Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971
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{{Infobox song contest national year
| Year = 1971
| Country = Portugal
| Broadcaster = {{lang|pt|Radiotelevisão Portuguesa|i=no}} (RTP)
| Selection process = {{lang|pt|Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa|i=no}} 1971
| Selection date = 11 February 1971
| Song = Menina do alto da serra
| Artist = Tonicha
| Writer = {{unbulleted list|Nuno Nazareth Fernandes|Ary dos Santos}}
| Final result = 9th, 83 points
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Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 with the song "{{lang|pt|Menina do alto da serra|i=no}}" (lit. "Girl from the top of the mountain"), composed by Nuno Nazareth Fernandes, with lyrics by Ary dos Santos, and performed by Tonicha. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, {{lang|pt|Radiotelevisão Portuguesa|i=no}} (RTP), selected its entry at the {{lang|pt|Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa|i=no}} 1971.
Before Eurovision
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={{lang|pt|Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa|i=no}} 1971=
{{lang|pt|Radiotelevisão Portuguesa|i=no}} (RTP) held the {{lang|pt|Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa|i=no}} 1971 at the {{ill|Cinema Tivoli|pt}} in Lisbon on 11 February 1971, hosted by Ana Maria Lucas and Henrique Mendes. Nine songs took part in the final. Jorge Costa Pinto conducted all the songs. 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.
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|+ {{lang|pt|Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa|i=no}} - 11 February 1971 |
| Draw
! Artist ! Song ! Votes ! Place |
|---|
| 1
| Daphne | "Verde pino" | 5 | 7 |
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| 2 | Tonicha | "Menina do alto da serra" | 103 | 1 |
| 3
| Intróito | "Palavras abertas" | 13 | 5 |
| 4
| Efe 5 | "Rosa, roseira" | 6 | 6 |
| 5
| Hugo Maia de Loureiro | "Crónica de um dia" | 26 | 4 |
| 6
|"Flor sem tempo" | 69 | 2 |
| 7
| Lenita Gentil | "Anda ver o sol" | 2 | 9 |
| 8
| "Cavalo à solta" | 42 | 3 |
| 9
| "Adolescente" | 4 | 8 |
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| + Detailed Distrital Jury Votes | |||||
| scope="col" | Draw
! scope="col" | Song ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Aveiro}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Beja}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Braga}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Bragança}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Castelo Branco}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Coimbra}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Évora}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Faro}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Guarda}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Leiria}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Lisbon}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Portalegre}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Porto}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Santarém}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Setúbal}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Viana do Castelo}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Vila Real}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Viseu}} ! scope="col" | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1
| align="left" |"Verde pino" | | | | |3 | | | | | |1 |1 | | | | | | |5 | |||||
| 2
| align="left" |"Menina do alto da serra" | 11 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2
|1 |6 |1 |12 |4 |10 |5 |8 |8 |3 |2 |3 | 10 | 103 |
| 3
| align="left" |"Palavras abertas" | | 1 | |
|1 |5 |1 |1 | | | | |1 | |3 | | 13 | ||
| 4
| align="left" |"Rosa, roseira" | | |
| | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 6 | |||
| 5
| align="left" |"Crónica de um dia" | | 3
|12 | |1 | |4 | |1 |2 | | | | | 3 | 26 | |||
| 6
| align="left" |"Flor sem tempo" | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5
|2 |6 | |2 |4 |2 |2 |2 |3 |5 |11 |6 | 1 | 69 |
| 7
| align="left" |"Anda ver o sol" | | 2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | |||
| 8
| align="left" |"Cavalo à solta" | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| |3 | |1 |2 |6 |3 |4 |6 |2 |3 | | 42 | |
| 9
| align="left" |"Adolescente" | |1 | | | | |2 | | |1 | | | | | | | | |4 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Tonicha performed 15th in the running order, following Netherlands and preceding Yugoslavia. At the close of the voting the song had received 83 points, coming 9th in the field of 18 competing countries, at the time Portugal's highest Eurovision finish.{{cite web |title=Final of Dublin 1971 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1971/final |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=9 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409083814/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1971/final |archive-date=9 April 2021 |url-status=live}}
The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Jorge Costa Pinto.{{cite book |last1=Roxburgh |first1=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2014 |publisher=Telos Publishing |location=Prestatyn |isbn=978-1-84583-093-9 |pages=142–168 |volume=Two: The 1970s}}
Each country nominated two jury members, one below the age of 25 and the other above, who voted for their respective country by giving between one and five points to each song, except that representing their own country. All jury members were colocated at the venue in Dublin, and were brought on stage during the voting sequence to present their points.{{cite book |last1=Roxburgh |first1=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2014 |publisher=Telos Publishing |location=Prestatyn, United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84583-093-9 |page=60 |series=Volume Two: The 1970s}} The Portuguese jury members were Pedro Albergaria and Luís Filipe Costa.{{Cite news|date=3 April 1971|title=A África também vai ver o Grande Prémio da Eurovisão|language=pt-pt|work=Diário de Lisboa|publisher=Mário Soares Foundation|url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06809.159.25443#!8}}
= Voting =
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| + Points awarded to Portugal{{cite web |title=Results of the Final of Dublin 1971 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1971/final/results/portugal |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=9 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409085659/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1971/final/results/portugal |archive-date=9 April 2021 |url-status=live}} |
| scope="col" width="20%" | Score
! scope="col" | Country |
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| scope="row" | 10 points
| {{Esc|Spain|1945|y=1971}} |
| scope="row" | 9 points
| |
| scope="row" | 8 points
| {{Esc|France|y=1971}} |
| scope="row" | 7 points
| |
| scope="row" | 6 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Monaco|y=1971}}|{{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1971}}|{{Esc|Yugoslavia|y=1971}}}} |
| scope="row" | 5 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Finland|y=1971}}|{{Esc|Germany|y=1971}}|{{Esc|Luxembourg|y=1971}}|{{Esc|Netherlands|y=1971}}|{{Esc|Norway|y=1971}}}} |
| scope="row" | 4 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Austria|y=1971}}|{{Esc|Belgium|y=1971}}|{{Esc|Italy|y=1971}}}} |
| scope="row" | 3 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Ireland|y=1971}}|{{Esc|Malta|y=1971}}}} |
| scope="row" | 2 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Sweden|y=1971}}|{{Esc|Switzerland|y=1971}}}} |
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References
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{{Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1971}}