Portuguese broadcaster RTP has unveiled the running order of each semi-final of 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.
Here is the running order of each semi-final:
Semi-Final 1 (February 24th):
- 1. Nena – “Teorias Da Conspiração” (lyrics & music by Nena)
- 2. Perpétua – “Bem Longe Daqui” (lyrics & music by Perpétua)
- 3. MELA – “Água” (lyrics & music by MELA)
- 4. Mila Dores – “Afia A Língua” (lyrics by Mila Dores | music by Mila Dores & Filipe Sambado)
- 5. LEFT. – “Volto A Ti” (lyrics & music by LEFT.)
- 6. Rita Rocha – “Pontos Finais” (lyrics & music by Rita Rocha)
- 7. NOBLE – “Memory” (lyrics by NOBLE | music by NOBLE & Rui Saraiva)
- 8. João Borsch – “…Pelas Costuras” (lyrics & music by João Borsch)
- 9. iolanda – “Grito” (lyrics by iolanda | music by iolanda & Luar)
- 10. Bispo – “Casa Portuguesa” (lyrics & music by Bispo)
Semi-Final 2 (March 2nd):
- 1. Buba Espinho – “O Farol” (lyrics by Edu Mundo | music by Buba Espinho, Bruno Chaveiro, Edu Mundo & Luís Aleixo)
- 2. Cristina Clara – “Primavera” (lyrics by Cristina Clara | music by Jon Luz)
- 3. Leo Middea – “Doce Mistério” (lyrics & music by Leo Middea)
- 4. FILIPA – “You Can’t Hide” (lyrics & music by FILIPA, Rich Pilkington & Marie Jenkins)
- 5. João Couto – “Quarto Para Um” (lyrics & music by João Couto)
- 6. Huca – “Pé De Choro” (lyrics & music by Huca)
- 7. No Maka feat. Ana Maria – “Aceitar” (lyrics & music by Duarte Carvalho, Emanuel Oliveira, Ana Maria Ramos, Mara Cortez, Rafael Martins & Marcelo Garrido)
- 8. Maria João – “Dia” (lyrics by Maria João | music by Maria João & João Farinha)
- 9. Rita Onofre – “Criatura” (lyrics & music by Rita Onofre)
- 10. 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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