Festival da Canção 2018

Festival da Canção 2018
Preliminary decision data
country	Portugal
Broadcasting station	, Antena 1 , RTP Internacional , RTP África , RTP Play, RTP Acessibilidades, RDP Madeira - Antena 1
Producing broadcaster
place	Semi-finals: RTP Studio 1, Lisbon Final: Multiusos de Guimarães Arena, Guimarães
date	4th March 2018
Time	9:00 p.m. ( UTC )
Duration	approx. 125 minutes
Number of participants	26th
Number of contributions	26th
Preliminary rounds	2
Preliminary round dates	Semi-finals: February 18, 2018 February 25, 2018
poll	50% jury voting, 50% televoting
Moderation
First semi-final : Jorge Gabriel & José Carlos Malato Second semi-final : Sónia Araújo & Tânia Ribas de Oliveira Final : Filomena Cautela & Pedro Fernandes

The Festival da Canção 2018 took place from February 18 to March 4, 2018 and was the Portuguese preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon ( Portugal ). It was the 52nd edition of the competition organized by the Portuguese broadcaster RTP.

format

concept

After Portugal won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 , it was decided to stay true to the classic preliminary decision Festival da Canção . A total of 26 Portuguese composers were invited to compose a song each for the preliminary round. On October 25, 2017, these were divided into two semi-finals with 13 participants each. The seven best entries from each semi-final will qualify for the final on March 4, 2018. In the final there will be 14 entries, of which the one with the most votes wins in the end and will represent Portugal at the ESC 2018.

Choice of contribution

Unlike other preliminary decisions, RTP invites Portuguese composers who will compose a song for an artist. In the selection of the 26 composers, 22 of them were invited by the broadcaster RTP, one selected via the Master Class program of Antena 1 , two via a public selection and one by the Portuguese ESC winner of 2017 Salvador Sobral . The composers were then allowed to choose their singers themselves and also had a free choice of language for the composition. However, only Portuguese singers were allowed.

Moderation

On January 18, 2018, RTP introduced the six moderators who will moderate the competition. Two people each moderate a program. The first semi-final will be moderated by Jorge Gabriel & José Carlos Malato , the second by Sónia Araújo & Tânia Ribas de Oliveira and the final by Filomena Cautela and Pedro Fernandes.

• 

  Jorge Gabriel

• 

  José Carlos Malato

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  Sónia Araújo

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  Tânia Ribas de Oliveira

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  Filomena Cautela

• 

  Pedro Fernandes

jury

The jury consisted of a total of nine jurors who were responsible for 50% of the overall result. It consisted of: Júlio Isidro (jury president), Ana Bacalhau, Ana Markl, António Avelar de Pinho, Carlão, Luísa Sobral , Mário Lopes, Sara Tavares and Tozé Brito.

Attendees

On October 25th, the composers will each draw their starting order and thus also which semifinals they will ultimately take part in. 13 participants take part in each semifinals, which were presented on January 18, 2018. Among them are two returnees. José Cid represented Portugal at the ESC in 1980 and 1998 , while Anabela represented Portugal in 1993 .

Semifinals

First semi-final

RTP Studio Lisbon

The first semi-final took place on February 18, 2018, 9:00 p.m. ( UTC ) in RTP Studio 1 in Lisbon . Jorge Gabriel and José Carlos Malato moderated the program. The four top performers qualified for the final. On February 19, 2018, RTP announced that an error had occurred during the voting phase and that the final result had to be corrected.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
						jury	spectator	total
01.	10	Peu Madureira	Só por ela M / T: Diogo Clemente	Portuguese	Only for you	10	12	22nd
02.	07th	Janeiro	(sem título) M / T: Janeiro	Portuguese	(No title)	12	04th	16
03.	05	Catarina Miranda	Para sorrir not preciso de nada M: Júlio Resende; T: Camila Ferraro	Portuguese	I don't need anything to smile	08th	08th	16
04th	04th	Anabela	Para te dar abrigo M: Fernando Tordo ; T: Tiago Torres da Silva	Portuguese	To give you protection	03	10	13
05.	09	Joana Barra Vaz	Anda estragar-me os planos M / T: Francisca Cortesão, Afonso Cabral	Portuguese	Let's reveal my plans	07th	01	08th
06th	06th	Joana Espadim	Zero a zero M / T: Benjamin	Portuguese	Zero to zero	05	02	07th
07th	02	Rui David	Sem medo M / T: Jorge Palma	Portuguese	Unafraid	02	05	07th
08th.	08th	José Cid	O som da guitarra é a alma de um povo M / T: José Cid	Portuguese	The sound of the guitar is the spirit of the people	01	06th	07th
09.	13	Maria Amaral	A mesma canção M: Paulo Praça; T: Nuno Miguel Guedes	Portuguese	The same song	-	7th	07th
10.	12	JP Simoes	Alvoroço M / T: JP Simões	Portuguese	Hype	06th	-	06th
11.	03	Beatrice Pessoa	Eu te amo M / T: Mallu Magalhães	Portuguese	I love you	04th	-	04th
11.	11	Rita Dias	Com gosto amigo M / T: Rita Dias, Filipe Almeida	Portuguese	With my good friend	-	03	03
13.	01	Bruno Vasconcelos	Austrália M: Nuno Rafael; T: Samuel Úria	Portuguese	Australia	-	-	00

