Festival da Canção 2019

Festival da Canção 2019
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-final:; RTP Studios ; Final:; Portimão Arena, Portimão
date	2nd March 2019
Time	9:00 p.m. ( UTC )
Duration	approx. 140 minutes
Number of participants	16
Number of contributions	16
Preliminary rounds	2
; Preliminary round dates	Semi-finals:; February 16, 2019 ; February 23, 2019
poll	50% jury voting, ; 50% televoting
Pause filler	First semifinals: ; António Calvário & Cais Sodré Funk Connection: Oração (Music: João Nobre; Text: Francisco Nicholson, Rogério Braçinha) ; Eduardo Nascimento & Cais Sodré Funk Connection: O vento mudou (Music: Nuño Nazareth Fernandes; Text: João Magalhães Pereira) ; Second semifinals: ; Manuela Bravo & Kumpania Algazarra: Sobe, sobe, balão sobe (Music / Text: Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa) ; Carlos Mendes & Kumpania Algazarra: A Festa da Vida (Music / Text: José Calvário) ; Finale: ; Armando Gama & Nuno Gonçalves: Esta balada que te dou (Music / Text: Armando Gama) ; Anabela & Nuno Gonçalves: A cidade (até ser dia) (music / text: Pedro Abrantes, Marco Quelhas, Paulo de Carvalho) ; Vânia Fernandes : Senhora do Mar (Negras Águas) (Music: Andrej Babic; Text: Carlos Coehlo) ; Cláudia Pascoal : O jardim (Music / Tet: Isaura)
Moderation
	First semi-final:; Sónia Araújo & Tânia Ribas de Oliveira ; Second semi-final: ; José Carlos Malato & Jorge Gabriel ; Final: ; Filomena Cautela & Vasco Palmeirim

The 52nd Festival da Canção will take place on March 2, 2019 and will be the Portuguese preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv ( Israel ).

format

concept

Unlike last year at 26, only 16 performers will take part in the Festival da Canção in 2019. These will then be split into two semi-finals, which will take place on February 16 and 23, 2019 in the RTP Studios. How many participants will take part in the final and how the voting system will work has not yet been determined. However, it has so far been determined that the final will take place on March 2, 2019 outside of Lisbon . It is the first time since 2015 that the festival takes place on a Saturday.

Choice of contribution

Unlike in other preliminary decisions, RTP directly invites composers to write a new song for the festival. The composer is also free to choose which artist should sing the song. RTP invites a total of 14 composers for 2019. The other two places are determined by the public. One of the places is the radio program Master Class of Antena 1 forgiven. The other place is determined through a public tender by RTP. Every Portuguese citizen could apply on the RTP website from September 17, 2018 to October 31, 2018.

On November 18, 2018, RTP announced that the broadcaster had received over 200 applications for the public tender. RTP will now select one of these 200 applications for the preliminary decision.

Attendees

On December 5, 2018, RTP published the list of composers for this year's Festival da Canção. The following 16 composers will take part: On January 21st, all participating songs were released.

Semifinals

First semi-final

RTP Studio Lisbon

The first semi-final will take place on February 16, 2019, 9:00 p.m. ( UTC ) at RTP Studio 1 in Lisbon . Sónia Araújo and Tânia Ribas de Oliveira moderated the program. moderate

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	jury	spectator	total
1.	8th	Matay	Perfeito M: Tiago Machado; T: AC Firmino	Portuguese	Perfect	12	10	22nd
2.	5	Conan Osíris	Telemóveis M / T: Conan Osíris	Portuguese	Cellphone	07th	12	19th
3.	4th	Calema	A Dois M / T: António Ferreira, Fradique Ferreira	Portuguese	As a couple	10	08th	18th
4th	1	Ana Cláudia	Inércia M / T: Alex D'Alva Teixeira, Ben Monteiro	Portuguese	inertia	08th	05	13
5.	2	João Campos	É O Que É M / T: Francisco M. Pereira, Miguel Coimbra, Miguel Cristovinho, Francisco Clode	Portuguese	It is what it is	06th	07th	13
6th	6th	Ela Limão	Mais Brilhante Que Mil Sóis M / T: João Pires de Campos	Portuguese	Brighter than a thousand suns	05	06th	11
7th	7th	Filipe Wedge	Hoje M / T: Filipe Keil	Portuguese	today	04th	04th	08th
8th.	3	Soraia Tavares	O Meu Sonho M / T: Lura	Portuguese	my dream	03	03	06th

Candidate has qualified for the final.

