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Portugal: These are the dates for the three shows of Festival da Canção 2024!

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A couple of hours ago, RTP announced the dates of all three shows of this year’s Festival da Canção, on a post on the official Instagram account of the Portuguese national selection process!

On the 18th of January there would be a livestream on TikTok where the Portuguese national broadcaster will reveal more details on this year’s Festival da Canção and the competing songs! The livestream will start from 12:10 UTC.

This is the schedule of the three shows of Festival da Canção:

  • Semi Final 1: Saturday 24 February 2023
  • Semi Final 2: Saturday 2 March 2023
  • Grand Final: Saturday 9 March 2023

Last year’s Festival da Canção winner and ultimately, the Portuguese representative for Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, UK was Mimicat with the song “Ai coração“, that placed 23rd on the Grand Final, continuing the Portuguese three-year qualification streak.

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Source: RTP / Festival da Canção Instagram Account

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Portugal: On January 18th the songs for Festival da Canção 2024 will be revealed!

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Portugal’s national broadcaster RTP announced with an Instagram post that the songs which will compete at Festival da Canção 2024 will be unveiled on the 18th of January. One of them will get eventually the opportunity to wave the portuguese flag at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.

 

Two months ago, RTP had made the 20 composers who will participate at this year’s Festival da Canção public and later on, their assortment on their respective Semi-Final was also revealed.

The composers have divided on each Semi-Final as of below:

First Semi-Final

  1. Bispo
  2. Iolanda
  3. LEFT. (via application procedure)
  4. João Borsch
  5. MELA (via application procedure)
  6. Mila Dores
  7. Nena
  8. NOBLE
  9. Perpétua
  10. Rita Rocha (via application procedure)

Second Semi-Final

  1. Buba Espinho
  2. Cristina Clara
  3. FILIPA (via application procedure)
  4. Huca
  5. João Couto (via application procedure)
  6. Leo Middea
  7. Maria João
  8. No Maka
  9. Rita Onofre (via application procedure)
  10. Silk Nobre

 

Similarly as last year, Festival da Canção 2024 will consist of two semi-finals and five songs will qualify to the final from each semi-final. A total of ten entries will take part in the Final and the winner will be determined by 50% of public voting and 50% of jury voring.

Last year’s Festival da Canção winner and ultimately, the portuguese representative for Eurovision 2023 was Mimicat with “Ai coração”, that ended up 23rd on the Grand Final, continuing Portugal’s three-year qualification streak.

https://youtu.be/HYfkxX4PFyw?si=22gV-h6B_NDHGvip

 

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Source: Festival da Canção/ official Instagram account

Portugal: This is the allocation of the composers in the semi-finals of Festival da Canção 2024!

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A month ago, RTP, the public broadcaster of Portugal, announced the 20 composers that will take part in Festival da Canção 2024 where the country’s representative for Eurovision 2024, will be decided. Today, the public broadcaster made an Instagram post, announcing the allocation of the 20 composers in the two semi-finals of Festival da Canção 2024.

The semi-final allocation is:

First Semifinal:

  1. Bispo
  2. Iolanda
  3. LEFT.
  4. João Borsch
  5. MELA
  6. Mila Dores
  7. Nena
  8. NOBLE
  9. Perpétua
  10. Rita Rocha

Second Semifinal:

  1. Buba Espinho
  2. Cristina Clara
  3. FILIPA
  4. Huca
  5. João Couto
  6. Leo Middea
  7. Maria João
  8. No Maka
  9. Rita Onofre
  10. Silk Nobre

Festival da Canção will once again consist of two semi-finals, with five song advancing to the final from each. We remind you that the Grand Final will take place with ten song, and the winner will be determined by 50% public vote and 50% jury vote.

The previous winner of Festival da Canção and Portugal’s representative in Eurovision 2023, was Mimicat with her song “Ai Coração”, ending up in 23rd place of the Grand Final, while keeping the country’s qualifying streak, for the third year in a row:

https://youtu.be/HYfkxX4PFyw

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Portuguese participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!

Portugal: José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim will be the commentators for Eurovision 2023!

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Today, the two names who will do the Portuguese commentary for Eurovision 2023 were announced.

The reason for José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim to broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest through RTP1 National Channel. The news were announced by one of the two commentators on the Portuguese show “A Nossa Tarde”.

