Portugal: The results of the second semifinal of Festival da Canção 2022!

The second semifinal of Festival da Canção 2022, the festival which will decide Portugal’s entry for Eurovision 2022, has just been successfully completed.

Presenters of the evening were Tânia Ribas de Oliveira and José Carlos Malato, while the members of the jury, who determined 50% of the results, were:

• Dulce Pontes (Representative of Portugal at Eurovision 1991)
• Dino D’Santiago (Composer at the Festival da Canção 2020)
• Surma (Finalist of the Festival da Canção 2019)
• Teresa Salgueiro (Singer)
• Pedro Granger (Presenter of the press conference and opening ceremony at Eurovision 2018)
• Miguel Cadete (Music critic)
• Tatanka (Lead singer of The Black Mamba, representatives of Portugal at Eurovision 2021)

The candidates

In total, 10 artists claimed the five tickets leading to the final of Festival da Canção 2022. The candidates were the following:

1. Os Azeitonas – Solta a voz e canta

2. Cubita – Uma mensagem tua

3. Inês Homem de Melo – Fome de viagem

4. SYRO – Ainda nos temos

5. Pepperoni Passion – Código 30

6. Milhanas – Corpo de mulher

7. O Vampiro Submarino – Ao lado de mim

8. Jonas – Pontas soltas

9. Blacci – Mar no fim

10. Pongo & Tristany – Dégrá.dê

Results

The five qualifiers were selected 50% by the jury and 50% by the television audience. The exact ranking of the artists by both the jury and the public was not announced at the end of the night. The detailed results will be made public at the end of the festival.

The five artists who qualified for the final of Festival da Canção 2022 are:

• Milhanas – Corpo de mulher
• SYRO – Aida nos temos
• Inês homem de melo – Fome de viagem
• Pongo e Tristany – Dégrá.dê
• Pepperoni Passion – Código 30

Combined with the five finalists of Saturday’s first semifinal, the ten overall finalists of Festival da Canção 2022 are:

• Os Quatro E Meia – Amanhã
• Aurea – Why
• FF – Bom Esperar Alguém
• Diana Castro – Ginger Ale
• MARO – saudade, saudade
• Milhanas – Corpo de mulher
• SYRO – Aida nos temos
• Ines homem de melo – Fome de viagem
• Pongo e Tristany – Dégrá.de
• Pepperoni Passion – Código 30

See you this Saturday, March 12th, for the grand final of Festival da Canção 2022!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Portugal’s participation in Eurovision 2022!