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Eurovision Song Contest 1971
Participating broadcasterRadiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP)
Country Portugal
National selection
Selection processGrande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1971
Selection date(s)11 February 1971
Selected artist(s)Tonicha
Selected song"Menina do alto da serra"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result9th, 83 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1969 • 1971 • 1972►

Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 with the song "Menina do alto da serra", composed by Nuno Nazareth Fernandes, with lyrics by Ary dos Santos, and performed by Tonicha. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), selected its entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1971.

Before Eurovision

Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1971

Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) held the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1971 at the Cinema Tivoli [pt] in Lisbon on 11 February 1971, hosted by Ana Maria Lucas and Henrique Mendes. Nine songs took part in the final. Jorge Costa Pinto conducted all the songs. The results were determined 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.

Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa - 11 February 1971
Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Daphne "Verde pino" 5 7
2 Tonicha "Menina do alto da serra" 103 1
3 Intróito "Palavras abertas" 13 5
4 Efe 5 "Rosa, roseira" 6 6
5 Hugo Maia de Loureiro "Crónica de um dia" 26 4
6 Paulo de Carvalho "Flor sem tempo" 69 2
7 Lenita Gentil "Anda ver o sol" 2 9
8 Fernando Tordo "Cavalo à solta" 42 3
9 Duarte Mendes "Adolescente" 4 8
Detailed Distrital Jury Votes
Draw Song Aveiro Beja Braga Bragança Castelo Branco Coimbra Évora Faro Guarda Leiria Lisbon Portalegre Porto Santarém Setúbal Viana do Castelo Vila Real Viseu Total
1 "Verde pino" 3 1 1 5
2 "Menina do alto da serra" 11 7 1 9 2 1 6 1 12 4 10 5 8 8 3 2 3 10 103
3 "Palavras abertas" 1 1 5 1 1 1 3 13
4 "Rosa, roseira" 5 1 6
5 "Crónica de um dia" 3 12 1 4 1 2 3 26
6 "Flor sem tempo" 1 3 9 5 5 2 6 2 4 2 2 2 3 5 11 6 1 69
7 "Anda ver o sol" 2 2
8 "Cavalo à solta" 3 4 5 3 1 2 6 3 4 6 2 3 42
9 "Adolescente" 1 2 1 4

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Tonicha performed 15th in the running order, following Netherlands and preceding Yugoslavia.

At the close of the voting the song had received 83 points, coming 9th in the field of 18 competing countries, at the time Portugal's highest Eurovision finish. The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Jorge Costa Pinto.

Each country nominated two jury members, one below the age of 25 and the other above, who voted for their respective country by giving between one and five points to each song, except that representing their own country. All jury members were colocated at the venue in Dublin, and were brought on stage during the voting sequence to present their points. The Portuguese jury members were Pedro Albergaria and Luís Filipe Costa.

Voting

Points awarded to Portugal
Score Country
10 points  Spain
9 points
8 points  France
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
Points awarded by Portugal
Score Country
10 points
9 points  Netherlands
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points  Malta

References

  1. Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.
  2. ESC National Finals database 1971
  3. "Final of Dublin 1971". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ESC History - Portugal 1971
  5. 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.
  6. Roxburgh, Gordon (2014). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Two: The 1970s. Prestatyn, United Kingdom: Telos Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-84583-093-9.
  7. "A África também vai ver o Grande Prémio da Eurovisão". Diário de Lisboa (in European Portuguese). Mário Soares Foundation. 3 April 1971.
  8. ^ "Results of the Final of Dublin 1971". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
National selection: Festival da Canção
Participation
Artists
Songs
  • "Ai coração"
  • "Amar"
  • "Amar pelos dois"
  • "Amor d'água fresca"
  • "Antes do adeus"
  • "Baunilha e chocolate"
  • "Bem bom"
  • "Chamar a música"
  • "A cidade (até ser dia)"
  • "Coisas de nada"
  • "Como tudo começou"
  • "Conquistador"
  • "Dai li dou"
  • "Dança comigo"
  • "Deixa-me sonhar"
  • "Desfolhada portuguesa"
  • "E depois do adeus"
  • "Ele e ela"
  • "Esta balada que te dou"
  • "A festa da vida"
  • "Uma flor de verde pinho"
  • "Foi magia"
  • "Um grande, grande amor"
  • "Grito"
  • "Há dias assim"
  • "Há sempre alguém"
  • "Há um mar que nos separa"
  • "O jardim"
  • "Love Is on My Side"
  • "Lusitana paixão"
  • "A luta é alegria"
  • "Madrugada"
  • "Medo de sentir"
  • "Menina do alto da serra"
  • "O meu coração não tem cor"
  • "Não sejas mau para mim"
  • "Neste barco à vela"
  • "Oração"
  • "Penso em ti, eu sei"
  • "Playback"
  • "Portugal no coração"
  • "Quero ser tua"
  • "Saudade, saudade"
  • "Se eu te pudesse abraçar"
  • "Senhora do mar (negras águas)"
  • "Silêncio e tanta gente"
  • "Só sei ser feliz assim"
  • "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe"
  • "Sol de inverno"
  • "Telemóveis"
  • "Todas as ruas do amor"
  • "Tourada"
  • "O vento mudou"
  • "Verão"
  • "Vida minha"
  • "Voltarei"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Portugal did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.
Eurovision Song Contest 1971
Countries
Artists
Songs
  • "L'amore è un attimo"
  • "Un banc, un arbre, une rue"
  • "Diese Welt"
  • "En un mundo nuevo"
  • "Goeiemorgen, morgen"
  • "Les Illusions de nos vingt ans"
  • "Jack in the Box"
  • "Un jardin sur la terre"
  • "Lykken er"
  • "Marija l-Maltija"
  • "Menina do alto da serra"
  • "Musik"
  • "One Day Love"
  • "Pomme, pomme, pomme"
  • "Tie uuteen päivään"
  • "Tijd"
  • "Tvoj dječak je tužan"
  • "Vita vidder"
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