Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024
| Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | ||||
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| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Festival da Canção 2024 | |||
| Selection date(s) |
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| Selected entrant | Iolanda | |||
| Selected song | "Grito" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Portugal is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "Grito" performed by Iolanda. The Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) organised the national final Festival da Canção 2024 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 2024 contest.
Background
Prior to the 2024 contest, Portugal has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 54 times since its first entry in 1964.[1] Portugal has won the contest on one occasion: in 2017 with the song "Amar pelos dois" performed by Salvador Sobral. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Portugal has featured in only eight finals. Portugal's least successful result has been last place, which it has achieved on four occasions, most recently in 2018 with the song "O jardim" performed by Cláudia Pascoal. Portugal has also received nul points on two occasions: in 1964 and 1997. In 2023, Portugal placed 23rd with the song "Ai coração" performed by Mimicat.[1]
The Portuguese national broadcaster, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), broadcasts the event within Portugal and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. The broadcaster has traditionally selected the Portuguese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest via the music competition Festival da Canção, with exceptions in 1988 and 2005 when the Portuguese entries were internally selected. RTP confirmed Portugal's participation in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest on 7 August 2023, announcing the organization of the 58th Festival da Canção in order to select the 2024 Portuguese entry.[2]
Before Eurovision
Festival da Canção 2024
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The 58th edition of Festival da Canção took place between February and March 2024 at the RTP Studios in Lisbon and featured 20 acts competing over two semi-finals and a final.[3] Each show was hosted by a different couple of presenters, while Inês Lopes Gonçalves and Wandson Lisboa were the green room hosts in all of them.[4][5] The shows were broadcast on RTP1 as well as on other domestic and international channels of RTP, and streamed online via RTP Play.[6]
To celebrate 60 years since the first edition of Festival da Canção, the shows featured as guests a number of past winners who went on to represent Portugal at Eurovision, namely António Calvário (1964), Simone de Oliveira (1965 and 1969), Paulo de Carvalho (solo in 1974 and as part of Os Amigos in 1977), Adelaide Ferreira (1985), Anabela (1993), Tó Cruz (1995), Inês Santos (1998 as part of Alma Lusa), Rita Guerra (2003), Vânia Fernandes (2008), Filipa Sousa (2012), Suzy (2014), Isaura (2018), Elisa Silva (2020), The Black Mamba (2021) and Mimicat (2023); as well as several former contestants or hosts of the festival, namely Helena Isabel, Herman José, Delfins, António Sala, Pedro Granger, Catarina Furtado, Selma Uamusse, Tozé Brito, Eládio Clímaco, Milhanas, Isabel Angelino, Sílvia Alberto, Júlio Isidro, Pedro Fernandes, Margarida Mercês de Melo, Sofia Morais, José Nuno Martins, Ana Paula Reis, Isabel Campelo, Jorge Fernando, Manuel Luís Goucha, Helena Coelho, Rui Drumond and António Victorino de Almeida;[7] in addition, Alex D'Alva Teixeira, Ana Lua Caiano and Luca Argel performed.[8][9][10]
Competing entries
RTP selected 14 entries by direct invitation of composers, and the remaining six from a record 809 entries received through an open submission window between 7 August and 15 October 2023; selected composers were then required to send the full versions of their entries by 30 November 2023.[3][11]
On 6 November 2023, RTP announced the list of selected composers.[12] Their entries, which they would all also perform, were unveiled on 18 January 2024 during a presentation event at Musicbox in Lisbon.[13][14]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Selection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bispo | "Casa portuguesa" | Pedro Bispo | Invited by RTP |
| Buba Espinho | "O farol" | Bernardo Espinho | |
| Cristina Clara | "Primavera" |
| |
| Filipa | "You Can't Hide" |
|
Open call winner |
| Huca | "Pé de choro" |
|
Invited by RTP |
| Iolanda | "Grito" |
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| João Borsch | "...Pelas costuras" | João Santos Borges | |
