Portugal 2022
Maro
Saudade, saudade

The national selection songs were released today. Here is the tracklist:



First Semi-Final

Aurea “Why”
Fado Bicha “Povo pequenino”
FF “Como É Bom Esperar Alguém”
Diana Castro “Ginger Ale”
Kumpania Algazarra “A Minha Praia”
Maro “saudade, saudade”
Norton “Hope”
The Mister Driver “Cali Sun”
Os Quatro e Meia “Amanhã”
Valas & Os Astronautas “Odisseias”

Second Semi-Final

Milhanas “Corpo de Mulher”
Blacci “Mar No Fim”
Cubita “Uma Mensagem Tua”
Pongo & Tristany “Dégra.Dê”
Jonas “Pontas Soltas”
Os Azeitonas “Solta a Voz e Canta”
Inês Homem de Melo “Fome de Viagem”
Pepperoni Passion “Código 30”
O Vampiro Submarino “Ao Lado de Mim”
SYRO “Ainda nos Temos”

Portugal jumped to no. 1 in odds after the announcement, possibly due to Pongo's song.

Edited March 13, 20223 yr by HuhdMeClosting

My ratings:

 

1. DEGRA.DE (10/10)

2. Ainda Nos Temos (7.5/10)

3. Ao Lado De Mim (7/10)

4. Mar No Fim (7/10)

5. Pontas Soltas (6/10)

6. Amanha (6/10)

7. saudade, saudade (6/10)

8. Why? (6/10)

9. Povo Pequenino (5/10)

10. Corpo De Mulher (5/10)

11. Como E Bom Esperar Alguem (5/10)

12. Fome De Viagem (5/10)

13. Odisseia (5/10)

14. Solta A Voz E Canta (4/10)

15. Ginger Ale (4/10)

16. Codigo 30 (3/10)

17. A Minha Praia (3/10)

18. Uma Mensagem Tua (3/10)

19. Cali Sun (2/10)

20. Hope (2/10)

 

Overall: 5.08/10

Top 5 rating: 7.5/10

 

Some of them sound so outdated :( However, some of them are inspired by jazz and re-invented something fresh which could stand out in the contest. DEGRA.DE is avant-garde and could do really well.

Edited January 31, 20223 yr by uhsting

Final lineup:

 

1 Pongo and Tristany "Dégrá.dê"

2 Syro "Ainda nos temos"

3 Milhanas "Corpo de mulher"

4 Inês Homem de Melo "Fome de viagem"

5 Aurea "Why?"

6 Os Quatro e Meia "Amanhã"

7 FF "Como é bom esperar alguém"

8 Diana Castro "Ginger Ale"

9 Maro "Saudade, saudade"

10 Pepperoni Passion "Código 30"

 

All for Dégrá.dê to win but streets are saying Saudade, saudade has the highest chance.

Hoping for saudade, saudade or degra.de to take this but I think Portugal might continue their hipster vibes of going all in English when everyone else seems to be going native language and pick "Why?"

Saudade, saudade convincingly wins both the public and jury vote!

 

 

Really liking this - I can see this potentially qualifying.

Not Portugal somehow conjuring up their best entry since Suzy