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Amerivision Song Contest 1961

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Amerivision Song Contest 1961
Dates
FinalSeptember 24 1961
Host
VenueAuditorium Theatre
Chicago, United States
Presenter(s)Dinah Shore
Host broadcasterNational Broadcasting Corporation (NBC)
Participants
Number of entries11
Debuting countries Dominican Republic
Vote
Voting systemJury from each country distributes 10 points across their favorite songs.
Winning song Puerto Rico
"Ramona"
Amerivision Song Contest

The Amerivision Song Contest 1961 was the sixth edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster National Broadcasting Corporation. The edition was hosted in the Auditorium Theatre, in Chicago, United States. Originally the edition was going to be hosted in Uruguay, but the uruguayan broadcaster Canal 10 declined the offer to host the event due to budget reasons, as they hadn't already fully recovered from hosting the event in 1958, the offer then went to Canada, who also declined the offer after hosting two near consecutive editions, then a general offer was made and accepted by NBC, who promptly started working in hosting the 1961 event in the United States.

This was the first edition to feature the Dominican Republic.

Host picking

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Thirteen american venues showed interest in hosting the event, the bolded bid was the selected one.

Participating countries

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Contest overview

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  Winner
Results of the Amerivision Song Contest 1961
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  United States Wanda Jackson "There's a Party Goin' On" 14 3
2  Canada Jean-Pierre Ferland "Les immortelles" 4 10
3  Peru José Mojica "Júrame" 7 9
4  Brazil Roberto Carlos "Não é por mim" 8 7
5  Uruguay Julio Sosa "Rencor" 9 6
6  Chile Antonio Prieto "La novia" 3 11
7  Puerto Rico Cortijo y Su Combo "Ramona" 18 1
8  Dominican Republic Dioris Valladares "Como bailo mi pachanga" 17 2
9  Mexico Chavela Vargas "Paloma negra" 10 5
10  Colombia César Castro "Mujer bonita" 12 4
11  Argentina Johny Tedesco "Vuelve primavera" 8 8

Detailed voting results

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Detailed voting results of the Amerivision Song Contest 1961
Total score
United States
Canada
Peru
Brazil
Uruguay
Chile
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Mexico
Colombia
Argentina
Contestants
United States 14 5 1 2 2 2 2
Canada 4 1 2 1
Peru 7 1 3 2 1
Brazil 8 2 2 2 1 1
Uruguay 9 1 2 3 2 1
Chile 3 2 1
Puerto Rico 18 3 2 2 3 1 4 2 1
Dominican Republic 17 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 2 1
Mexico 10 2 1 1 2 3 1
Colombia 12 3 2 4 3
Argentina 8 1 2 3 1 1