Festival da Canção

🇵🇹 Iolanda wins Portuguese national final

National final season is over! Iolanda has won in Portugal. She sings the song “Grito”, written by Iolanda herself. She also composed the song along with Luar. Iolanda was the clear choice of the jury, while the televoters applied for João Borsch, who became 2nd. Portugal will perform in the second half of the first semifinal. These are the full results: Iolanda, “Grito”, 22 pts. João Borsch, “….pelas costuras”, 18 pts. Leo Middea, “Doce mistério”, 18 pts. Silk Nobre, “Change”, 12 pts. Rita Rocha, “Pontos finais”, 11 pts. Buba Espinho, “O farol”, 10 pts. Noble, “Memory”, 7 pts. Rita Onofre, “Criatura”, 5 pts. Perpétua, “Bem longe daqui”, 4 pts. Nena, “Teorias da conspiração”, 4 pts. No Maka ft. Ana Maria, “Aceitar”, 3 pts. Cristina Clara, “Primavera”, 2 pts.

🇵🇹 Portugal: Festival RTP da Canção final tonight

Festival RTP da Canção closes the row of national finals tonight. In this festival, consisting of 12 songs, the Portuguese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen. The contest will be transmitted from the RTP Studios in Lisbon and hosted by Vasco Palmeirim and Filomena Cautela. They will be supported from the green room by Inês Lopes Gonçalves. The show starts at 22:00 CET and you can watch it here and here. These are the 12 participants: nr. Title Artist(s) 1 Change Silk Nobre 2 Criatura Rita Onofre 3 Memory Noble 4 O farol Buba Espinho 5 Teorias da conspiração Nena 6 Grito Iolanda 7 Aceitar No Maka ft. Ana Maria 8 Primavera Cristina Clara 9 Pontos finais Rita Rocha 10 Doce mistéria Leo Middea 11 Bem longe daqui Perpétua 12 …Pelas costuras João Borsch

🇵🇹 Portugal: Festival RTP da Canção continues

Tonight, Portugal will continue Festival RTP da Canção, the annual national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Out of ten songs, 6 will be chosen for the final on the 9th of March. The show starts at 22:00 and you can watch it here and here. These are the songs: Buba Espinho sings “O farol” Cristina Clara sings “Primavera” Filipa sings “You can’t hide” Huca sings “Pé de choro” João Couto sings “Quarto para um” Leo Middea sings “Doce mistério” María João sings “Dia” No Maka ft. Ana Maria sings “Aceitar” Rita Onofre sings “Criatura” Silk Nobre “Change” João Couto took part in the 2019 semifinal.

🇵🇹 Portuguese results are in

In Portugal, results are in. Out of the 10 songs, 6 were chosen to go to the final. This is the full result: Bispo sings “Casa Portuguesa” Iolanda sings “Grito” João Borsch sings “…Pelas costuras” Left. sings “Volto a ti” Mela sings “Água” Mila Dores sings “Afia a língua” Nena sings “Teorias da conspiração” Noble sings “Memory” Perpétua sings “Bem longe daqui” Rita Rocha sings “Pontos finais” 5 songs were chosen through jury/televote, Noble was later chosen by televote only.

🇵🇹 Portugal: Festival RTP da Canção starts

Tonight, Portugal will start with Festival RTP da Canção, the annual national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Out of ten songs, 6 will be chosen for the final on the 9th of March. The show starts at 22:00 and you can watch it here and here. These are the songs: Bispo sings “Casa Portuguesa” Iolanda sings “Grito” João Borsch sings “…Pelas costuras” Left. sings “Volto a ti” Mela sings “Água” Mila Dores sings “Afia a língua” Nena sings “Teorias da conspiração” Noble sings “Memory” Perpétua sings “Bem longe daqui” Rita Rocha sings “Pontos finais” Mila Dores took part in the semifinals in 2019.

