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Portugal PORTUGAL 2022 - Maro - Saudade, Saudade

How do you rate the entry?

  • 12

    76 41.3%
  • 10

    22 12.0%
  • 8

    17 9.2%
  • 7

    11 6.0%
  • 6

    17 9.2%
  • 5

    12 6.5%
  • 4

    3 1.6%
  • 3

    3 1.6%
  • 2

    7 3.8%
  • 1

    4 2.2%
  • 0

    12 6.5%

  • Total voters
    184

escYOUnited

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I’ve tried to write
A million other songs but
Somehow I can’t move on, oh you’re gone

Takes time, alright
And I know it’s no one’s fault but
Somehow I can’t move on, oh you’re gone

Saudade
Saudade
Nothing more that I can say
Says it in a better way

Saudade
Saudade
Nothing more that I can say
Says it in a better way

Tem tanto que trago comigo
Foi sempre o meu porto de abrigo
E agora nada faz sentido
Perdi o meu melhor amigo

E se não for demais
Peço por sinais
Resta uma só palavra

Saudade
Saudade
Nothing more that I can say
Says it in a better way

Saudade
Saudade
Nothing more that I can say
Says it in a better way

Nothing more that I can say
Says it in a better way

I’ve tried, alright
But it’s killing me inside
Thought you’d be by my side always
 

TB98

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204
Nuno Galopim (our commentator) sounds like he's talking underwater lmao. What a mess.
 

bstream

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November 28, 2012
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That "Festival da Canção sound" is so present in this entry and very welcomed. Out of all the slower tempo songs in this semi, this is the one that got the staging the most correct.
 

Franzilein

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This flew completely under my radar, magical performance tonight. Hope they will make it.
 

Brandt

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I am not necessarily a fan of the song but the performance is lovely and not boring. Not going to listen to the song every now and then, but glad that they got a spot in the final.
 

goncalovieira

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We are doing pretty well on Youtube.

1 - Albania (281k)
2 - Ukraine (272k)
3 - Greece (105k)
4 - Moldova (103k)
5 - Netherlands (86k)
6 - Portugal (84k)
7 - Norway (52k)
 
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NeoTen

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May 21, 2021
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234
Really like the song, but she sings so nasally, almost if you could raise the song an octave and it would sound better. Comparing to the national performance, she even made efforts to stay with that placement when she had trouble breathing out. I'm still wondering why that is.
 

midnightsun

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February 26, 2016
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Well, Portugal, you did everything right!

I was on the fence before, tending rather towards dislike than like, but you won me over with your performance tonight, like obviously many ESC fellows here too.
What I am reading from the last comments here is, and that is my overall impression too, that Portugal was one of the very few performances tonight that made people like it more than before (unlike most other performances that left people disappointed). It’s truly a grower!
 

DanielLuis

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March 14, 2011
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I have to say the biggest emotion I felt at the end of the performance was just pride.
Proud of having such a beautiful song with such emotional and beautiful lyrics, and so different from everything else on the night representing us.
And so proud of the hard work RTP has been putting on Eurovision lately. They truly are becoming staging kings, elevating great songs left, right and center, who would have thought this would happen a couple of years ago?
 
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