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| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1976 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) | |||
| Country |  Portugal | |||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song:Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1976 | |||
| Announcement date | 7 March 1976 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Uma flor de verde pinho" | |||
| Artist | Carlos do Carmo | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 12th, 24 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Portugal was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song "Uma flor de verde pinho", composed by José Niza, with lyrics byManuel Alegre, and performed byCarlos do Carmo. The Portuguese participating broadcaster,Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), selected its entry at theGrande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1976, after having previously selected the performer internally.
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Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) held theGrande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1976 at itsLumiar studios inLisbon on 7 March 1976, hosted byAntónio Vitorino de Almeida,Ana Zanatti, andEládio Clímaco. Eight songs took part in the final. Thilo Krasmann conducted all the songs.
For the first time, only one singer was chosen to perform all the songs:Carlos do Carmo, a highly respectedfado singer, was invited to perform the eight songs, chosen by public contest.
The voting system was once again changed: for the first time, the public was invited to participate in the choosing of the song, casting votes via postcards until 3 March. On 22 February, the eight compositions were presented to the general public, onRTP1 and on the 23rd onRTP2, although the respective authors and composers were not yet known. On 7 March, and after the votes of the Portuguese people were scrutinized, the eight songs are again presented from 8th to 1st place, where the authors of each theme and the percentage of votes obtained for each song were revealed.
| Draw | Song | Percentage | Place |
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| 1 | "Onde é que tu moras" | 4.70% | 7 |
| 2 | "Estrela da tarde" | 9.29% | 6 |
| 3 | "Os lobos e ninguém" | 9.84% | 5 |
| 4 | "Novo fado alegre" | 23.97% | 2 |
| 5 | "No teu poema" | 13.24% | 3 |
| 6 | "Maria-criada, Maria-senhora" | 3.58% | 8 |
| 7 | "Cantiga de Maio" | 10.13% | 4 |
| 8 | "Uma flor de verde pinho" | 25.25% | 1 |
On the night of the final, Carmo performed 15th in the running order, followingAustria and precedingMonaco. At the close of the voting the song had received 24 points, coming 12th in the field of 18 competing countries.[1] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Thilo Krasmann.[2]
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