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Portugal: RTP requests a meeting with EBU, to clarify issues that occurred in the 2024 Eurovision final!

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In order to get clarification on the events surrounding the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision 2024 final, RTP requested a meeting with the EBU.

The RTP officials are adamant about the long delay for the release of the video of Iolanda’s grand final performance, claiming it was caused by the Palestinian symbols she had painted on her nails.

Norway, France, Spain, and Croatia have all signed on to RTP’s request for a meeting with the EBU.

This year Portugal finished on the tenth place in the grand final, with 152 points, mainly due to jury votes.

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Source: RTP

Portugal: The results of the first semi-final of the Festival da Canção 2024!

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Portugal has begun the search for its representative and entry for Eurovision 2024. The Festival da Canção 2024 as the process followed by the country’s public television is called, consists of two semi-finals and a final. A few minutes ago, the first semi-final was completed, with six contestants advancing to the next stage of the final.

Presenters of the evening were Tânia Ribas de Oliveira, José Carlos Malato and Inês Lopes Gonçalves. 

The jury consisted of seven music professionals:

  • Gisela João – singer
  • Benjamim – musician
  • Lia Pereira – journalist
  • Miguel Esteves Cardoso – lyricist
  • Lura – singer
  • Pedro Oliveira – musician
  • Mimicat – Representing Portugal Eurovision 2023

The ten songs that claimed the six tickets to the grand final were:

Results:
The six finalists were determined 50% by the jury and 50% by the television audience. The exact ranking of the artists by both the jury and the audience was not announced at the end of the evening. The detailed results will be published after the end of the festival.

The six artists who qualified for the Festival da Canção 2024 final are:

See you next Saturday March 2 for the second semi-final of the Festival da Canção 2024.

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source: RTP

Portugal: The composers of Festival da Canção 2024 have been announced!

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Today, the composers who will compete in Festival da Canção 2024 were unveiled by the Portuguese national television.

Of the following composers, six were chosen via a submission process that drew 809 entries, and 14 were invited directly by RTP.

The composers competing in the Festival da Canção 2024 are:

  • Bispo
  • Buba Espinho
  • Cristina Clara
  • FILIPA (selected through the submission procedure)
  • Huca
  • Iolanda
  • João Borsch
  • João Couto (selected through the submission procedure)
  • LEFT. (selected through the submission procedure)
  • Leo Middea
  • Maria João
  • MELA (selected through the submission procedure)
  • Mila Dores
  • Nena
  • NOBLE
  • No Maka
  • Perpétua
  • Rita Onofre (selected through the submission procedure)
  • Rita Rocha (selected through the submission procedure)
  • Silk Nobre

There will be two semi-finals in Festival da Canção, with five songs qualifying from each. The Grand Final will feature ten entries, with the winner being chosen by a combination of 50% jury and 50% public vote.

Last year’s winner of Festival da Canção and Portugal’s representative at Eurovision 2023 was Mimicat with the song “Ai coração” which took 23rd place in the Grand Final. This marks the third consecutive year that Portugal has qualified for the final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYfkxX4PFyw

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Source: RTP 

Portugal: A record number of entries were submitted for Festival Da Canção 2024!

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Back in August, Portugal confirmed its 2024 participation via the “Festival Da Canção” page on Instagram. Along with Portugal’s participation, it was confirmed that Festival Da Canção, a music festival of great significance in Portugal, will remain as the country’s selection format for Eurovision 2024.

The deadline of the submission process was yesterday, October 15. All Portuguese citizens or residents, including Portuguese living outside Portugal, as well as citizens of other nationalities residing in Portugal, could apply.

In total, RTP announced that a record number of 809 entries were submitted through this open submission. The high interest seems totally reasonable, considering the significance of FDC in the national music scene and the relatively successful course of the country in Eurovision the past years.

What’s next?

As far as the Festival da Canção 2024 is concerned, 20 songs will compete.

  • 14 of those will be selected following an invitation by the country’s national broadcaster RTP to creators of various music genres.
  • The remaining six will be selected through this afore-mentioned submission process, which turns out to be really successful as well as highly competitive for the contenders.

The winner of Festival Da Canção 2023 and hence, Portugal’s representative in Eurovision 2023, was Mimicat with her song “Ai Coração”, which finished 23rd in the Grand Final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYfkxX4PFyw

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