| João Couto | "Quarto para um" | João Couto | Open call winner |
| Left. | "Volto a ti" | António Maciel Graça | |
| Leo Middea | "Doce mistério" | Leo Middea | Invited by RTP |
| Maria João | "Dia" |
| |
| Mela | "Água" | Mariana Gonçalves | Open call winner |
| Mila Dores | "Afia a língua" |
|
Invited by RTP |
| Nena | "Teorias da conspiração" | Nena Marques | |
| Noble | "Memory" |
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| No Maka feat. Ana Maria | "Aceitar" |
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| Perpétua | "Bem longe daqui" |
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| Rita Onofre | "Criatura" | Rita Onofre | Open call winner |
| Rita Rocha | "Pontos finais" | Rita Rocha | |
| Silk Nobre | "Change" |
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Invited by RTP |
Semi-finals
The semi-finals took place on 24 February and 2 March 2024,[15][16] the first hosted by Tânia Ribas de Oliveira and José Carlos Malato and the second by Sónia Araújo and Jorge Gabriel.[5][17][18] In each show, 10 entries competed, with 6 advancing to the final. The voting occurred in two rounds: a 50/50 combination of votes from an expert jury and a public televote determined the first five qualifiers, and a second round of televoting determined the sixth and final qualifier.[3] The jury consisted of Gisela João, Benjamim, Lia Pereira, Miguel Esteves Cardoso, Lura, Pedro Oliveira and Mimicat.[19]
Key:
Jury and televote round qualifier
Televote-only round qualifier
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Nena | "Teorias da conspiração" | 10 | 9.03% | 5 | 15 | 3 |
| 2 | Perpétua | "Bem longe daqui" | 6 | 17.08% | 12 | 18 | 2 |
| 3 | Mela | "Água" | 4 | 4.20% | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 4 | Mila Dores | "Afia a língua" | 3 | 2.12% | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Left. | "Volto a ti" | 1 | 3.04% | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Rita Rocha | "Pontos finais" | 7 | 14.90% | 7 | 14 | 5 |
| 7 | Noble | "Memory" | 2 | 15.73% | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | João Borsch | "...Pelas costuras" | 8 | 9.68% | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| 9 | Iolanda | "Grito" | 12 | 16.47% | 10 | 22 | 1 |
| 10 | Bispo | "Casa portuguesa" | 5 | 7.75% | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bispo | "Casa portuguesa" | 23.42% | 2 |
| Left. | "Volto a ti" | 7.43% | 4 |
| Mela | "Água" | 15.37% | 3 |
| Mila Dores | "Afia a língua" | 6.33% | 5 |
| Noble | "Memory" | 47.45% | 1 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Buba Espinho | "O farol" | 7 | 11.52% | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| 2 | Cristina Clara | "Primavera" | 10 | 5.63% | 2 | 12 | 5 |
| 3 | Leo Middea | "Doce mistério" | 12 | 9.48% | 5 | 17 | 1 |
| 4 | Filipa | "You Can't Hide" | 1 | 3.04% | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | João Couto | "Quarto para um" | 4 | 10.08% | 6 | 10 | 7 |
| 6 | Huca | "Pé de choro" | 6 | 6.77% | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| 7 | No Maka feat. Ana Maria | "Aceitar" | 5 | 14.47% | 10 | 15 | 2 |
| 8 | Maria João | "Dia" | 8 | 7.47% | 4 | 12 | 6 |
| 9 | Rita Onofre | "Criatura" | 2 | 12.59% | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| 10 | Silk Nobre | "Change" | 3 | 18.95% | 12 | 15 | 3 |
| Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filipa | "You Can't Hide" | 12.08% | 5 |
| Huca | "Pé de choro" | 20.82% | 4 |
| João Couto | "Quarto para um" | 21.70% | 2 |
| Maria João | "Dia" | 21.68% | 3 |
| Rita Onofre | "Criatura" | 23.72% | 1 |
Final
The final took place on 9 March 2024[15][16] and was hosted by Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim.[4] The winner was selected based on the 50/50 combination of votes from seven three-member regional juries (one for each of the regions of Portugal) and from a public televote open throughout the week preceding the show; in the event of a tie, the public voting would take precedence.[3][23]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | % | Points | |||||
| 1 | Silk Nobre | "Change" | 43 | 7 | 7.64% | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| 2 | Rita Onofre | "Criatura" | 32 | 5 | 3.12% | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | Noble | "Memory" | 18 | 1 | 7.81% | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | Buba Espinho | "O farol" | 46 | 8 | 7.06% | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| 5 | Nena | "Teorias da conspiração" | 24 | 3 | 5.82% | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Iolanda | "Grito" | 80 | 12 | 16.29% | 10 | 22 | 1 |