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

Second semi-final

The second semi-final took place on February 25, 2018, 9:00 p.m. (UTC) in RTP Studio 1 in Lisbon. Sónia Araújo and Tânia Ribas de Oliveira moderated the program. The four top performers qualified for the final. The winner of the second semi-final Diogo Piçarra withdrew his participation for two days on February 27, 2018 due to several plagiarism allegations.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
						jury	spectator	total
01.	04th	Diogo Piçarra 1	Canção do fim M / T: Diogo Piçarra	Portuguese	The last song	12	12	24
02.	07th	Cláudia Pascoal	O jardim M / T: Isaura	Portuguese	The garden	10	10	20th
03.	01	Maria Inês Paris	Bandeira azul M: Tito Paris ; T: Pierre Aderne	Portuguese	Blue flag	07th	05	12
04th	08th	Minnie & Rhayra	Patati patata M / T: Paulo Flores	Portuguese	Patata potato	04th	06th	10
05.	11	Lili	O vôo das cegonhas M: Armando Teixeira; T: Lili	Portuguese	The flight of the storks	03	07th	10
06th	05	David Pessoa	Amor veloz M: Francisco Rebelo; T: Francisco Rebelo	Portuguese	Fast love	05	04th	09
07th	13	Peter Serrado	Sunset M / T: Peter Serrado	English	sunset	01	08th	09
08th.	10	Susana Travassos	A mensageira M / T: Aline Frazão	Portuguese	The messenger	08th	-	08th
09.	06th	Tamin	Sobre nós M: Capicua, Luís Montenegro, João Rodrigues, Sérgio Alves; T: Capicua	Portuguese	about us	06th	02	08th
10.	12	Daniela Onis	Para lá do rio M / T: Daniela Onis	Portuguese	Over the river	02	03	05
11.	09	Rita Ruivo	Anda daí M: João Afonso; T: José Moz Carrapa	Portuguese	Run away	-	01	01
12.	02	Dora Fidalgo	Arco-íris M / T: Miguel Ângelo	Portuguese	Rainbow	-	-	00
	03	Sequin	All Over Again M / T: Bruno Cardoso	English	All over again	-	-	00

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

¹Diogo Piçarra withdrew his participation. Instead, the eighth-placed Susana Travassos moved up.

