Amerivision Song Contest 1966
edit| Amerivision Song Contest 1966 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | September 17 1966 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Balboa Theatre Panama City, Panama |
| Presenter(s) | Consuelo Rondón |
| Host broadcaster | RPC Televisión |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 14 |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Twenty-member juries awarded points to their five favourite songs. |
| Winning song |  Brazil"Roda" |
The Amerivision Song Contest 1966 was the eleventh edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster RPC Televisión. The edition was hosted in the Balboa Theatre, in Panama City, Panama, as the country earned the right to host the contest by winning the previous edition.
The competition was won by the song "Roda" by Elis Regina, representing Brazil, making brazil become the third country, after Canada and Uruguay, to win the competition multiple times. This victory also came in the year of the 10th anniversary of their first win, in 1956.
Host picking
editTwo panamanian venues showed interest in hosting the event, the bolded bid was the selected one.
| City | Venue |
|---|---|
| Panama City | Balboa Theatre |
| National Theatre of Panama |
Participating countries
edit| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | English title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
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TVP | Los Cantores del Alba | "Cuando llora mi guitarra" | Spanish | "When My Guitar Cries" |
 Brazil
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Tupi | Elis Regina | "Roda" | Portuguese | "Wheel" |
 Canada
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CBC | The Ugly Ducklings | "Nothin'" | English | |
 Chile
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UCV | Pedro Messone | "El solitario" | Spanish | "The Loner" |
 Colombia
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Canal 1 | Andrés Landero | "Cumbia en la India" | "Cumbia in India" | |
 Dominican Republic
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RTVD | Johnny Ventura | "Fiesta y serrucho" | "Party and Handsaw" | |
 Mexico
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Las Estrellas | Álvaro Carrillo | "El andariego" | "The Wanderer" | |
 Panama
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RPC | Joe Panama | "Echala pafuera" | "Throw It Out" | |
 Peru
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América | Lissette | "Mis cosas favoritas" | "My Favorite Things" | |
 Puerto Rico
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Telemundo | Bobby Valentín | "Bad Breath" | English | |
 Trinidad and Tobago
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TTT | The Merrymen | "There Won't Be Anymore" | ||
 United States
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NBC | The Cyrkle | "Red Rubber Ball" | ||
 Uruguay
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Canal 10 | Alfredo Zitarrosa | "Milonga para una niña" | Spanish | "Milonga for a Girl" |
 Venezuela
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Venevisión | Los 007 | "Carmen" |
Contest overview
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Winner
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico
|
Álvaro Carrillo | "El andariego" | 22 | 4 |
| 2 | Panama
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Joe Panama | "Echala pafuera" | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Uruguay
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Alfredo Zitarrosa | "Milonga para una niña" | 28 | 2 |
| 4 | Argentina
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Los Cantores del Alba | "Cuando llora mi guitarra" | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Dominican Republic
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Johnny Ventura | "Fiesta y serrucho" | 20 | 5 |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago
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The Merrymen | "There Won't Be Anymore" | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | Venezuela
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Los 007 | "Carmen" | 14 | 8 |
| 8 | Canada
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The Ugly Ducklings | "Nothin'" | 19 | 6 |
| 9 | Brazil
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Elis Regina | "Roda" | 33 | 1 |
| 10 | Peru
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Lissette | "Mis cosas favoritas" | 12 | 9 |
| 11 | United States
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The Cyrkle | "Red Rubber Ball" | 15 | 7 |
| 12 | Colombia
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Andrés Landero | "Cumbia en la India" | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Puerto Rico
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Bobby Valentín | "Bad Breath" | 6 | 11 |
| 14 | Chile
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Pedro Messone | "El solitario" | 26 | 3 |
Detailed voting results
editTotal score
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Mexico
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Panama
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Uruguay
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Argentina
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Dominican Republic
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Venezuela
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Canada
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Brazil
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Peru
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United States
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Colombia
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Puerto Rico
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Chile
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Contestants
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Mexico
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22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Panama
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2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Uruguay
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28 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| Argentina
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3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic
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20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago
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10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Venezuela
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14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Canada
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19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Brazil
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33 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Peru
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12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| United States
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15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Colombia
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0 | |||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico
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6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Chile
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26 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
5 points
editBelow is a summary of all 5 points received:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 5 points |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Uruguay
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Brazil, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela
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| 3 | Brazil
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Canada, Panama, Uruguay
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| 2 | Venezuela
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Colombia, Peru
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| 1 | Canada
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Trinidad and Tobago
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| Chile
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Argentina
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| Peru
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Chile
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| Trinidad and Tobago
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United States
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| United States
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Puerto Rico
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