The final vote took place on 25 March 2007, the winner being António de Oliveira Salazar, Portugal's Prime Minister from 1932 to 1968.
The series started in October 2006, with each episode featuring small groups of candidates considered amongst the Greatest Portuguese.
There are 19 women in the final list of the top 100 Greatest Portuguese, with singer and actress Amália Rodrigues rating the highest, at number 14.
The list included 33 then-living persons, with former president and prime minister Mário Soares rating the highest, at number 12.
[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.