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.
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