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Portugal

Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim

1st Semifinal February 18

 

Anabela "Para Te Dar Abrigo" ("to shelter you")

Beatriz Pessoa "Eu Te Amo" ("I love you")

Bruno Vasconcelos "Austrália"

Catarina Miranda "Para Sorrir Não Preciso De Nada" ("I don't need anything to smile")

janeiro "(sem título)" ("untitled")

Joana Barrabás "Anda Estragar-me Os Planos" ("come ruin my plans")

Joana Espadim "Zero A Zero"

José Cid & Gonçalo Tavares "O Som Da Guitarra É A Alma De Um Povo" ("the sound of a guitar is the soul of a people")

JP Simões "Alvoroço" ("agitation")

Maria Amaral "A Mesma Canção" ("the same song")

Rita Dias "Com Gosto Amigo" ("with friendly taste")

Rui David "Sem Medo" ("without fear")

 

2nd semifinal February 25

Cláudia Pascoal "O Jardim" ("the garden")

Daniela Onis "Para Lá Do Rio" ("beyond the river")

Diogo Piçarra "Canção Do Fim" ("song of the end")

Dora Fidalgo "Arco-Íris" ("rainbow")

Lili "O Voo Das Cegonhas" ("the flight of the storks"

Maria Inês Paris "Bandeira Azul" ("blue flag")

Minni & Rhayra "Patati Patata" ("yada yada")

Peter Serrado "Sunset"

Rita Ruivo "Anda Daí" ("come along")

Sequin "All Over Again"

Susana Travassos "A Mensageira" ("the female messenger")

Tamin "Sobre Nós" ("about us")

 

The top 7 of each semifinal will qualify to the final on March 4th

 

For those of you who have taken the life lengthening decision to give the Portuguese NF a miss but are still interested in whether Portugal can "do an Austria" and come last on home turf, this won the first semi final tonight quite convincingly, coming 2nd with the jury and winning the televote. The jury winner was largely ignored by the public and the juries weren't keen on the second placed televote song.

 

It's all about Diogo Piçarra next week, surely?

^ Only he has now quit. Drama! :o

I'd have liked to have seen a Salvador & sister duet (or sister on her own) for Portugal this year to celebrate them hosting, much like when Germany won and hosted.

I'm glad Piçarra bowed out, his song was a bit nothingy and it would've sucked in all the votes as he is massive in Portugal.

 

Cláudia Pascoal's "O Jardim" is absolutely stunning so I'm crossing everything in hopes she wins now.

I'm glad Piçarra bowed out, his song was a bit nothingy and it would've sucked in all the votes as he is massive in Portugal.

 

Cláudia Pascoal's "O Jardim" is absolutely stunning so I'm crossing everything in hopes she wins now.

 

Yeah and they are host country so Piçarra has double chance to win.

TONIGHT'S NATIONAL FINAL...
PORTUGAL



Festival da Canção

4th March 2018
Begins at 9pm in the UK and Portugal.
The show is scheduled to last 4 hours.

Watch the selection via the official RTP webcast.

Running order

Voting format
The winner will be decided by 50% jury voting and 50% televoting.

The favourites to win
The names being tipped as potential winners that I've seen include Cláudia Pascoal and Peu Madureira.

Who would NOT want to sit through this? *.*

4 hours :')

I'll be watching, depending on what time my 'good' neighbour leaves my house tonight, but as long as I catch Cláudia's performance and the results I'll be good :)

I'm glad Piçarra bowed out, his song was a bit nothingy and it would've sucked in all the votes as he is massive in Portugal.

 

Cláudia Pascoal's "O Jardim" is absolutely stunning so I'm crossing everything in hopes she wins now.

 

WISH GRANTED, Cláudia wins!

I'm over the moon. It's not a crowd pleaser but it's absolutely stunning and beautifully produced and performed, I'm very proud of it. It's my personal favourite entry for this year - so far.

Ooh, this is good! It really stands out as different just like Salvador did last year.

I quite like that, her voice is so stunning which really carries it :wub:

I quite like that, her voice is so stunning which really carries it :wub:

Oh definitely! It's like they've followed their own lead from last year really with the individuality and power of the vocalist.

Really lovely, hope it gets them another good finish.

 

Amazing what one good result can do to a country’s ability to take the competition more seriously (see also Netherlands and Bulgaria in recent years).

This is by far Portugal's most modern entry ever, really really surprised! Gives me London Grammar vibes, something I think will be even more pronounced once I hear a studio version and the production is clearer.

Finding this entry really quite mesmerizing; they're definitely on form! I'd love to see this come top 10.