Amerivision Song Contest 1987

Amerivision Song Contest 1987
Amerivision Song Contest 1987
Dates
Final	September 12 1987
Host
Venue	Stampede Corral; Calgary, Canada
Presenter(s)	Ronnie Prophet; Barbara Smith
Host broadcaster	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Participants
Number of entries	16
Returning countries	Costa Rica
Non-returning countries	Guatemala; Jamaica; Puerto Rico
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their ten favourite songs
Winning song	Mexico; "Ahora te puedes marchar"
	Amerivision Song Contest

The Amerivision Song Contest 1987 was the thirty-second edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). The edition was hosted in the Stampede Corral, in Calgary, Canada, as the country earned the right to host the contest by winning the previous edition.

The 1987 edition was marked by a major controversy that led to it being the edition with the lowest number of participating nations since 1975, many nations were unsatisfied with the constant repeated winners and accused the juries of benefiting specific countries, particularly Canada and Brazil. This led to a boycott of the contest led by Argentina and Jamaica, that was supported by the American Virgin Islands, Barbados, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Martinique, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico. This led to the ABU making changes in the jury system for future editions.

Host picking

Ten canadian venues bidded to host the event, the italic bids were shortlisted and the bolded bid was the selected one from the shortlist.

City	Venue
Calgary	Stampede Corral
Edmonton	Universiade Pavilion
Halifax	Halifax Forum
Moncton	Moncton Coliseum
Ottawa	Ottawa Civic Centre
Quebec City	Colisée de Québec
Regina	Regina Agridome
Toronto	CNE Coliseum
Vancouver	PNE Agrodome
Winnipeg	Winnipeg Arena

Participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	English title
Bahamas	PTB	Etta Cameron	"I Wanna Thank You Today"	English
Bolivia	Bolivia TV	Emma Junaro	"Hoy es domingo"	Spanish	"Today Is Sunday"
Brazil	Globo	May East	"Bamboo Dance"	Portuguese, English
Canada	CBC	Pierre Flynn	"Sur la route"	French	"On the Road"
Chile	UCV	Viena	"Salón de emociones"	Spanish	"Room of Emotions"
Colombia	Canal 1	Joe Arroyo y la Verdad	"Echao pa'lante"		"Going Forward"
Costa Rica	Repretel 6	Café Con Leche	"La historia salvage (Gloria)"		"The Wild Story (Gloria)"
Dominican Republic	RDTV4	Las Chicas del País	"Nadie me lo quita"		"Nobody Can Take It Away From Me"
Mexico	Las Estrellas	Luis Miguel	"Ahora te puedes marchar"		"Now You Can Leave"
Netherlands Antilles	Telecuraçao	Richenel	"Temptation"	English
Panama	RPC	Oceano	"El derramo su amor por ti"	Spanish	"I Pour Out My Love for You"
Peru	América	Miki González	"Vamos a Tocache"	Spanish	"Let's Go to Tocache"
Suriname	STVS	Greg Hobson	"Love's Gonna Get You"	English
Trinidad and Tobago	TTT	Judy Boucher	"You Caught My Eyes"
United States	NBC	Terence Trent D'Arby	"Wishing Well"
Uruguay	Canal 10	Elli Medeiros	"A bailar calypso"	French, Spanish	"Dancing Calypso"

Returning artists

Bolded years represend that the artist was the winner on the year in question.

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Las Chicas del País	Dominican Republic	1983
Judy Boucher	Trinidad and Tobago	1986
Miki González	Peru	1985

Contest overview

Winner

Results of the Amerivision Song Contest 1987
R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Costa Rica	Café Con Leche	"La historia salvage (Gloria)"	88	3
2	Suriname	Greg Hobson	"Love's Gonna Get You"	20	16
3	Mexico	Luis Miguel	"Ahora te puedes marchar"	116	1
4	Colombia	Joe Arroyo y la Verdad	"Echao pa'lante"	75	5
5	Dominican Republic	Las Chicas del País	"Nadie me lo quita"	38	11
6	Brazil	May East	"Bamboo Dance"	24	15
7	United States	Terence Trent D'Arby	"Wishing Well"	73	6
8	Bolivia	Emma Junaro	"Hoy es domingo"	35	12
9	Canada	Pierre Flynn	"Sur la route"	87	4
10	Chile	Viena	"Salón de emociones"	47	10
11	Bahamas	Etta Cameron	"I Wanna Thank You Today"	56	7
12	Trinidad and Tobago	Judy Boucher	"You Caught My Eyes"	29	13
13	Peru	Miki González	"Vamos a Tocache"	27	14
14	Uruguay	Elli Medeiros	"A bailar calypso"	105	2
15	Panama	Oceano	"El derramo su amor por ti"	56	7
16	Netherlands Antilles	Richenel	"Temptation"	52	9

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results of the Amerivision Song Contest 1987
		Total score	Costa Rica	Suriname	Mexico	Colombia	Dominican Republic	Brazil	United States	Bolivia	Canada	Chile	Bahamas	Trinidad and Tobago	Peru	Uruguay	Panama	Netherlands Antilles
Contestants	Costa Rica	88		3	10	7	8		8	5	8	7	7	1	3	6	12	3
	Suriname	20					6	4			2		3					5
	Mexico	116	12	8		12	12	8	7	4	1	10		5	7	12	6	12
	Colombia	75	5		7		10			12	4	8	5		10	10	4
	Dominican Republic	38	6		2			1		6	5	1				7	10
	Brazil	24	1	7		2			3	3			2		4	1		1
	United States	73	8	4	3	1		12		1	10	4	10	10			3	7
	Bolivia	35	3	1		8	1	2				3		2	12	3
	Canada	87	4	5	6	5	4	10	12			5	12	7		4	7	6
	Chile	47	2		8	4		3					8	6	6	8	2
	Bahamas	56		10			5	7	10	2	7			12			1	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	29		6		3			5				6		1			8
	Peru	27		2	1	6	3		1	7		6	1
	Uruguay	105	7		12	10	7	6	2	10	12	12		4	5		8	10
	Panama	56	10		4		2		6	8	6			3	8	5		4
	Netherlands Antilles	52		12	5			5	4		3	2	4	8	2	2	5

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5	Mexico	Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Netherlands Antilles, Uruguay
3	Uruguay	Canada, Chile, Mexico
2	Canada	Bahamas, United States
1	Bahamas	Trinidad and Tobago
	Bolivia	Peru
	Colombia	Bolivia
	Costa Rica	Panama
	Netherlands Antilles	Suriname
	United States	Brazil