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Nadine: “I feel the song could be a powerful post-pandemic anthem”

Portugal are kick-starting their Eurovision search once more this evening, with the famous Festival da Canção beginning with its first semi-final. One of the participants in Saturday’s show is fado performer Nadine, who will take part with her entry “Cheguei Aqui” We spoke with Nadine about her passion for fado, the message behind her entry and who her early favourite …

The Black Mamba: “Behind these ballads, there lies some nasty rock’n’rollers!”

Portugal are kick-starting their Eurovision search one more on Saturday, with the famous Festival da Canção beginning with its first semi-final. One of the participants in Saturday’s show is soul and rock band The Black Mamba, who will take part with “Love Is on My Side”. We spoke with the band ahead of this weekend’s show about the unique and …

Miguel Marôco: “It came as a complete surprise… but now I’m certainly very glad I’m here”

Portugal are kick-starting their Eurovision search one more on Saturday, with the famous Festival da Canção beginning with its first semi-final. One of the participants in Saturday’s show is Miguel Marôco, a young rising talent in the Portuguese music scene, who will take part with “Girassol”. We spoke with Miguel ahead of this weekend’s show about the beatiful landscape of …

Eurovision 2021 News Roundup: North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Israel, and Italy

Good evening and welcome back to our news round-up where we recap everything you might have missed for Eurovision 2021! We have an interesting slate of news from artist confirmations, song announcements, music videos, and a national final on the rocks – let’s get started! North Macedonia confirms Vasil for Rotterdam This morning it was confirmed that MKRTV has selected …

Portugal: Songwriters confirmed for Festival da Canção 2021

Another day and another piece of information about the national final season for Eurovision 2021! This time, we hear from RTP of Portugal about Festival da Canção 2021, the Portuguese national selection used annually to select the Iberian nation’s song for Eurovision. 20 songs will take part in the competition, which will be held across three shows next spring; two …

Portugal announces Eurovision 2021 participation with expanded Festival da Canção

Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) announced today that Portugal will participate at Eurovision 2021, hosted by the Netherlands in Rotterdam. RTP also confirmed that they will again use their popular Festival da Canção format as a national selection, though the number of participants will increase from 16 to 20. RTP published the set of rules for Festival …

Team Reviews: Our thoughts on Festival da Canção Semi-Final 2

Portugal’s search for their Eurovision star of 2020 continues tonight, with Festival da Canção’s second semi-final taking place. Will our team find a winner amongst these eight entries? It’s time once again to review the songs, with Daniel, James, Roy and Sean! Dubio ft. +351 – Cegueira Daniel – 4 – “This is like the Adam’s Family take a vacation …

Portugal: Four acts qualify for Festival Da Canção final

Tonight, the annual Festival Da Canção took place in Portugal, as eight acts took part in a diverse first semi-final of the competition, hosted this week by Jorge Gabriel and Tânia Ribas de Oliveira. The eight acts performing in tonight’s semi-final were as follows; MEERA – Copo de Gin Filipe Sambado – Gerbera amarela do Sul Ian Mucznik – O …

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