Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969

Portugal was represented for the second time by Simone de Oliveira, with the song "Desfolhada portuguesa", at the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 29 March in Madrid. "Desfolhada portuguesa" was chosen as the Portuguese entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa on 24 February. Actually, Simone de Oliveira was not the authors' first choice to defend the "Desfolhada portuguesa" at this festival, having even been invited to a week of the event.

Eurovision Song Contest 1969
Country Portugal
National selection
Selection processFestival da Canção 1969
Selection date(s)24 February 1969
Selected entrantSimone de Oliveira
Selected song"Desfolhada portuguesa"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result15th, 4 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1968 • 1969 • 1971►

Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 1969

For the first time, the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa was held with audience, at the Teatro São Luiz in Lisbon, hosted by Lurdes Norberto. Ten songs took part in the final. Ferrer Trindade conducted all but two songs.[1] 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.[2]

Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa - 24 February 1969
Draw Artist Song Conductor Votes Place
1 Simone de Oliveira "Desfolhada portuguesa" Ferrer Trindade 92 1
2 Daniel "Os fios da esperança" 9 8
3 Teresa Paula Brito "Buscando um horizonte" 6 10
4 Lilly Tchiumba "Flor Bailarina" 7 9
5 Valério Silva "Sol da manhã" Manuel Viegas 33 3
6 Madalena Iglésias "Canção para um poeta" Ferrer Trindade 11 6
7 Artur Garcia "Sombra de ninguém" 11 6
8 Duo Ouro Negro "Tenho Amor Para Amar" 49 2
9 Fernando Tordo "Cantiga" 23 5
10 Maria da Fé "Vento do norte" José Pereira Mesquita 27 4
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 "Desfolhada portuguesa" 8 4 3 1 5 4 14 4 6 1 6 2 6 3 9 9 4 5 92
2 "Os fios da esperança" 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 9
3 "Buscando um horizonte" 2 2 2 6
4 "Flor Bailarina" 3 3 1 7
5 "Sol da manhã" 2732 1 1 1 8 3 2 3 33
6 "Canção para um poeta" 12 1 3 1 1 2 11
7 "Sombra de ninguém" 16 1 1 2 11
8 "Tenho Amor Para Amar" 431 3 6 2 2 4 7 5 2 1049
9 "Cantiga" 5 4 1 1 2 5 3 1 1 23
10 "Vento do norte" 3 1 3 2 3 1 3 3 1 4 2 1 27

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Oliveira performed 15th in the running order, following France and preceding Finland. At the close of the voting the song had received 4 points, coming 15th in the field of 16 competing countries.[3] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Ferrer Trindade.[4]

The Portuguese people followed the minute the presence of Simone de Oliveira in Eurovision, through the reports emitted by the radio and newspapers of that time. It was a great disappointment when it became known that Oliveira and the choristers were unwell on the eve of the event due to having eaten spoiled apple pie, which forced them to undergo medical intervention.[5] Fortunately, this episode did not prevent Simone, the two members of the choir (Maria Alexandre de Brito and Natália Rodrigues de Matos) and the guitarist (António Luís Gomes) from taking the stage of the Teatro Real.[5]

Despite the poor placing, when Simone returned by train from Madrid to Santa Apolónia Station, in Lisbon, she was received with the biggest demonstration ever given to a singer by the Portuguese people, even at a time when demonstrations were prohibited.[6][7] The regime was unable to stop the strength of the people who made a point of paying homage to their representative at the Eurovision and sang "Desfolhada portuguesa" in unison.[6][7] Simone de Oliveira was the target of the biggest demonstration ever made to a Portuguese singer.[5]

Voting

References
  1. Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.
  2. ESC National Finals database 1969
  3. ESC History - Portugal 1969
  4. 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.
  5. NA EUROVISÃO
  6. "Chegada de Simone de Oliveira a Santa Apolónia" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  7. "Simone, sempre Simone, sem artifícios nem sombras". www.dn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  8. "Results of the Final of Madrid 1969". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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