Mimicat

About Quick Facts NameMarisa Isabel Lopes Mena Born25 Oktober 1985 Nationality🇵🇹 Portuguese National SelectionFestival da Canção 2023Festival da Canção 2001 In Eurovision2023 Liverpool SongAi coração (2023) Biography Marisa Isabel Lopes Mena, born in Coimbra in 1985, better known as Mimicat, is a Portuguese pop and soul singer and songwriter. Marisa Mena recorded her first album at the age of 9. A self-taught singer-songwriter from a very young age, she spent her teens between school and recording studios. She participated, aged just 15 and with the stage name Izamena, in one of the semifinals semifinal of Festival da Canção 2001, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. She presented the song “Mundo Colorido”, but did not make it to the final. In 2004, she auditioned for Idolos Portugal and entered the last 50. Marisa was the lead singer and author of most of the lyrics for a band from Coimbra called The Casino Royal. In 2009 she graduated in Sound and Image from the Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas in Rainha. In 2014 she presented her debut album under the name Mimicat: “For you”. The first single “Tell me Why”, was included in the soundtrack of the soap opera Jardins Proibidos. In 2015, she performed on some of the biggest Portuguese stages (Festa do Avante, Sol da Caparica, Edp Cool Jazz, Meo Marés Vivas, Culturgest, among others). She debuted on stages in Brazil, at one of the biggest events in São Paulo, Virada Cultural. In 2016 she released two singles: “Stay Strong” and “Gave Me Love”. They were included in her second album, “Back in town”. The album was released in September 2017. Two more singles from the album, “Fire” and “Going down” were released in the same year. In 2018, the single “Nobody knows” from the same album was released. Also in 2018 Mimicat got the opportunity to open for Selah Sue during her tour in Portugal. In July of that year, she teamed up with Camelier. She featured on his single “It feels so good”. On 11 april 2019, Mimicat released her first single in Portuguese, “Ate ao fim”, dedicated to her parents who celebrated their 50 years of marriage. The song was followed by “Mal maior” in November. Due to COVID19, it remained a little silent around Mimicat. However, she sang a lot online. On 11 February 2021, a new single came out: “Tudo ao ar”. A year later, she teamed up with Filipe Gonçalves, who featured in her single and video “Mundo ao Contrário”. In 2023 she won the 57th edition of the RTP da Canção Festival, with the theme “Ai Coração”. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song reached the final and became 23rd there. Entries Ai Coração Country🇵🇹 Portugal Year2023 LanguagePortuguese LyricsMarisa Mena MusicMarisa MenaLuís Pereira DancersDaniel CourinhaDaniel Gamito SoaresInês GameiroVanda Gameiro Results Semi Points: 74Position: 9Running order: 5 Results Finals Points: 59Position: 23Running order: 2 https://youtu.be/HYfkxX4PFyw

Mimicat is the artist for Portugal

National final season is over. Mimicat won the Portuguese final Festival Da Canção 2023. She will sing the song “Ai, coração”, which is written by Marisa Mena and composed by Marisa Mena and Luís Perreira. Mimicat won the national final after an exciting voting. The jury voting resulted in a tie between Mimicat and Edmundo Inácio, but the televoter chose Mimicat. This is the full result: Mimicat, “Ai, coração”, 24 pt. Edmundo Inácio, “A festa”, 22 pt. Cláudia Pascoal, “Nasci Maria”, 12 pt. Bárbara Tinoco, “Goodnight”, 9 pt. Ivandro, “Povo”, 9 pt. Dapunksportif, “World needs therapy”, 8 pt. Voodoo Marmalade, “Tormento”, 7 pt. You Can’t Win Charlie Brown, “Contraste mudou”, 7 pt. Churky, “Encruzilhada”, 5 pt. Neon Soho, “Endless world”, 5 pt. Esse Povo, “Sapatos de cimento”, 4 pt. Sal, “Viver”, 3 pt. Inês Apenas, “Fim do mundo”, 3 pt.

Portugal: Festival da Canção, the last national final

Festival da Canção will reach it’s final tonight. That makes the Portuguese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest the last one for this year. Only a few internal selected songs are not published yet. Festival da Canção has 13 songs this year. There were supposed to be twelve, but due to technichal issues an extra song had been added from the first semifinal. The finalists are: 1 Cláudia Pascoal Nasci Maria 2 Churky Encruzilhada 3 Esse Povo Sapatos de cimento 4 Bárbara Tinoco Goodnight 5 You Can’t Win Charlie Brown Contraste Mudou 6 Voodoo Marmalade Tormento 7 Inês Apenas Fim do mundo 8 Mimicat Ai coração 9 Dapunksportif World needs therapy 10 Neon Soho Endless world 11 Ivandro Povo 12 Edmundo Inácio A festa 13 Sal Viver Cláudia Pascoal won Festival Da Canção in 2018 and represented Portugal at the festival in Lisbon with the song “O jardim”.Bárbara Tinoco was 2nd in the 2020 national final.

Portugal: results Festival da Canção are in

The results of the 2nd Festival da Canção semifinal are in. Another six songs head to the final, five chosen by the public and one by a jury. You will find the winning songs below in bold: Edmundo Inácio, “A festa” The Happy Mess, “O impossível” Teresinha Landeiro, “Equanto é tempo” Bandua, “Bandeiras” Bárbara Tinoco, “Goodnight” Inês Apenas, “Fim do mundo” Ivandro, “Povo” Dapunksportif, “World needs therapy” Lara Li, “Funâmbula” Voodoo Marmalade, “Tormento”

Portugal: Festival Da Canção has it’s 2nd semifinal

Portugal continues the national final Festival Da Canção tonight. The tradition is that there will be two semifinals and a final. Every semifinal contains 10 songs, the final will have 12. That means that from tonight’s semifinal, five songs will go through to the final via televoting, one chosen by an expert jury. The show will be broadcast on 22:00 CET and you can watch it here and here. These are the participating songs: Edmundo Inácio, “A festa” The Happy Mess, “O impossível” Teresinha Landeiro, “Equanto é tempo” Bandua, “Bandeiras” Bárbara Tinoco, “Goodnight” Inês Apenas, “Fim do mundo” Ivandro, “Povo” Dapunksportif, “World needs therapy” Lara Li, “Funâmbula” Voodoo Marmalade, “Tormento” Bárbara Tinoco was 2nd in the 2020 national final.Lara Li took part in 1980 (semifinal) and 1986 (final).