Over at That Eurovision Site the team will be ranking national finals throughout the season. The next national final that the team have taken a closer look at was Portugal’s Festival da Canção. Specifically the second semi-final, which will take place on March 2nd. Festival da Canção will select the Eurovision representative for Portugal.
You can see the results of our rankings from Semi-Final one here
Who is taking part in the second Semi-Final of Festival da Canção 2024 ?
There are ten artists taking part in the semi-final of Festival da Canção 2024 . The ten artists taking part are as follows:
| Running Order | Artist | Entry |
| 1 | Buba Esphino | “O Farol” |
| 2 | Cristina Clara | “Primavera” |
| 3 | Leo Middea | “Doce Mistèrio” |
| 4 | Filipa | “You Can’t Hide” |
| 5 | Jõao Courto | “Quarto Para Um” |
| 6 | Huca | “Pè de Choro” |
| 7 | No Maka ft Ana Maria | ”Aceitar” |
| 8 | Maria Jõao | “Dia” |
| 9 | Rita Onofre | “Criatura” |
| 10 | Silk Nobre | ”Change” |
Who are our qualifiers of the second Festival da Canção 2024 semi-final ?
We ranked the songs taking part in this semi-final of Festival da Canção, using a 1-10 ranking. 1 being our favourite, 10 being our least favourite song. We then calculated the average of all our rankings. Right below, you can see our qualifiers for this week’s show. For the shows with Semi-Finals/Heats, we will be revealing the qualifiers, and release the full breakdown when the selection finishes.
Huca- “Pé de Choro”
Leo Middea- “Doce Mistério”:
Maria Jõao- “Dia”:
No Maka, Ana Maria- “Aceitar”
Rita Onofre – “Criatura”
What did some of our team members have to say about their favourite songs from the second Semi-Final of Festival da Canção 2024?
Angus (“Aceitar”): A dreamy, soothing track, with the instrumentation being supported by great production for a perfect blend with some great vocals. The gently heartbreaking sound of the song goes beautifully with the emotional lyrics.
Jazzi (“Criatura”): This is a really nice quiet mid-tempo track, however I feel it has a nice build into the chorus. I really like Rita’s voice in this it works really well for the vibe of the song. I feel this opens itself up to interesting staging concepts as well.
Daniel (“Pé de Choro”): An absolutely breathtaking and suitably beautiful tribute to the late Sara Tavares, this song represents everything great about Festival Da Canção as a platform for songwriters to share their art. I think this can be a huge moment on the night with the raw emotions woven into the fabric of the song by Huca, alongside the powerful lyrics and elements of the song taken from the music of the Creole communities in Portugal that Tavares was such a magnificent champion for. There are three songs in this heat that would be my personal Eurovision winner if they won FdC, but this one stands above them.
Portugal’s Eurovision Journey
Portugal debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest with António Calvário’s “Oração” in 1964. Since then, Portugal has participated in the competition 54 times – appearing the final 45 times. Their only win in the competition came in 2017 with Salvador Sobral, performing his heart-wrenching song “Amar Pelos Dois”.
Portugal’s most recent participation was with Mimicat with the song “Ai, coração”. Mimicat managed to qualify for the Grand Final and once there, she finished in 23rd place. She received a total of 59 points, of which 43 points came from the jury and 16 points came the televote.
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Euan T