Portugal was represented by Madalena Iglésias, with the song "Ele e ela", at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 March in Luxembourg City. "Ele e ela" was chosen as the Portuguese entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa on 15 January.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1966 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Festival da Canção 1966 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 15 January 1966 | |||
| Selected entrant | Madalena Iglésias | |||
| Selected song | "Ele e ela" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Carlos Canelhas | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 13th, 6 points | |||
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Festival da Canção 1966
The Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1966 was held on 15 January 1966 at 22:00 UTC at the Tóbis studios in Lisbon, hosted by Maria Fernanda and Henrique Mendes. Eight songs took part in the final. Jorge Costa Pinto conducted all the songs.[1] 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.[2]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | João Maria Tudela | "Outono" | 35 | 4 |
| 2 | Madalena Iglésias | "Ele e ela" | 81 | 1 |
| 3 | Sérgio Borges | "Eu nunca direi adeus" | 52 | 2 |
| 4 | João Maria Tudela | "Ai, gracinha" | 10 | 7 |
| 5 | Madalena Iglésias | "Rebeldia" | 42 | 3 |
| 6 | António Calvário | "Encontro para amanhã" | 26 | 5 |
| 7 | Madalena Iglésias | "Caminhos perdidos" | 19 | 6 |
| 8 | Tony de Matos | "Nada e ninguém" | 5 | 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 | "Outono" | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 35 | |||||||
| 2 | "Ele e ela" | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 81 | |
| 3 | "Eu nunca direi adeus" | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 52 | ||||||
| 4 | "Ai, gracinha" | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | "Rebeldia" | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 42 | ||||||||
| 6 | "Encontro para amanhã" | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 26 | |||||||||
| 7 | "Caminhos perdidos" | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | "Nada e ninguém" | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Iglésias performed 8th in the running order, following Finland and preceding Austria. 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 Spain.[3] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Jorge Costa Pinto.[4]
