Amerivision Song Contest 1960
edit| Amerivision Song Contest 1960 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | September 24 1960 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Toronto, Canada |
| Presenter(s) | Kate Aitken |
| Host broadcaster | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 10 |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Jury from each country distributes 10 points across their favorite songs. |
| Winning song |  Uruguay"Eso, Eso, Eso" |
The Amerivision Song Contest 1960 was the fourth edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster CBC Television. The edition was hosted in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, in Toronto, Canada, as the country earned the right to host the contest by winning the previous edition. It was the first time a country hosted the competition for a second time.
This was the first edition with no newcoming countries.
Host picking
editFour canadian cities showed interest in hosting the event, the bolded bid was the selected one.
| City | Venue |
|---|---|
| Calgary | Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium |
| Ottawa | Ottawa Auditorium |
| Toronto | Queen Elizabeth Theatre |
| Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre |
Participating countries
edit| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | English title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
TVP | Carlos di Fulvio | "Luna playera" | Spanish | "Beach Moon" |
 Brazil
|
Tupi | Sylvia Telles | "Se é tarde me perdoa" | Portuguese | "If It's Late Forgive Me" |
 Canada
|
CBC | Ronnie Hawkins | "Baby Jean" | English | |
 Chile
|
UCV | Rolando Alarcón | "Si yo volviera a quererte" | Spanish | "If I Loved You Again" |
 Colombia
|
Canal 1 | La Sonora Dinamita | "Si la vieran" | "If They Saw Her" | |
 Mexico
|
Las Estrellas | Los Locos del Ritmo | "Tus ojos" | "Your Eyes" | |
 Peru
|
América | Los Kipus | "Ansias" | "Craving" | |
 Puerto Rico
|
WKAQ-TV | Odilio González | "Saludo a lares (Mapeyé)" | "Greeting to Lares (Mapeyé)" | |
 United States
|
NBC | Cathie Taylor | "The Sweetest Story Ever Told" | English | |
| Uruguay
|
Canal 10 | Los TNT | "Eso, eso, eso" | Spanish | "That, That, That" |
Contest overview
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Despite recieving the same quantity of points, Colombia is ahead of Brazil in the ranking due to recieving points from more countries.
Winner
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile
|
Rolando Alarcón | "Si yo volviera a quererte" | 6 | 5 |
| 2 | United States
|
Cathie Taylor | "The Sweetest Story Ever Told" | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Argentina
|
Carlos di Fulvio | "Luna playera" | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | Uruguay
|
Los TNT | "Eso, eso, eso" | 31 | 1 |
| 5 | Peru
|
Los Kipus | "Ansias" | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Colombia
|
La Sonora Dinamita | "Si la vieran" | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Canada
|
Ronnie Hawkins | "Baby Jean" | 23 | 2 |
| 8 | Brazil
|
Sylvia Telles | "Se é tarde me perdoa" | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | Mexico
|
Los Locos del Ritmo | "Tus ojos" | 15 | 3 |
| 10 | Puerto Rico
|
Odilio González | "Saludo a lares (Mapeyé)" | 0 | 10 |
Detailed voting results
editTotal score
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Chile
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United States
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Argentina
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Uruguay
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Peru
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Colombia
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Canada
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Brazil
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Mexico
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Puerto Rico
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Contestants
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Chile | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Uruguay | 31 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Peru | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Colombia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Canada | 23 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Brazil | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Mexico | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Puerto Rico | 0 | |||||||||||