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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!

The first of the two overall semifinals of Festival da Canção 2022, from which the portuguese representative for Eurovision 2022 will be decided, has been successfully completed.

Presenters of the evening were Sónia Araújo and Jorge Gabriel, while the members of the jury which determined 50% of the results were the following:

• 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 candidate songs

In total, 10 artists claimed the five tickets leading to the final of Festival da Canção 2022.

The candidates were the following:

Results

The four 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 the following:

• Os Quatro e Meia – Amanhã
• Aurea – Why?
• FF – Como É Bom Esperar Alguém
• Diana Castro – Ginger Ale
• MARO – Saudade, saudade

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding the Portuguese entry in Eurovision 2022!

Portuguese broadcaster RTP has just revealed the official running order of the two semifinals of Festival da Canção 2022.

The festival consists of two semifinals of 10 songs each and the grand final. Five entries from each semifinal will advance to the grand final, from which the Portuguese representative in May in Turin will be decided.

The running order

First semifinal

1. Os Quatro E Meia – Amanhã
2. TheMisterDriver – CaliSun
3. Diana Castro – Ginger Ale
4. FF – Bom Esperar Alguém
5. Norton – Hope
6. Aurea – Why
7. Kumpania Algazarra – A Minha Praia
8. MARO – saudade, saudade
9. Valas & Os Astronautas – Odisseia
10. Fado Bicha – Povo Pequenino

Second semifinal

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

Program

The program of the festival is as follows:

• 1st semifinal – March 5
• 2nd semifinal – March 7
• Final: March 12

We remind you that Portugal has already been drawn to compete in the second half of the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest in May.

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