Eurovision 2024: Portugal’s First Rehearsal!
Our next contestant to come up on the Eurovision 2024 stage is Iolanda from Portugal singing her song “Grito“.
Who is Iolanda?
Iolanda Costa was born on November 4, 1994 in Figueira da Foz, in the Coimbra district, Portugal. She demonstrated a passion for music since an early age, which brought her to study at the conservatory. When she was seventeen she enrolled in the faculty of communication sciences in Lisbon, and a few years later she moved to London to study musical composition at the British and Irish Institute of Modern Music of the University of Sussex.
She made her first debut in Festival da Canção in 2022, when she co-wrote the entry “Mar no fim”, sung by Blacci. In 2023 she released her first EP, Cura, that she wrote during the COVID pandemic.
Iolanda won Festival da Canção 2024 with the song “Grito” (Scream), obtaining the maximum score from the juries and second place from the televote and gaining the right to represent Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
The Rehearsal
Next up in the running order will be Sweden, but as the host nation they won’t be rehearsing until Thursday. Instead it’s time for Portuguese singer/songwriter iolanda, rehearsing her song Grito.
The title translates as ‘Shout’, but there’s nothing shouty about this melodic ballad. It’s a fusion of pop and R ‘n’ B with traditional Portuguese Fado roots, and iolanda’s vocals seem to fill every corner of the arena, from the haunting acapella opening to the huge note at the end. It’s a song that really builds over the three minutes, and even though it’s a ballad, it still has a underlying bass that vibrates through the floor. A song you feel through your feet and into your chest.
The staging is similar to iolanda’s win at Festival da Canção, with five white-clad dancers with covered faces performing a contemporary dance routine. They’ve also lowered the middle cube, which makes the space feel more intimate and adds to the artistry. The whole act is creative and hypnotic.
Portugal’s first rehearsal – Eurovision 2024. Credit Corinne CummingEBU
The second rehearsal for Portugal will be held on the 1st of May, when we will have a better picture of what we will see from Iolanda on the Eurovision stage, as we will have the official TV snippet.
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Below you can watch a small clip from the Portuguese first rehearsal on TikTok:
@eurovision Shout all about it! @iolanda is sending sparks flying in rehearsals #Eurovision2024 ♬ original sound – Eurovision
Stay tuned at EurovisionFun for all the latest developments regarding the Portuguese entry in Eurovision 2024!
Source: eurovision.tv
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