For the sixth year in a row, Nuno Galopim will commentate this year’s competition from Liverpool. Nuno is a writter, actor and director known in the Portuguese art scene. Meanwhile, José Carlos Malato will make a strong return to commentary after missing last year’s competition after testing positive for COVID-19. José is known to local eurofans as the host of Portugal’s National Final Festival da Canção.

This year, Portugal is represented by the singer Mimicat, who won the Portuguese National Final with the song “Ai Coração”. Mimicat will appear fifth, in the First Semi-Final on May 9th.

https://youtu.be/wa3suiOzAAk

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Source: escportugal.pt

Portugal: detailed results for Festival da Canção 2023 out now!

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The Festival da Canção 2023 , the Portuguese national final for the 67th Eurovision Contest has finished last saturday . For the night of the final Mimicat was the clear winner with the song “Ai Coração” after she won both the jury’s and the TV audience’s vote.

However, the same did not happen for the first semi-final where she also participated.  Although “Ai Coração” ended in first place among the audience, the juror placed her in fourth place among the other 10 entries in the semi-final.

Here are the detailed results of Festival da Canção 2023:

First Semi-Final – 25 February 2023


Second Semi-Final – March 4, 2023


Final – March 11, 2023

Portugal will participate in the First Semi-final.  More specifically, Mimicat will perform her song in the first half of the evening (between 1 and 7 position).

Source: escportugal.pt

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Portugal: The jury of the semi-finals of FdC 2023!

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Portugal’s public broadcaster, RTP, has revealed the jury that will determine 50% of the results in the semi-finals of Festival da Canção 2023.

The seven members of the jury who will vote in the semi-finals of Portugal’s national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 were announced today. The ones announced today will only be voting in the semi-finals, while a new jury, to be announced later, will be voting in the final.

The jury includes:

  • Alex D’Alva
  • Carlos Mendes (representative of Portugal in Eurovision 1968 and 1972)
  • Márcia (participant in Festival da Canção 2017)
  • Maro (representative of Portugal in Eurovision 2022)
  • Neev (participant in Festival da Canção 2021)
  • Pedro Ribeiro
  • Sara Correia

Portugal: The running order of the semi-finals of Festival da Canção 2023 was revealed!

Festival da Canção 2023 will consist of two semi-finals and a final, which will take place at the RTP studios in Lisbon. The presenters of the three shows are the following:

  • Semi-final 1 (25 February) – Tânia Ribas de Oliveira and José Carlos Malato
  • Semi-final 2 (4 March) – Sónia Araújo and Jorge Gabriel
  • Final (11 March) – Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Portugal’s participation in Eurovision 2023!

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Portugal: The running order of the semi-finals of Festival da Canção 2023 was revealed!

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A few minutes ago, RTP, the public broadcaster of Portugal, announced the running order of the two semi-finals of this year’s Festival da Canção, through the festival’s official Instagram account.

This is the running order of the 20  artits competing in the two semi-finals of Festival da Canção:

First Semi-Final (February 25)

  1. MOYAH – “Too Much Sauce”
  2. Bolha – “Sonhos de Liberdade”
  3. April Ivy –“Modo Voo”
  4. Churky – “Encruzilhad”
  5. Cláudia Pascoal – “Nasci Maria”
  6. SAL – “Viver”
  7. Mimicat – “Ai Coração”
  8. You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown – “Contraste Mudo”
  9. NEOH SOHO – “Endless World”
  10. Esse Povo – “Sapatos de Cimento”

Second Semi-Final (March 4)

  1. Edmundo Inácio – “A Festa”
  2. The Happy Mess – “O Impossível”
  3. Teresinha Landeiro – “Enquanto é Tempo”
  4. Bandua – “Bandieras”
  5. Bárbara Tinoco – “Goodnight”
  6. Inês Apenas – “Fim do Mundo”
  7. Ivandro – “Povo”
  8. Dapunksportif – “World Needs Therapy”
  9. Lara Li – “Funâmbula”
  10. Voodoo Marmalade – “Tormento”

Festival da Canção 2023

Out of the 20 songs, ten will compete in each semifinal, while in the Final we will have 10 songs, 5 from each semifinal. The result will consist of an equal percentage (50%) of the jury and television audience, with the committee having the first say in case of a tie in qualifying for the fifth participation of each semifinal.

