Portugal PORTUGAL 2023 - Mimicat - Ai Coração

ESC United Mod Team · April 4, 2022

lacrymea · March 17, 2023

Decayingbooks said:
What I don't understand is that most of Woodkid directed videoclips, "Blue Jeans", "Born to Die", "Killer", "Sign of the Times", etc, are for low and mid tempo songs, icoracao is a high tempo song, using similar shots or framing(and making the thing b&w for the public at home) would make no sense whatsoever.
Has he directed any live performances that anyone is aware of?

Not that I'm aware of. But yeah. That reference she made considering visual style is a bit weird.

Ajeje Brazorf · March 18, 2023

Loving and upgrading this! I present to you my new third place overall and third

of the season... Portugal is really on a streak of great and memorable entries.

TB98 · March 18, 2023

Mimicat will be present at the London Eurovision Party. Girl really is working the room. Love it.

cassio · March 18, 2023

6 pts

Decayingbooks · March 18, 2023

Instrumental version of "Ai Coração"

midnightsun · March 19, 2023

Dark Horse, like The Black Mamba. If it survives televote only Semi (and I believe they will) they will even do better in the final, because TBM scored due to juries mainly.

Serena00 · March 19, 2023

The pleasant surprise from Portugal this year, 10 points, hope to see it in the final

NemesisNick · March 19, 2023

The Portuguese national final, Festival da Canção 2023 Final, took place on Saturday 11 March 2023. Here is my video, containing my opinions on all thirteen finalist songs in order of performance (based on Festival da Canção 2023 Final performances), and my ranking from thirteenth to first in My Eurovision Scoreboard.

Nemesis Nick Talks Eurovision: Festival da Canção 2023 Final Review

TB98 · March 20, 2023

https://twitter.com/euro_bruno/status/1637901992763719686

Mimicat singing 'Tattoo' in traffic.

Decayingbooks · March 21, 2023

Recently I listened to a portuguese podcast where one of the members was complaining about the voting system not representing proportionally how the judges nor the public voted, so since this year RTP made it public the percentage of the televote for each song I decided to ran the numbers and see if it would have changed anything.
The actual voting system is 50-50, the top 10 of the public is added to the top 10 of the judges, the results I'm showing would have been if the points of the judges wouldn't have been converted to the 12 to 1 points and if the televote points would have been proportional.
To make it clear how I ended with this number, the amount of point that the judges can give is 406, if a song got 50% of the televote that song would have gotten 203 points from the public.

Song	Judges	% Televote	Televote	Total	Position	Change
Mimicat - Ai Coração	66	19,33	78	144	01	=
Edmundo Inácio - A Festa	66	12,24	50	116	02	=
Cláudia Pascoal - Nasci Maria	48	8,21	33	81	03	=
Ivandro - Povo	43	5,42	22	65	04	+1
Bárbara Tinoco - Goodnight	27	8,58	35	62	05	-1
You Can't Win, Charlie Brown - Contraste Mudo	45	3,74	15	60	06	+2
Neon Soho - Endless World	33	3,96	16	49	07	+3
Inês Apenas - Fim do Mundo	26	4,55	18	44	08	+5
Voodoo Marmalade - Tormento	5	9,02	37	42	09	-2
Esse Povo - Sapatos de Cimento	30	2,82	12	42	10	+1
Dapunksportif - World Needs Therapy	2	9,17	37	39	11	-5
Churky - Encruzilhada	5	8,26	34	39	12	-3
SAL - Viver	10	4,7	19	29	13	-1

I doubt that RTP would ever change the voting system to something like this because the system of converting the results to a top 10 prevents someone from buying their victory, which sadly was something that the composer of the 2014's portuguese entry was accused of, although this system would have make the voting more interesting than it actually was.

TB98 · March 21, 2023

Decayingbooks said:
Recently I listened to a portuguese podcast where one of the members was complaining about the voting system not representing proportionally how the judges nor the public voted, so since this year RTP made it public the percentage of the televote for each song I decided to ran the numbers and see if it would have changed anything.
The actual voting system is 50-50, the top 10 of the public is added to the top 10 of the judges, the results I'm showing would have been if the points of the judges wouldn't have been converted to the 12 to 1 points and if the televote points would have been proportional.
To make it clear how I ended with this number, the amount of point that the judges can give is 406, if a song got 50% of the televote that song would have gotten 203 points from the public.

