Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 with the song "", composed by José Calvário, with lyrics by José Niza, and performed by Paulo de Carvalho. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, (RTP), selected its entry at the 1974.
Before Eurovision
1974 (RTP) held the 1974 at the Teatro Maria Matos in Lisbon on 7 March 1974, hosted by Glória de Matos and Artur Agostinho. Ten songs took part in the final. 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. For the first time, Funchal was called to vote.
- 7 March 1974ArtistSongConductorJuryVotesPlace Distrital Selection 1 Green Windows "Imagens"Jorge Machado 39 1 40 3 2 Duo Ouro Negro "Bailia dos trovadores" 28 0 28 4 3 Verónica "Canção por todos vós" 0 0 0 8 4 José Cid "A rosa que te dei" 10 0 10 5 5 Paulo de Carvalho "E depois do adeus" José Calvário 159 86 245 1 6 Artur Garcia "Dona e senhora da boina" Rafael Ibarbia 0 0 0 8 7 Green Windows "No dia em que o rei fez anos" Jorge Machado 141 3 144 2 8 Fernanda Farri "Cantiga ao vento" Joaquim Luís Gomes 0 0 0 8 9 Helena Isabel "Canção solidão"Thilo Krassmann 2 0 2 6 10 Xico Jorge "Temos de cantar" 1 0 1 7
+ Detailed Distrital Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Imagens"254379252939 2"Bailia dos trovadores" 4 4227432 4 28 3"Canção por todos vós" 0 4"A rosa que te dei" 2 143 10 5"E depois do adeus" 8 19 1 41039101467107161189 7 159 6"Dona e senhora da boina" 0 7"No dia em que o rei fez anos" 6 1 12 8101552271010466159 141 8"Cantiga ao vento" 0 9"Canção solidão"112 10"Temos de cantar"11
+ Detailed Selection Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Imagens"11 2"Bailia dos trovadores" 0 3"Canção por todos vós" 0 4"A rosa que te dei" 0 5"E depois do adeus" 6 10 10 1010101010 10 86 6"Dona e senhora da boina" 0 7"No dia em que o rei fez anos" 3 3 8"Cantiga ao vento" 0 9"Canção solidão"0 10"Temos de cantar"0
At Eurovision On the night of the final Carvalho performed 16th in the running order, following and preceding . The voting system tried between 1971 and 1973 was abandoned, and for 1974 returned to the previous system of ten jury members in each country awarding one vote each.
At the close of the voting the song had received 3 points, placing joint last (along with , , and Switzerland). The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by José Calvário.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Portugal Score Country 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Portugal Score Country 2 points 1 point
Aftermath Despite the modest showing in Brighton at the Contest itself, the song achieved considerable fame as one of the two signals to launch the Carnation Revolution in Portugal against the Estado Novo regime of Marcelo Caetano - the other being the folk song "Grândola Vila Morena" by Zeca Afonso, which was the signal for the coup leaders to announce that they had taken control of strategic parts of the country. It was broadcast at 22.55 on 24 April 1974 by 'Emissores Associados de Lisboa'.Mangan, Des (2004). This Is Sweden Calling.
Histories of the Contest tend to take a facetious view of this fact. In his Official History of The Eurovision Song Contest author John Kennedy O'Connor, for example, describes it as "the only Eurovision entry to have actually started a revolution", while Des Mangan suggests that other Portuguese entries (he mentions 1998's "Se eu te pudesse abraçar") would not be likely to inspire coups.O'Connor, John Kennedy (2005). The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History.
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