Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Country Portugal
National selection
Selection processFestival da Canção 1973
Selection date(s)26 February 1973
Selected entrantFernando Tordo
Selected song"Tourada"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result10th, 80 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1972 • 1973 • 1974►

Portugal was represented by Fernando Tordo, with the song "Tourada", at the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 7 April in Luxembourg City. "Tourada" was chosen as the Portuguese entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa on 26 February.

Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 1973

The Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1973 was held at the Teatro Maria Matos in Lisbon, hosted by Alice Cruz and Artur Agostinho. Ten songs took part in the final.[1] This event was also marked by the return of Simone de Oliveira to the songs, after being unable to sing for about 3 years. This singer was awarded the Interpretation Award for her performance in "Apenas o meu povo".[2] 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[3][4]

Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa - 26 February 1973
Draw Artist Song Conductor Jury Votes Place
Distrital Selection
1 Tonicha "A rapariga e o poeta" José Calvário 4 1 5 9
2 Mini-pop "Menina de luto" Thilo Krassmann 12 2 14 7
3 Fernando Tordo "Tourada" Jorge Costa Pinto 110 5 115 1
4 Luís Duarte "Minha senhora das dores" Pepe Nieto 1 2 3 10
5 Paco Bandeira "É por isso que eu vivo" Igor Raymond 103 9 111 2
6 Paulo de Carvalho "Semente" Thilo Krassmann 16 46 62 4
7 Improviso "Cantiga" Thilo Krassmann 16 3 19 6
8 Duarte Mendes "Gente" José Calvário 85 6 91 3
9 Fernando Tordo "Carta de longe" Jorge Costa Pinto 8 15 23 5
10 Simone de Oliveira "Apenas o meu povo" Igor Raymond 6 1 7 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 "A rapariga e o poeta" 1 1 1 1 4
2 "Menina de luto" 3 1 1 3 1 312
3 "Tourada" 76995 3 15 10 16 6 12 5 4 3110
4 "Minha senhora das dores" 1 1
5 "É por isso que eu vivo" 54754 4 15 17 18 2 2 6 9 4103
6 "Semente" 111 2 2 3 2 1 316
7 "Cantiga" 3311 1 2 516
8 "Gente" 32369 11 3 1 3 10 3 5 17 5 1 3 286
9 "Carta de longe" 1 5 6
10 "Apenas o meu povo" 1 2 1 2 6
Detailed Selection Jury Votes
Draw Song B. Domingues I. Cruz P. Rodrigues M. Pereira F. Teixeira L. Andrade F. D'Orey A. Andrade H. Mendes Total
1 "A rapariga e o poeta" 1 1
2 "Menina de luto" 2 2
3 "Tourada" 5 5
4 "Minha senhora das dores" 2 2
5 "É por isso que eu vivo" 4 3 2 9
6 "Semente" 241510 10 3 1 1046
7 "Cantiga" 1 2 3
8 "Gente" 4 2 6
9 "Carta de longe" 2 6 2 5 15
10 "Apenas o meu povo" 1 1

Controversy

"Tourada" became very controversial after the night of the Festival because this poem was much more than a song with a bullfighting content, this song cheated the regime of the time, insofar as it was a sharp criticism of the current political and social regime. The possibility was still raised of not allowing "Tourada" to go to Eurovision, but the fears of the negative repercussions that this attitude would have internationally spoke louder and so the political power let Fernando Tordo take Tourada" to Eurovision.[2]

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Tordo performed 3rd in the running order, following Belgium and preceding Germany. At the close of the voting the song had received 80 points, coming 10th in the field of 17 competing countries.[5][6] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Jorge Costa Pinto.[7]

Voting

References

  1. ↑ Ficha técnica, letras das canções e as capas dos discos, sempre que os temas concorrentes foram editados.
  2. 1 2 "INFORMAÇÃO". 1973 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  3. ↑ "A votação". 1973 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  4. ↑ ESC National Finals database 1973
  5. ↑ "Final of Luxembourg 1973". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. ↑ ESC History - Portugal 1973
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1973". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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