The semi-finals of Festival da Canção will take place on February 25 and March 4, while the Grand Final, where the representative of Portugal will be chose, is set to take place on March 11.

Until we learn who is going to represent Portugal in Eurovision 2023, lets remember their song for last year’s contest. The previous winner of Festival da Canção and Portugal’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was Maro with the song “saudade, saudade“ that ended up in 9th place of the Grand Final, keeping Portugal’s qualification streak for the second year in a row:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Portuguese participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Portugal: The is the allocation draw for the semi-finals of Festival da Canção 2023!

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Just a while ago, the publiv broadcaster of Portugal,RTP, revealed the allocation of the 20 competing artists, in the two semi-finals of Festival da Canção 2023!

The wel-known Portuguese music festival will return for another year and the winner and country’s representative in Eurovision 2023, will be decided through two semi-final rounds and the Grand Final. This is how the semi-finas look like, after the allocation draw took place in the headquarters of RTP:

Fisrt Semi-Final

  1. April Ivy
  2. Churky
  3. Cláudia Pascoal
  4. Jacinta
  5. Mimicat
  6. MOYAH
  7. NEOH SOHO
  8. Quim Albergaria
  9. SAL
  10. You Can’t Win Charlie Brown

Second Semi-Final

  1. André Henriques
  2. Bandua
  3. Bárbara Tinoco
  4. Dapunksportif
  5. Edmundo Inácio
  6. Inês Apenas
  7. Ivandro
  8. Teresinha Landeiro
  9. The Happy Mess
  10. Voodoo Marmalade

We remind you that Festival da Canção 2023 will take place in Lisbon, on these days:

  • First Semi-Final : February 25, 2023
  • Second Semi-Final: March 5, 2023
  • Grand Final: March 11, 2023

The Grand Final will take place with 10 songs, and the winner will be decided by a combination of 50% public vote and 50% jury vote.

The previous winner of Festival da Canção and Portugal’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was Maro with the song “saudade, saudade“ that ended up in 9th place of the Grand Final, keeping Portugal’s qualification streak for the second year in a row:

https://youtu.be/mZtbD47u6yI

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Portuguese participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Portugal: 667 songs were submitted for Festival da Canção 2023!

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Some time ago RTP, Portugal’s public broadcaster, revealed through the official Instagram account of Festival da Canção, that 667 songs have been submitted to take part in the national  final.

The song submission window opened in September 2 and closed on October 21, while the four songs and artists that will claim the ticket for Liverpool and Portugal’s representation in Eurovision 2023 will be revealed in the coming days.

Like last year, Festival da Canção will host 20 acts, 16 songs of those being written from songwriters of different genres invited by RTP. The remaining 4 will be selected by the open submission process.

The national final will feature two semi-finals, with five songs from each, qualifying for the final. The Grand Final will take place with 10 songs, and the winner will be decided by a combination of 50% public vote and 50% jury vote.

The previous winner of Festival da Canção and Portugal’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was Maro with the song “saudade, saudade“ that ended up in 9th place of the Grand Final, keeping Portugal’s qualification streak for the second year in a row:

https://youtu.be/mZtbD47u6yI

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Portuguese participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Portugal: RTP Confirms Eurovision 2023 Participation and Opens Submissions for Festival da Canção 2023!

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Portugal’s national broadcaster, RTP, confirmed that the country will participate in Eurovision 2023. At the same time, it gave an official announcement regarding the submissions for Festival da Canção 2023. They are opening for the artists that are interested.

Like last year, the Festival will host 20 acts, 16 songs of those being written from songwriters of different genres invited by RTP. The remaining 4 will be selected by the open submission process.

The applications are open from today, September 2nd, until 21st of October under the following rules:

  • Every Portugese resident, regardless of having the Portugese nationality or not, is eligible for competing. This includes the Portugese not residing in Portugal.
  • Those interested must provide their demo song files to RTP at festivaldacancao@rtp.pt, accompanied by various data (specified in the regulation).

Full rules can be read here

In Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Portugal was represented by MARO with the song “saudade, saudade”, finishing at 9th place. This marks the best placing Portugal has had since their only win in 2017, and remains one of the best Portugese results ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQul-rkcGPQ&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

Source: Eurovoix