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest.[6]
| Score | Country |
|---|---|
| 5 points |  Italy
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| 3 points |  France
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| 1 point |  Belgium
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References
edit- ^ Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.
- ^ ESC National Finals database 1964
- ^ "Boletim do dia" [Bulletin of the day]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. 21 March 1964. p. 15. Retrieved 27 December 2022 – via Casa Comum.
- ^ ESC History - Portugal 1964
- ^ 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 Copenhagen 1964". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.