Who will represent Portugal in Eurovision? All about the final of the Kansaw Festival – Musica

The Kansaw Festival finale is scheduled for the night of Saturday, March 11, and can be watched on RTP1. The final round of the Portuguese representative national stage for the 2023 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will be presented by Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim.

In the final, there will be 13 subjects in the competition – seven of them qualified in the first semi-final and six in the second semi-final. At the last stage, in addition to the audience (television) points, the jury’s vote will be conducted by representatives of seven regions of mainland Portugal and the islands – in the event of a tie, in the semifinals, the choice of the jury and, in the end, of the public will prevail.

On February 25, in the first semi-final, seven themes were chosen to compete in the final: “Encruzilhada” (Churky), “Maria is Born” (Claudia Pascual), “Viver” (SAL), “Ai Coração” (Mimicat) and “Contraste”. Mudo” (You Can’t Win Charlie Brown), “Endless World” (Neon Soho), and “Cement Shoes” (Quim Albergaria / Esse Povo).

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Six should have passed, but a technical malfunction in the phone line to vote on the song “Sapatos de Cimento”, which RTP indicated had nothing to do with it, led to the automatic selection of the theme composed by Quim Albergaria and interpreted by Esse Povo.

As in the first round, in the second semi-final, six songs were selected – five songs were chosen by the usual voting system (half the result was attributed to a professional jury and the other half to the audience’s vote): “Povo” (Evandro), “A festa (composed and performed by Edmundo Inácio), “Goodnight” (Bárbara Tinoco), “Tormento” (Voodoo Marmalade), “Fim do mundo” (Inês Só) and “The World Needs Therapy” (Dapunksportif).

This year’s winning theme will represent Portugal at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Liverpool, UK, in May. The semi-finals are scheduled for May 9 and 11, and the grand final on May 13.

Last year, the song “Saudade, Saudade”, written and performed by Maru, accompanied by four other Portuguese singers, was the winner of the Cancau Festival, representing Portugal at the 66th Cancau Festival, held in Turin. , Italy.

13 finalists

First semi-final:

Chorky – “Crossroads”

Claudia Pascual – “Maria Is Born”

Mimic – “Unfortunately Heart”

You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown – “Mute Contrast”

SAL – “live”

These People – “Cement Shoes”

Neon Soho – “Endless World”

Second semi-final:

“People” – Evandro

“The Party” – Edmundo Inácio

“Good Night” – Barbara Tinoco

“Doom” – Voodoo Marmalade

“End of the World” – Inês Só

“Cure the World’s Needs” – Dapunksportif

International fan vote

Bets on who would represent Portugal in the UK stirred up talk and many international sites opened polls.

For followers of Wiwibloggs, the most popular post about the Eurovision Song Contest, Mimicat, with the theme “Ai Coração” is a favourite, followed by Claudia Pascoal (“Nasci Maria”) and Edmundo Inácio (“A Festa”).

Eurovision World has also been promoting a poll in recent days and Mimicat and Cláudia Pascoal were the big favourites. Third place in the voting is the subject of “Good Night” by Barbara Tinoco.

Last year, Ukraine won the Eurovision Song Contest under the theme “Stefania”, which was performed by the Kalush Orchestra. After winning the competition, Ukraine should be the host country for this edition, as it did in 2005 and 2017.

However, in June, the organization announced that this country would not host the competition in 2023, due to the invasion of Russia.

Ukraine, as the winning country, will automatically qualify for the Grand Final in 2023, joining the so-called “Big Five”: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Last year, Portugal reached ninth place in Eurovision, a position it has already secured in two other competitions.