Portugal PORTUGAL 2020 - Elisa - Medo de Sentir

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[Mrm]

@EscGeek

Umirem od smeha!!

 

[EscGeek]

@Mrm
That's what makes FdC 2020 so special. I have not one, not two, not three, but four favorites. And One of them is EPIIIIIIIC!

 

[JSSArcos]

My top 8 before the show

1.º Blasted - "Rebellion"
1.º Elisa - "Medo de Sentir"
3.º Bárbara Tinoco - "Passe-Partout" (I like the music but I don't want it to represent us )
4.º Filipe Sambado - "Gerbera Amarela do Sul"
5.º Throes + The Shine - "Movimento" (it can go up tonight)
6.º Ian Mucznik - "O Dia de Amanhã"
7.º JJaZZ - "Agora"
8.º MEERA - "Copo de Gin"

depending on the show, I will vote 2x in my first classified in principle (will be between rebellion and Medo de Sentir)

 

[lacrymea]

Would hate for a song like Passe-Partout to win. It just reminds me of Tom&Jerry chasing each other But she's the front runner right now.

 

[JSSArcos]

here I leave some statistics

Youtube views

Bárbara Tinoco - "Passe-Partout" - 576 799 views (40,29%)
Blasted - "Rebellion" - 325 210 views (22,71%)
Elisa - "Medo de Sentir" - 224 888 views (15,70%)
Filipe Sambado - "Gerbera Amarela do Sul" - 69 959 views (4,88%)
MEERA - "Copo de Gin" - 69 844 views (4,87%)
Throes + The Shine - "Movimento" - 66 891 views (4,67%)
JJaZZ - "Agora" - 53 270 views (3,72%)
Ian Mucznik - "O Dia de Amanhã" - 44 689 views (3,12%)

Poll on a fan site in portugal (ESC PORTUGAL)

1.º Blasted - "Rebellion" - 435 votes (29%)
2.º Bárbara Tinoco - "Passe-Partout" - 371 votes (25%)
3.º Elisa - "Medo de Sentir" - 342 votes (23%)
4.º Throes + The Shine - "Movimento" - 165 votes (11%)
5.º Filipe Sambado - "Gerbera Amarela do Sul" - 74 votes (5%)
6.º MEERA - "Copo de Gin" - 55 votes (4%)
7.º JJaZZ - "Agora" - 23 votes (2%)
8.º Ian Mucznik - "O Dia de Amanhã" - 10 votes (1%)

 

[mauve]

I hope Portugal will surprise us and vote for Blasted.

 

[Leydan]

Time: 22:48 CET to 01:01 CET That's... oddly specific timing?

 

[AlekS]

Festival da Canção. Semi-final #1.

Time: 22:48 CET.


Webcast #1

Webcast #2
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[DanielLuis]

I hope Portugal will surprise us and vote for Blasted.

How would that be surprising?

 

[mauve]

How would that be surprising?

Well, I don't know what the betting odds say, but for me it rather seems unlikely. Just a gut feeling. When I am mistaken, the better.

 

[BorisBubbles]

I mostly just hope Rebellion's genre shift works live. I find it pretty underwhelming in studio (why does everyone love it??? We've seen this before and seen it better. Set standards for yourself.)

Anyway, I am looking forward to it. FdC is pretty good this year in spite of what other people may claim, especially tonight's semifinal. May the best performances win. :-)

 

[Decayingbooks]

I think that Blated, Tinoco, Elisa and Sambado will be ones reaching the final.

The semi judges will not penalize Blasted for singing in English and the portuguese guitar and the message will help them.
Tinoco and Elisa are kinda safe judge wise.
Sambado will be borderline, but he is a indie darling in Portugal and Isilda Sanchez and Rui Miguel Abreu (both journalists and critics) will put him in their top 4. Also Conan Osiris, Miguel Angelo and Capicua will put it in their top 4 due to the lyrics and I can see Anabela doing the same thing mostly due to the melody, it sounds a lot to Zeca Afonso, a 70s/80s portuguese musician know for his political songs.

Sambado will reach the top 4 of the televote thanks to the staging, although I can see it also being a turn off for many.
The staging of Tinoco, Blasted and Elisa was a bit lackluster in the snippets but either way they are sure qualifers

 

[DanielLuis]

Well, I don't know what the betting odds say, but for me it rather seems unlikely. Just a gut feeling. When I am mistaken, the better.

Well they are the favorites among the Portuguese fandom, have the 2nd most views on Youtube, are the most established act competing, etc. There's no way they don't qualify.
Blasted Mechanism, Bárbara Tinoco and Elisa are basically 100% through tonight.

 

[BarefootBoogaloo]

FdC time!!!

 

[Citelis]

"Medo de sentir''

 

[AliceEsc]

I had the best time in the portuguese thread last year! Can't wait for FdC to start (+ to see Conan again!)
Much love to my beautiful Portugal whatever the outcome

 

[DaFlo]

Lost two potential 12s today

I'm prepared to lose the only song I really care about in Portugal as well, bring it on

 

[Sean]

I'm glad Portugal are a little less sadistic than before and have FdC on Saturdays now

 

[lacrymea]

Lost two potential 12s today

I'm prepared to lose the only song I really care about in Portugal as well, bring it on

Which one?

 

[DaFlo]

Which one?

Throes + The Shine

Maybe live someone else will surprise me, let's hope