Song
Judges
% Televote
Televote
Total
Position
Change
Mimicat - Ai Coração
66
19,33
78
144
01
=
Edmundo Inácio - A Festa
66
12,24
50
116
02
=
Cláudia Pascoal - Nasci Maria
48
8,21
33
81
03
=
Ivandro - Povo
43
5,42
22
65
04
+1
Bárbara Tinoco - Goodnight
27
8,58
35
62
05
-1
You Can't Win, Charlie Brown - Contraste Mudo
45
3,74
15
60
06
+2
Neon Soho - Endless World
33
3,96
16
49
07
+3
Inês Apenas - Fim do Mundo
26
4,55
18
44
08
+5
Voodoo Marmalade - Tormento
5
9,02
37
42
09
-2
Esse Povo - Sapatos de Cimento
30
2,82
12
42
10
+1
Dapunksportif - World Needs Therapy
2
9,17
37
39
11
-5
Churky - Encruzilhada
5
8,26
34
39
12
-3
SAL - Viver
10
4,7
19
29
13
-1

I doubt that RTP would ever change the voting system to something like this because the system of converting the results to a top 10 prevents someone from buying their victory, which sadly was something that the composer of the 2014's portuguese entry was accused of, although this system would have make the voting more interesting than it actually was.

I very much prefer this system tbh. Much better. Everyone gets points from the public, so no one gets blanked.

Decayingbooks · March 21, 2023

Lorren just entered the portuguese top 50 Viral of Spotify at #1

The top at the moment:

#01 Loree - Tattoo

#02 Mimicat - Ai Coração

#13 La Zarra - Évidemment

#14 Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha

#15 Voodoo Marmalade - Tormento
#16 Alessandra - Queen of Kings

#17 Edmundo Inácio - A Festa
#38 Vesna - My Sister's Crown

Also Loreen is #45 on Apple Music Top 100 - Portugal, the only song from eurovision on that top.

BernadetteCydonia · March 21, 2023

Decayingbooks said:
Chicago but directed by Woodkid.
Not sure what that means...

I'm not sure either; Woodkid has done all kinds of artsy popsy music that you would hear in promos occasionally (thinking of the time his hit Run Boy Run was used to promote The Musketeers series on BBC I think. But never anything with burlesque elements. Like at all. But I'm slightly familiar with his music video directing style too at least. So is the team of Mimicat going for... artsy burlesque vibe?

like, sad glamorous filters of a life of a burlesque performer?

(and no, Teenage Dream wasn't a very sad type of a music video, he directed that one too. Just a heads up)

TB98 said:
I very much prefer this system tbh. Much better. Everyone gets points from the public, so no one gets blanked.

It only works when you announce the televotes little by little while adding them up on top of the jury score. Lithuania and Moldova are guilty of announcing jury and televote points separately and all at once, while making the viewer do the math and maybe figuring the winner out really quickly depending on how long are the points on screen shown. Bonus points if people know which voting party breaks ties in case of a tie.

MopManMoss · March 22, 2023

Honestly mimicat is reminding me a lot of the situation with Monika liu last year, people writing her off for no reason despite the bags of charasima great song and unapologetic promotion and use of native language

Decayingbooks · March 22, 2023

I was so worried that Portugal would be opening the semifinal, but we have a good spot, in the middle of two bands and surrounded by male singers.
Hopefully Mimicato 5 makes it into the final xpray

TB98 · March 22, 2023

I like our spot tbh. I was really worried we would get one of the first 3 but #5 is good. We're also between Latvia and Ireland, so yeah I think it's good.

Now let us pray to the Eurovision gods for a good result and for MOTHERcat to slay.

TiagoFS · March 24, 2023

She's good but there were better options in the national final. 7 pts.

Ezio · March 26, 2023

Portugal is one of my most loved countries of all times, but what they sent in 2021 made me second-guess my love. I wanted a brutal divorce. Then 2022 came, and we were good. Now 2023, and I am thinking, Portugal, seriously, why would you do this to me after all we've been through? Not cool.

This song is really annoying. I tried it several times already, and my ears want to shut down, my eyes don't want to see. I can't love it. The singer has strong vocal chords, so kudos to her. Her makeup and hairdo makes her look very old, she should get rid of the blond dye. I hate when Southern women colour their hair yellow and Northern women paint theirs black, it always looks bad.

I hate to say it but Portugal is low for me this year. Not at the rock bottom like 2021, because this year sucks overall and it's full abominations, but I wouldn't rank it higher than 20th.

goncalovieira · March 29, 2023

This is a good dress, girl! Come on! Tell Dino Alves to go away.

Mimicat on Instagram: "Hoje no @caporcasartp com o rei disto tudo @herman.jose.oficial e com as maravilhosas @joanavasconcelosatelier e @filipavieirafado e os Ricardos mais fixes @ricardo.carrico_oficial e @ricardocastroator 🤓🤓❤️❤️❤️"

1,654 likes, 21 comments - mimicat_music on March 29, 2023: "Hoje no @caporcasartp com o rei disto tudo @herman.jose.oficial e com as maravilhosas @joanavasconcelosatelier e @filipavieirafado e os Ricardos mais fixes @ricardo.carrico_oficial e @ricardocastroator 🤓🤓❤️❤️❤️".

www.instagram.com

VikingTiger · March 30, 2023

....And I changed my points. Portugal is now the 4th country to get 12 points from me this year.

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