Portuguese TV series or program
Os Grandes Portugueses
(English:
The Greatest Portuguese
) was a public poll contest organized by the Portuguese public broadcasting station
RTP
and hosted by
Maria Elisa
. Based on
BBC
's
100 Greatest Britons
, it featured individual documentaries advocating the top ten candidates. The final vote took place on 25 March 2007, the winner being
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
, Portugal's
Prime Minister
from 1932 to 1968.
Format
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The series started in October 2006, with each episode featuring small groups of candidates considered amongst the Greatest Portuguese. Based on voting results, the list of 10 most voted-for personalities were revealed on 14 January 2007, in alphabetical order. All of the 10 finalists were deceased. The ten finalists were then featured in individual documentary episodes, followed by a second round of voting within these top ten. On 25 March the voting results for the final 10, and the full list of 100, was announced.
Summary of results
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There are 19 women in the final list of the top 100 Greatest Portuguese, with singer and actress
Amalia Rodrigues
rating the highest, at number 14. The list included 33 then-living persons, with former president and prime minister
Mario Soares
rating the highest, at number 12. A total of 66 on the list (including the 33 then-living) are predominantly 20th century figures. Of the 100 candidates presented in the opening programs, the only (likely) fictional person was
Brites de Almeida
, a baker who legend says killed six
Castilian
soldiers during the 1335
Battle of Aljubarrota
, a battle in which Portuguese independence was confirmed; she appeared at number 51 when the final list was released.
The Top-10
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Prime Minister
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
, whose episode was presented by
Jaime Nogueira Pinto
, polled the most (41%); his lifelong communist political opponent
Alvaro Cunhal
was second (19%), and the diplomat
Aristides de Sousa Mendes
third (13%).
A simultaneous opinion poll conducted by Marktest showed that, given the choice of the finalists, Salazar was the favourite of only 11%.
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RTP itself commissioned a simultaneous poll, conducted by Eurosondagem, which ranked Salazar 7th, with 6.6% of the vote, and
Afonso I
1st with 21%.
[2]
The difference of these statistically conducted polls to the final result of the Os Grandes Portugueses program suggest that the voting for the program, consisting of voluntary telephone calls, may have been skewed by repeat voters in general or organized groups of repeat voters with vested interests.
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The other 90
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Os Piores Portugueses
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The
SIC Noticias
programme
Eixo do Mal
(Axis of Evil) held a parallel vote for
Os Piores Portugueses
(The Worst Portuguese), also won by
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
.
Other editions
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Other countries have produced similar shows; see
Greatest Britons spin-offs
References
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Drama series
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Game show
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Talent
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- Aqui ha talento
(2007)
- Got Talent Portugal
Seasons: 1, 2,
3
, 4, 5 (2015?20)
- Operacao Triunfo
Seasons: 1?3,
4
(2003?11)
- The Voice Portugal
Seasons:
1
, 2?10 (since 2011)
- The Voice Kids
Seasons: 1, 2,
3
,
4
,
5
(since 2014)
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Talk show
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