Portugal: Festival da Canção 2021 Semifinal 1 Preview
This weekend, Portuguese broadcaster RTP will begin its three-week festival of song with the first semifinal of its long-running national final Festival da Canção, which will be used to choose the Portuguese representative to the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.
A total of ten participants will take part in the first semifinal of the national final on Sunday morning, including nine artists who were invited to take part by RTP, and one selected from an open call for submissions. Of these ten, five will advance to the final due to take place on 7 March (8 March in Australia).
Preview: Can an English song win Festival da Canção in 2021, or will Portugal go Portuguese again?
Preview: Can an English song win Festival da Canção in 2021, or will Portugal go Portuguese again?
Portugal will kick off their search for their Eurovision 2021 act on Saturday with the first semi final of Festival da Canção. In this preview, we look at the main contenders before the two semi finals and tell you which acts have the biggest chance to go to Rotterdam.
It has to be said, we don’t know what the staging and live performances will be like. But based on the studio releases of all songs and how they have been received in the community, there seem to be five favourites in each semi final.
Poll: Who should win semi-final one of Portugal’s Festival da Canção 2021?
Festival da Canção 2021 – Rules
The 50/50 voting system is back, but with different forms for the semi-finals and the grand final. A single jury and the public televote will decide which songs will advance to the final. In case of a tie, the professional jury will decide which ones advance.
In the grand final, the decision will be split by televote and seven regional juries. This time around, if we have a tie, the televote will prevail.
The first semi-final will be presented by Jorge Gabriel and Sónia Araújo. The following week, the second semi will be presented by Tânia Ribas de Oliveira and José Carlos Malato. The grand final will be hosted by Eurovision 2018 host Filomena Cautela as well as Vasco Palmeirim. Inês Lopes Gonçalves will be the green room host.
Portugal: Aussievision’s Festival da Canção 2021 rankings
Last week the artists, song and details of the Portuguese 2021 national final, Festival da Canção were revealed.
The Aussievision team have been busy going through all 20 entries and we now have the complete rankings from the team.
Interestingly, every song received votes. However, the team s Top 10 songs in reverse order are:
10. EU.CLIDES - ‘VOLTE-FACE’ (26 points)
Highs: 8 points from Steven, 7 points from Laura, 6 points from Ruby
Lows: 0 points from Emma, Fleur, Hugo, Guy and Dale A beautiful, soulful voice combined with some traditional elements. I’m not sure if the rhyme of “photocopier” and “cornucopia” is incredible or terrible, as I don’t understand the Portuguese lyrics that well. Accessible, but too staid? ~ Steven
Artists and songs for Portugal s Festival Da Canção 2021 revealed
Overnight, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) have announced the 20 artists and songs that will compete in this year’s Festival da Canção. The contest has been used as the selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest since 1964, (except for a couple of years when Operação Triunfo and internal selections were used in the early 2000s).
The full line-up of songs and artists were announced in each semi-final they will be competing in.
These are the artists and songs competing:
First Semi-Final
IAN- ‘Mundo’
Second Semi-Final