Portuguese broadcaster RTP has unveiled the 20 competing songs set to participate in Festival da Canção 2024. Semi-finals of Festival da Canção are set to take place on February 24th and March 2nd, while the Grand Final will take place on March 9th and will be hosted by Filomena Cautela (one of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest hosts) and Vasco Palmeirim.
Here is the list of the acts competing this year:
Semi-Final 1 (February 24th):
- Bispo – “Casa Portuguesa” (lyrics & music by Bispo)
- iolanda – “Grito” (lyrics by iolanda | music by iolanda & Luar)
- João Borsch – “…Pelas Costuras” (lyrics & music by João Borsch)
- LEFT. – “Volto A Ti” (lyrics & music by LEFT.)
- MELA – “Água” (lyrics & music by MELA)
- Mila Dores – “Afia A Língua” (lyrics by Mila Dores | music by Mila Dores & Filipe Sambado)
- Nena – “Teorias Da Conspiração” (lyrics & music by Nena)
- NOBLE – “Memory” (lyrics by NOBLE | music by NOBLE & Rui Saraiva)
- Perpétua – “Bem Longe Daqui” (lyrics & music by Perpétua)
- Rita Rocha – “Pontos Finais” (lyrics & music by Rita Rocha)
Semi-Final 2 (March 2nd):
- Buba Espinho – “O Farol” (lyrics by Edu Mundo | music by Buba Espinho, Bruno Chaveiro, Edu Mundo & Luís Aleixo)
- Cristina Clara – “Primavera” (lyrics by Cristina Clara | music by Jon Luz)
- FILIPA – “You Can’t Hide” (lyrics & music by FILIPA, Rich Pilkington & Marie Jenkins)
- Huca – “Pé De Choro” (lyrics & music by Huca)
- João Couto – “Quarto Para Um” (lyrics & music by João Couto)
- Leo Middea – “Doce Mistério” (lyrics & music by Leo Middea)
- Maria João – “Dia” (lyrics by Maria João | music by Maria João & João Farinha)
- No Maka feat. Ana Maria – “Aceitar” (lyrics & music by Duarte Carvalho, Emanuel Oliveira, Ana Maria Ramos, Mara Cortez, Rafael Martins & Marcelo Garrido)
- Rita Onofre – “Criatura” (lyrics & music by Rita Onofre)
- Silk Nobre – “Change” (lyrics by Silk Nobre | music by Silk Nobre, Artur Guimarães & Pity)
In each semi-final, 10 songs will be competing and 6 songs will qualify for the Grand Final. In each semi-final, there will be a first round of vote responsible to select 5 songs, based on the results of the public and jury votes (consisting of personalities linked to the world of music, entertainment and media), in a 50/50 proportion. In the event of a tie for 5th place, the song with the highest score in the jury’s vote will qualify to the Grand Final. Later, a sixth song will be exclusively selected through the public vote. The song with the highest number of calls in this second voting period, in each semi-final, will qualify for the Grand Final.
In the Grand Final, voting will be done by televoting and through the vote of a regional jury, made up of representatives of the 5 regions of mainland Portugal and the 2 autonomous regions (Madeira and Azores), in a 50/50 proportion. In the event of a tie for 1st place, the song with the highest number of calls in the televoting will win.
Mimicat represented Portugal this year with their song “Ai Coração”. The song finished 23rd in the Grand Final with a total of 59 points.
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