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| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1964 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) | |||
| Country |  Portugal | |||
| Selection process | Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1964 | |||
| Selection date | 2 February 1964 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Oração" | |||
| Artist | António Calvário | |||
| Songwriters |
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 13th, 0 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Portugal was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "Oração", composed by João Nobre, with lyrics by Francisco Nicholson and Rogério Bracinha, and performed byAntónio Calvário. The Portuguese participating broadcaster,Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), selected its entry for the contest at theGrande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1964. This was the first-ever entry from Portugal in theEurovision Song Contest, and the first-ever entry performed in Portuguese in the contest.
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Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) held theGrande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1964 on 2 February 1964 at 22:25 UTC in itsLumiar studios inLisbon, hosted by Maria Helena Fialho Gouveia andHenrique Mendes. Twelve songs took part in the final and each artist sung two songs. Armando Tavares Belo conducted all the songs. The winning song was chosen by adistrital 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.
| 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 |
The contest was broadcast onRTP.[1]
On the night of the final Calvário performed 11th in the running order, following theMonaco and precedingItaly. Only an audio recording of Calvário's performance is known to exist. 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 fromGermany,Switzerland, andYugoslavia) 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.
The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Kai Mortensen.[2]
RTP assembled a jury panel with ten members, with each member giving votes to their favorite song. The following members comprised the Portuguese jury.[3]
Portugal did not receive any points at the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest.[4]
| Score | Country |
|---|---|
| 5 points |  Italy |
| 3 points |  France |
| 1 point |  Belgium |