Portugal was represented at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1966 The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the with the song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" by France Gall. Organised ...

with the song "", written by Carlos Canelhas, and performed by

Madalena Iglésias Madalena Iglésias (24 October 1939 – 16 January 2018) was a Portuguese actress and singer. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, with the song "Ele e ela". Biography Mada ...

. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, (RTP), selected its entry at the 1966.

Before Eurovision

1966

(RTP) held the 1966 on 15 January 1966 at 22:00 UTC at Tóbis studios in

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, hosted by Maria Fernanda and Henrique Mendes. Eight songs took part in the final. Jorge Costa Pinto conducted all the songs. The winning song was chosen 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.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Iglésias performed 8th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of the voting the song had received 6 points, coming 13th in the field of 18 competing countries. The Portuguese jury awarded its 5 points to . The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Jorge Costa Pinto.

Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966

Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an origina ...