The Portuguese Eurovision selection, Festival da Canção, has now kicked off, with the first four qualifiers selected from a field of 8. The show was broadcast live from the nation’s capital, Lisbon and hosted by Jorge Gabriel and Tânia Ribas de Oliveira. Here is the line-up: MEERA – Copo de Gin Filipe Sambado – Gerbera Amarela do…
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Earlier in the season, Portuguese broadcaster RTP revealed the names of the composers competing in the upcoming edition of Festival da Canção, the selection used for Eurovision. Now, the artists and songs have been revealed. Here are the entries, with the composers in brackets: First Semi-Final: Blasted – Rebellion (Blasted) Filipe Sambado – Gerebera Amarela…
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Portuguese broadcaster RTP have now announced the sixteen composers taking part in the 2020 edition of their national selection, Festival da Canção. A public song submission was also held, and one of those submissions is now in the line-up. A total of 320 songs were submitted, all competing for the one spot available in the…
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Portuguese broadcaster RTP have announced that the search for the next Eurovision entry has begun. The broadcaster will be once again using Festival da Canção to select their Eurovision act, with the focus first on the composers of the entries. Similar to the previous edition, a total of 16 songs by 16 different writers will…
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The final of Festival da Canção has now taken place, where a total of 8 participants have performed their entries once again. Over the last two weeks, two semi-finals have taken place where a total of 16 participants was reduced to just 8, with a total of 4 qualifiers from each semi-final. The result was…
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Portugal have continued their 2019 Eurovision national selection, with the final eight participants presenting their entries last night at the RTP studios in Lisbon. This weekend marked the second of two semi-finals, with four qualifiers from each semi-final. The result will be decided by both jury and televote both worth 50% each. In the case…
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Portugal have kicked off their 2019 Eurovision national selection, with the first eight participants presenting their entries last night at the RTP studios in Lisbon. This weekend marked the first of two semi-finals, with four qualifiers from each semi-final. The result will be decided by both jury and televote both worth 50% each. In the…
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The sixteen artists competing at Festival da Canção have now been announced, and their songs are available. The winner of the competition will go on to represent Portugal at Eurovision this year, which will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel. Earlier in the season, the songwriters of the competition were revealed, and now the artists…
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This week, the semi-final allocation draw took place at the RTP Studios to determine which of the two semi-finals of Festival da Canção each of the competing composers and artists will perform. The two semi-finals will take place on February 16, and February 23 with the final to take place on March 2nd. A total…
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We aren’t travelling too far back in time for today’s National Final Throwback, but instead appreciating a song that, well, I’m just going to come out and say it, was completely robbed. To set the scene, we are looking at a song that was part of the Portuguese national final of 2018, a song that…
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