Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1976
Portugal was represented by Carlos do Carmo, with the song "Uma flor de verde pinho", at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 April in The Hague. "Uma flor de verde pinho" was chosen as the Portuguese entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa on 7 March.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1976 | ||||
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| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Festival da Canção 1976 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 7 March 1976 | |||
| Selected entrant | Carlos do Carmo | |||
| Selected song | "Uma flor de verde pinho" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 12th, 24 points | |||
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Festival da Canção 1976
The Festival da Canção 1976 was held at the Lumiar studios of the Radio and Television of Portugal in Lisbon, hosted by António Vitorino de Almeida, Ana Zanatti and Eládio Clímaco. Eight songs took part in the final. Thilo Krasmann conducted all the songs.[1][2]
For the first time, only one singer was chosen to perform all the songs: Carlos do Carmo, a highly respected fado singer, was invited to perform the eight songs, chosen by public contest.[3]
The voting system was once again changed: for the first time, the public was invited to participate on the choice, casting votes on postcards via post until 3 March. On 22 February, the eight compositions were presented to the general public, on RTP1 and on the 23 on RTP2, 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.[3]
| 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, following Austria and preceding Monaco. At the close of the voting the song had received 24 points, coming 12th in the field of 18 competing countries.[4][5] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Thilo Krasmann.[6]
Voting
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- "INFORMAÇÃO". 1976 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- "Final of The Hague 1976". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- 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.
- "Results of the Final of The Hague 1976". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.