Tonight, the annual Festival Da Canção took place in Portugal, as eight acts took part in a diverse first semi-final of the competition, hosted this week by Jorge Gabriel and Tânia Ribas de Oliveira. The eight acts performing in tonight’s semi-final were as follows; MEERA – Copo de Gin Filipe Sambado – Gerbera amarela do Sul Ian Mucznik – O …
Portugal’s Festival da Canção returns tonight, with the Iberian nation hoping to put a few unfortunate results since their record victory behind them and continue to look forward in their Eurovision journey. Can any of these songs take Portugal back to the Eurovision final and move up the scoreboard once more? Our team will certainly have some opinions on that! …
[AdSense-B] Eight contestants are left in tonight’s Festival da Canção 2019, and having seen them being put through their paces in two Semi-Finals, we want to know who #YOU would love to see represent Portugal at Eurovision 2019! Make sure to vote in our poll below and we’ll reveal your favourite right before the final kicks off at 22:00 CET …
Last year, they had the honour of finally showing Lisbon to the world and host our beloved contest, but now everything is back to normal and we’re one step closer to knowing who will represent Portugal this year. [AdSense-B] Semi-Final 2 Last week, the first semi-final of Festival da Canção 2019 took place, and tonight the second semi-final took place. Just like …
[AdSense-B] Semifinal 1 of FdC has concluded in Portugal! Tonight, we heard the first half of the songs, and we have our first four qualifiers for the final two weeks from now! Tonight’s lineup was as follows: Ana Cláudia – “Inércia” João Campos – “É o que é” Soraia Tavares – “O meu sonho” Calema – “A dois” Conan Osíris …
[AdSense-B] With Portugal’s selection “Festival da Cançao” kicking off this weekend, we sat down to look at the acts in the first semi-final. Are there any potential Eurovision winners in the Portuguese selection once more? Ana Claudia – Inercia James – 7 – “This is going to be a divisive one. I get why people might hate this as a …
[AdSense-B] With the honeymoon period over after the first ever hosting of Eurovision on Portuguese soil in 2018, attention turn to the difficult third contest as Tel Aviv’s edition looms. How will Portugal cope with the challenge of going for a second win? The field of Festival da Cançao 2019 has been out for a few weeks now, so we …
[AdSense-B] Some breaking news to bring to #YOU from Portugal – the hot favourite to represent Portugal in Lisbon, Diogo Piçarra, has withdrawn from Festival da Canção. The singer had been embroiled in a scandal involving his entry “Canção do fim” which had been noted to feature heavy similarities to another Portuguese song, “Abre os meus olhos”. The singer, who …
[AdSense-B] Portugal held the second semi-final of Festival da Cançao this evening, as the Iberian nation continued its search for another hidden gem for their contest in Lisbon. With another 13 acts taking to the stage it was through another combination of televoting and jury voting that we have our finalists for next week! Tonight’s thirteen performances were; Maria Inês …
[AdSense-B] Portugal continue their search for a host nation entry for Lisbon tonight with the second semi-final of the long-term IMG selection Festival da Cançao. Tonight sees Susana Travassos participating, so we took the opportunity to talk to her about her song and the moving background behind the coming-together process of composer and performer… Hi Susana! How are you? Can …
