Portugal PORTUGAL 2017 - Salvador Sobral - Amar pelos dois

[ZoboCamel]

The song has quite a bit of support from the UK- He's currently #9 on the Viral Spotify Charts on the most English-standard-insisting country XD Currently doing a university unit looking at the different English(es) around the world. A lot of people there are relating to the song. It's slightly telling on the quality of the songs, considering not many songs make it to their country's spotify playlists, except for perhaps Portugal, France, Sweden, Italy and Belgium.

Oh hey, which university to you go to? Wondering if it might be the same one, since we're both Melbourne uni students studying language

 

[Deleted member 15618]

Oh hey, which university to you go to? Wondering if it might be the same one, since we're both Melbourne uni students studying language

No way(oh my god!) I study Linguistics, Indigenous Studies and Physiology at Monash. I understand you're from Latrobe from previous posts? How I'd fight to be in your place to hear such a surprise as Isaiah singing live and unannounced!

 

[ZoboCamel]

No way(oh my god!) I study Linguistics, Indigenous Studies and Physiology at Monash. I understand you're from Latrobe from previous posts? How I'd fight to be in your place to hear such a surprise as Isaiah singing live and unannounced!

Nope... I'm Monash too, actually! Clayton campus. You?

 

[Deleted member 15618]

Nope... I'm Monash too, actually! Clayton campus. You?

Oh my goodness. What the hell is this? I'm also at Monash Clayton. We better arrange a meet-up! Lol, does this ever happen in these forums????

I honestly didn't expect to find someone from Monash Clayton here, because the forum seems so big!

 

[ZoboCamel]

Oh my goodness. What the hell is this? I'm also at Monash Clayton. We better arrange a meet-up! Lol, does this ever happen in these forums????

I honestly didn't expect to find someone from Monash Clayton here, because the forum seems so big!

Lol! Yes, we absolutely need to meet up at some point. We've probably walked past each other at some point in the Campus Centre or Floor 5 (Linguistics) of Menzies or something I do translation, so I'm mostly around the linguistics areas too.

 

[GianlucaTomoe]

 

[NNR]

Add Ireland to that list..

 

[lacrymea]

Well, i'm portuguese. I don't know anyone here who thinks we'll win Eurovision, even though we love the song.

 

[randajad]

Well, i'm portuguese. I don't know anyone here who thinks we'll win Eurovision, even though we love the song.

Then:

 

[lacrymea]

Then:

 

[SirPeterGriffin]

Oh boy, here we go. The troll strikes again!

 

[DanielLuis]

Oh boy, here we go. The troll strikes again!

It's a cycle. One day he attacks Italy, the other Portugal, and then somedays he goes to Spain or something.

 

[lacrymea]

delete

 

[Miguel]

Update. 1 point from OGAE France.

This ranks where it should – not at the bottom; near the top, just not quite there.

Charts

Portugal – AFP: #38
Portugal – Billboard: #3

Rankings

Betting Odds: #5
Eurovision World: #1 (4,6/5)
ESC Nation: #7
ESC Stats: #4
ESC United: #4

YouTube*: 3,332,346 views

*four main videos

Spotify: 160,798 plays

Viral charts
United Kingdom: #4
Portugal: #18
Spain: #24

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[Deleted member 15618]

RTP released a recent video on how the song is being perceived outside Portugal: https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/cultura/amar-pelos-dois-e-um-fenomeno-na-internet_v991397
There is not many too many reviews or reactions to read or see as fodder before Eurovision.

 

[NNR]

My mum genuinely started crying when I showed her the song. She thought he had cerebral palsy or similar cos of his kind of erratic body movements, but thought the song was just fantastic.

 

[Deleted member 15618]

I wonder what kind of postcard will they film?

 

[Kaz]

Countries that think Portugal can into winning Eurovision 2017:

 

[JonnyWest]

Great draw for us last act from 1st half, between two female acts with mid-tempo songs
Thank God Bjorkman didn't screw us

 

[Miguel]

There are two French publications that have acknowledged this. 20 Minutes calls it a "superb melancholic song" and refers to it as a "delightfully anachronistic sound", whereas Paris Match announces it as one of their ten favourite entries and mentions a “great vocal mastery”.

And thumbs up for that draw! That position was the one I wanted the most.