Amerivision Song Contest 1977
edit| Amerivision Song Contest 1977 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | September 10 1977 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Celso Furtado Auditorium São Paulo, Brazil |
| Presenter(s) | Lolita Rodrigues |
| Host broadcaster | Rede Tupi |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 17 |
| Returning countries |  Dominican Republic Netherlands Antilles |
| Non-returning countries |  Barbados Guadeloupe |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their ten favourite songs |
| Winning song |  Chile"Bebida mágica" |
The Amerivision Song Contest 1977 was the twenty-second edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster Rede Tupi. The edition was hosted in the Celso Furtado Auditorium, in São Paulo, Brazil, as the country earned the right to host the contest by winning the previous edition.
This edition saw the return of the Dominican Republic and the Netherlands Antilles to the contest, as well as the first withdraw of Barbados and Guadeloupe.
Host picking
editNine brazilian venues showed interest in hosting the event, the bolded bid was the selected one.
| City | Venue |
|---|---|
| Belo Horizonte | Minascentro |
| Palácio das Artes | |
| Manaus | Ginásio Renée Monteiro |
| Porto Alegre | Auditório Araújo Vianna |
| Rio de Janeiro | Canecão |
| Maracanãzinho | |
| Theatro Municipal | |
| São Paulo | Celso Furtado Auditorium |
| Theatro Municipal |
Participating countries
edit| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | English title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil
|
Tupi | Frenéticas | "Perigosa" | Portuguese | "Dangerous" |
 Canada
|
CBC | Pat Travers | "Rock N' Roll Susie" | English | |
| Chile
|
UCV | Los Jaivas | "Bebida mágica" | Spanish | "Magic Drink" |
 Colombia
|
Canal 1 | Claudia | "Mi proprio yo" | "My Own Self" | |
| Dominican Republic
|
RTVD | Charytín | "Lo que duele mas" | "What Hurts the Most" | |
 Jamaica
|
JBC | The Heptones | "Party Time" | English | |
 Martinique
|
FR3 | Ti-Émile | "Chaud i chaud" | Antillean Creole | "Hot and Hot" |
 Mexico
|
Las Estrellas | Gualberto Castro | "Bola negra" | Spanish | "Black Ball" |
| Netherlands Antilles
|
Telecuraçao | Gilla & Bobby Farrell | "Gentleman Callers Not Allowed" | English | |
 Nicaragua
|
TV-2 | Carlos Mejía Godoy | "El cristo de Palacaguina" | Spanish | "The Christ of Palacaguina" |
 Panama
|
RPC | Charlie Palmieri & Meñique | "Con salsa y sabor" | "With Salsa and Flavor" | |
 Paraguay
|
SNT | Sandra Mihanovich | "Falta poco tiempo" | "There Is Little Time Left" | |
 Peru
|
América | Innovations | "Seabird" | English | |
 Puerto Rico
|
Telemundo | Yolandita Monge | "Yo soy una mas" | Spanish | "I Am One More" |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
TTT | Lee Vanderbilt | "Get Into What You're In" | English | |
 United States
|
NBC | Bonnie Raitt | "Home" | ||
 Uruguay
|
Canal 10 | El Kinto | "Muy lejos te vas" | Spanish | "You're Going Too Far Away" |
Contest overview
edit Winner
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico
|
Gualberto Castro | "Bola negra" | 38 | 11 |
| 2 | Paraguay
|
Sandra Mihanovich | "Falta poco tiempo" | 49 | 10 |
| 3 | Dominican Republic
|
Charytín | "Lo que duele mas" | 98 | 3 |
| 4 | Uruguay
|
El Kinto | "Muy lejos te vas" | 29 | 13 |
| 5 | Panama
|
Charlie Palmieri & Meñique | "Con salsa y sabor" | 68 | 7 |
| 6 | United States
|
Bonnie Raitt | "Home" | 60 | 8 |
| 7 | Netherlands Antilles
|
Gilla & Bobby Farrell | "Gentleman Callers Not Allowed" | 95 | 4 |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago
|
Lee Vanderbilt | "Get Into What You're In" | 55 | 9 |
| 9 | Canada
|
Pat Travers | "Rock N' Roll Susie" | 15 | 16 |
| 10 | Puerto Rico
|
Yolandita Monge | "Yo soy una mas" | 24 | 14 |
| 11 | Brazil
|
Frenéticas | "Perigosa" | 108 | 2 |
| 12 | Chile
|
Los Jaivas | "Bebida mágica" | 125 | 1 |
| 13 | Jamaica
|
The Heptones | "Party Time" | 20 | 15 |
| 14 | Nicaragua
|
Carlos Mejía Godoy | "El cristo de Palacaguina" | 74 | 6 |
| 15 | Colombia
|
Claudia | "Mi proprio yo" | 81 | 5 |
| 16 | Peru
|
Innovations | "Seabird" | 6 | 17 |
| 17 | Martinique
|
Ti-Émile | "Chaud i chaud" | 35 | 12 |
Detailed voting results
editTotal score
|
Mexico
|
Paraguay
|
Dominican Republic
|
Uruguay
|
Panama
|
United States
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Canada
|
Puerto Rico
|
Brazil
|
Chile
|
Jamaica
|
Nicaragua
|
Colombia
|
Peru
|
Martinique
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contestants
|
Mexico
|
38 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Paraguay
|
49 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| Dominican Republic
|
98 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| Uruguay
|
29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| Panama
|
68 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| United States
|
60 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
| Netherlands Antilles
|
95 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 12 | |||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago
|
55 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| Canada
|
15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico
|
24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Brazil
|
108 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Chile
|
125 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jamaica
|
20 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nicaragua
|
74 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | |||||||
| Colombia
|
81 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||||||
| Peru
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Martinique
|
35 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
12 points
editBelow is a summary of all 12 points received:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Chile
|
Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay
|
| 3 | Brazil
|
Chile, United States, Uruguay
|
| Netherlands Antilles
|
Dominican Republic, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago
| |
| 2 | Colombia
|
Canada, Peru
|
| Dominican Republic
|
Panama, Puerto Rico
| |
| 1 | Mexico
|
Nicaragua
|
| Trinidad and Tobago
|
Jamaica
| |
| United States
|
Netherlands Antilles
|