Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 with the song "Tourada", composed by Fernando Tordo, with lyrics by Ary dos Santos, and performed by Tordo himself. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), selected its entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 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 Portuguesa 1973 | |||
| 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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Before Eurovision
editGrande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1973
editRadiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) held the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1973 at the Teatro Maria Matos in Lisbon on 26 February 1973, hosted by Alice Cruz and Artur Agostinho. Ten songs took part in the final.[1] This event was also marked by the return of Simone de Oliveira to 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 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[3][4]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Conductor | Jury | Votes | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 the regime of 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 to Eurovision, 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
editOn the night of the final Tordo performed 3rd in the running order, following Belgium and preceding Germany. 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.
- ^ a b "INFORMAÇÃO". 1973 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ^ "A votação". 1973 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ^ ESC National Finals database 1973
- ^ "Final of Luxembourg 1973". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ 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. ISBN 978-1-84583-093-9.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1973". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.