| 7 | No Maka feat. Ana Maria | "Aceitar" | 14 | 0 | 7.60% | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Cristina Clara | "Primavera" | 22 | 2 | 2.38% | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Rita Rocha | "Pontos finais" | 30 | 4 | 8.51% | 7 | 11 | 5 |
| 10 | Leo Middea | "Doce mistério" | 57 | 10 | 9.17% | 8 | 18 | 3 |
| 11 | Perpétua | "Bem longe daqui" | 7 | 0 | 7.60% | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | João Borsch | "...Pelas costuras" | 33 | 6 | 17.00% | 12 | 18 | 2 |
| Draw | Song | North | Central | Lisbon | Alentejo | Algarve | Madeira | Azores | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Change" | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 43 |
| 2 | "Criatura" | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 32 | |
| 3 | "Memory" | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | |
| 4 | "O farol" | 8 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 46 |
| 5 | "Teorias da conspiração" | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 24 | |
| 6 | "Grito" | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 80 |
| 7 | "Aceitar" | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 8 | "Primavera" | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | ||
| 9 | "Pontos finais" | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | |
| 10 | "Doce mistério" | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 57 |
| 11 | "Bem longe daqui" | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| 12 | "...Pelas costuras" | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
| Members of the jury[25] | |||||||||
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Broadcasts and ratings
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Show(s) | Commentators | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal
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RTP | RTP1 | All shows | — | [6]
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| RTP África | |||||
| RTP Internacional | |||||
| Antena 1 | |||||
| RTP Play | |||||
 Spain
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RTVE | RTVE Play | Final | Daniel Borrego Escot and Marina Segovia | [26]
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| Show | Air date | Average viewership |
Average share (%) |
Peak viewership |
Peak share (%) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-final 1 | 24 February 2024 | 437,000 | 11% | 653,500 | 13.7% | [27] |
| Semi-final 2 | 2 March 2024 | 424,300 | 10.3% | 704,500 | 14.3% | [28] |
| Final | 9 March 2024 | 486,900 | 12% | Unknown | 18.3% | [29] |
Promotion
As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Iolanda attended the PrePartyES in Madrid on 30 March 2024.[30] In addition, she will perform at the Eurovision Village in Malmö on 4 May 2024.[31]
At Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[32] Portugal was scheduled for the second half of the first semi-final.[33] The shows' producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Portugal was set to perform in position 14, following the entry from Australia and before the entry from Luxembourg.[34]
Semi-final
Iolanda will take part in technical rehearsals on 28 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May.[35]
References
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- ^ a b Matito, Jesús (4 March 2024). "Desvelado el orden de actuaciones de la final del Festival da Canção 2024" [The running order of the final of Festival da Canção 2024 has been revealed]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
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- ^ Mancheño, José Miguel (8 March 2024). "RTVE Play emitirá en directo la gran final del Festival Da Canção 2024" [RTVE Play will broadcast live the grand final of Festival da Canção 2024]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
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- ^ Carabaña Menéndez, Hugo (3 March 2024). "La segunda semifinal del Festival da Canção 2024 fue la segunda menos vista de los últimos años (10,3%)" [The second semi-final of Festival da Canção 2024 was the second least watched in recent years (10.3%)]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ Carabaña Menéndez, Hugo (10 March 2024). "La final del Festival da Canção 2024 fue la menos vista desde 2015 (12%)" [The final of Festival da Canção 2024 was the least watched since 2015 (12%)]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ Rico, Vicente (20 March 2024). "¡La portuguesa Iolanda cantará en la PrePartyES2024!" [Portuguese Iolanda will sing at PrePartyES2024!]. Eurovision-Spain.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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External links
- Official website of Festival da Canção