final

Multiusos de Guimarães Arena

The final took place on March 4, 2018, 9:00 p.m. ( UTC ) in the Multiusos de Guimarães Arena in Guimarães . Filomena Cautela and Pedro Fernandes moderated the program. After the jury and televoting, Claúdia Pascoal and Catarina Miranda were 22 points each in first and second place. Claúdia Pascoal won the show because the televoting is rated higher if the points are equal.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	jury								Points
						Norte	Centro	Lisboa	Alentejo	Algarve	Azores	Madeira	total	jury	spectator	total
01.	13	Cláudia Pascoal	O jardim M / T: Isaura	Portuguese	The garden	10	10	10	10	12	6th	5	63	10	12	22nd
02.	06th	Catarina Miranda	Para sorrir not preciso de nada M: Júlio Resende; T: Camila Ferraro	Portuguese	I don't need anything to smile	8th	12	12	12	8th	7th	12	71	12	10	22nd
03.	14th	Peu Madureira	Só por ela M / T: Diogo Clemente	Portuguese	Only for you	12	7th	6th	8th	10	5	6th	54	08th	08th	16
04th	10	Janeiro	(sem título) M / T: Janeiro	Portuguese	(No title)	7th	8th	-	6th	7th	12	8th	48	06th	06th	12
05.	01	Rui David	Sem medo M / T: Jorge Palma	Portuguese	Unafraid	3	5	5	2	-	3	1	19th	04th	04th	08th
06th	12	Anabela	Para te dar abrigo M: Fernando Tordo ; T: Tiago Torres da Silva	Portuguese	To give you protection	-	3	3	3	1	-	3	13	-	07th	07th
07th	07th	Joana Barra Vaz	Anda estragar-me os planos M / T: Francisca Cortesão, Afonso Cabral	Portuguese	Let's reveal my plans	6th	4th	8th	7th	6th	10	10	51	07th	-	07th
08th.	05	Lili	O vôo das cegonhas M: Armando Teixeira; T: Lili	Portuguese	The flight of the storks	-	2	7th	4th	-	2	-	15th	01	05	06th
09.	04th	Joana Espadim	Zero a zero M / T: Benjamin	Portuguese	Zero to zero	2	1	4th	-	-	8th	7th	22nd	05	-	05
10.	03	Peter Serrado	Sunset M / T: Peter Serrado	English	sunset	1	6th	-	-	-	-	-	07th	-	03	03
11.	11	Maria Inês Paris	Bandeira azul M: Tito Paris ; T: Pierre Aderne	Portuguese	Blue flag	4th	-	-	5	4th	1	2	16	02	01	03
12.	02	Susana Travassos	A mensageira M / T: Aline Frazão	Portuguese	The messenger	5	-	2	1	3	4th	4th	19th	03	-	03
13.	09	Minnie & Rhayra	Patati patata M / T: Paulo Flores	Portuguese	Patata potato	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	02	02
14th	08th	David Pessoa	Amor veloz M> M: Francisco Rebelo; T: Francisco Rebelo	Portuguese	Fast love	-	-	1	-	5	-	-	06th	-	-	00
-	02	Diogo Piçarra	Canção do fim M / T: Diogo Piçarra	Portuguese	The last song	Participation withdrawn
Jury points speaker
Norte - Valter Hugo Mãe Centro - David Fonseca Lisboa - Marta Hugon Alentejo - Adelino Faria Algarve - Vivianne Azores - Tiago Ribeiro Madeira - Joana Machado

Odds

The Festival da Canção 2018 achieved significantly better audience ratings compared to the previous year. Each show reached at least 500,000 viewers.

broadcast	spectator	Market share
		total	Channel
First semi-final	749,800	7.7%	17.7%
Second semi-final	593,800	6.1%	13.4%
final	912,000	9.4%	22.1%

Web links

• Website of the Portuguese preliminary round

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nelson Costa: CONFIRMADO Festival RTP da Canção a 4 de março. In: escportugal.pt. July 25, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017 (Portuguese). 
2. ↑ Neil Farren: PORTUGAL: FESTIVAL DA CANÇÃO RUNNING ORDER ANNOUNCED. In: eurovoix.com. October 25, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Euan: PORTUGAL: GUIMARÃES TO HOST FESTIVAL DA CANÇÃO 2018. (No longer available online.) In: eurovoix.com. July 25, 2017, archived from the original on July 25, 2017 ; accessed on September 12, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Rádio e Televisão de Portugal : São estes os (vinte e seis) compositores do Festival da Canção 2018. In: media.rtp.pt. September 27, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017 (Portuguese). 
5. ↑ Rádio e Televisão de Portugal : São estes os seis apresentadores do Festival da Canção 2018. In: http://media.rtp.pt/ . January 18, 2018, accessed January 23, 2018 (Portuguese). 
6. ↑ Rádio e Televisão de Portugal : Nove jurados vão avaliar as canções do Festival da Canção 2018. In: http://media.rtp.pt/ . February 26, 2018, Retrieved September 18, 2018 (Portuguese). 
7. ↑ João Diogo: Portugal: Conheça os intérpretes do Festival da Canção 2018. In: escportugal.pt. January 18, 2018, accessed January 23, 2018 (Portuguese). 
8. ↑ Rádio e Televisão de Portugal : Comunicado: resultados da 1ª semifinal da Festival da Canção 2018. In: media.rtp.pt. February 19, 2018, accessed February 22, 2018 (Portuguese). 
9. ↑ Rádio e Televisão de Portugal : Diogo Piçarra termina participação no Festival da Canção 2018. In: media.rtp.pt. February 28, 2018, accessed February 22, 2018 (Portuguese). 
10. ↑ Pedro Miguel Coelho: Festival da Canção recupera 100 mil espectadores face ao ano passado. In: espalhafactos.com. February 19, 2018, accessed September 18, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Bernardo Ferreira: Estreia de "Casa dos Segredos 7" alcança liderança isolada. In: atelevisao.com. February 26, 2018, accessed September 18, 2017 .