Tonight the annual Portuguese national selection Festival da Canção has its second semi-final. A total of 13 acts will compete for a ticket to the Grand Final of Festival da Canção 2023, where only six of them will make it. Tonight’s show is hosted by Sónia Araújo and Jorge Gabriel. The full running order was as follows:
- Edmundo Inácio – “A Festa“
- The Happy Mess – “O Impossível“
- Teresinha Landeiro – “Enquanto é tempo“
- Bandua – “Bandeiras”
- Bárbara Tinoco – “Goodnight”
- INÊS APENAS – “Fim do Mundo“
- Ivandro – “Povo“
- DAPUNKSPORTIF – “World Needs Therapy“
- Lara Li – “Funâmbula“
- Voodoo Marmalade – “Tormento“
The Results
The first qualifiers were decided by using a split jury and televoting process, with both voting pools assigning 12, 10, and 8-1 points to all ten competing songs. Final point totals were not revealed.
Source: RTP
The final qualifier was selected from the remaining entries through a televote only round of voting. Based on both rounds of voting, the qualifiers from this semifinal are:
- Edmundo Inácio – “A Festa”
- Bárbara Tinoco – “Goodnight”
- INÊS APENAS – “Fim do Mundo”
- Ivandro – “Povo”
- Voodoo Marmalade – “Tormento”
- DAPUNKSPORTIF – “World Needs Therapy”
Therefore, the current line-up of the grand final will be:
- Churky
- Cláudia Pascoal
- Mimicat
- You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown
- SAL
- Esse Povo
- Neon Soho
- Edmundo Inácio
- Bárbara Tinoco
- INÊS APENAS
- Ivandro
- Voodoo Marmalade
- DAPUNKSPORTIF
The final of Festival da Canção will take place on March 11th and will select the country’s act for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool.
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