Second semi-final

The second semi-final took place on February 23, 2019, 9:00 p.m. ( UTC ) in RTP Studio 1 in Lisbon . José Carlos Malato and Jorge Gabriel hosted the show. The four top performers qualified for the final.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	jury	spectator	total
1.	8th	NBC	Igual A Ti M / T: Timóteo Deus Santos	Portuguese	Like you	10	12	22nd
2.	6th	Surma	Pugna M: Débora Umbelino ; T: Tiago Félix	Portuguese	struggle	12	06th	18th
3.	5	Madrepaz	Mundo A Mudar M: Frankie Chavez; T: Pedro doll	Portuguese	A world to change	06th	10	16
4th	3	Mariana Bragada	Mar Doce M / T: Mariana Bragada	Portuguese	Sweet lake	08th	07th	15th
5.	2	Dan Riverman	Lava M / T: Miguel Guedes	Portuguese	lava	07th	08th	15th
6th	4th	João Couto	O jantar M / T: Pedro Pode	Portuguese	The dinner	05	05	10
7th	7th	Mila Dores	Debaixo Do Luar M: Rui Maia; T: Mila Dores	Portuguese	Under the moonlight	04th	04th	08th
8th.	1	Lara Laquiz	O Lugar M / T: André Tentúgal	Portuguese	The seat	03	03	06th

Candidate has qualified for the final.

final

The final took place on March 2, 2019, 9:00 p.m. ( UTC ) at the Portimão Arena in Portimão . Filomena Cautela, the presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, and Vasco Palmeirim presented the program. Conan Osíris achieved the highest number of points in both the jury and televoting and won the preliminary decision.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	jury								Points
space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Norte	Centro	Lisboa	Alentejo	Algarve	Azores	Madeira	total	jury	spectator	total
1.	7th	Conan Osíris	Telemóveis M / T: Conan Osíris	Portuguese	Cellphone	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	82	12	12	24
2.	5	NBC	Igual A Ti M / T: Timóteo Deus Santos	Portuguese	Like you	7th	10	8th	4th	12	10	10	54	10	08th	18th
3.	3	Matay	Perfeito M / T: Tiago Machado	Portuguese	Perfect	3	8th	4th	10	5	7th	5	44	07th	10	17th
4th	6th	Madrepaz	Mundo A Mudar M: Frankie Chavez; T: Pedro doll	Portuguese	A world to change	6th	5	7th	8th	7th	3	7th	44	07th	06th	13
5.	4th	Surma	Pugna M: Débora Umbelino; T: Tiago Félix	Portuguese	struggle	8th	6th	3	5	8th	6th	8th	46	08th	04th	12
6th	1	Calema	A Dois M / T: António Ferreira, Fradique Ferreira	Portuguese	As a couple	5	4th	10	3	6th	5	4th	37	07th	04th	11
7th	2	Mariana Bragada	Mar Doce M / T: Mariana Bragada	Portuguese	Sweet lake	10	3	5	7th	4th	4th	3	36	03	05	08th
8th.	8th	Ana Cláudia	Inércia M / T: Alex D'Alva Teixeira, Ben Monteiro	Portuguese	inertia	4th	7th	6th	6th	5	8th	6th	42	03	05	08th
Jury points speaker
Norte - Catarina Salinas Centro - Samuel Uria Lisboa - Pedro Granger Alentejo - Sequin Algarve - Dino D'Santiago Azores - Nuno Costa Santos Madeira - André Santos

Odds

The 2019 Festival da Canção remained at a constant audience level compared to the previous year. Each show reached at least 500,000 viewers.

broadcast	spectator	Market share
broadcast	spectator	total	Channel
First semi-final	620,000		14.7%
Second semi-final	623,000		14.5%
final	610,000		15.8%

Web links

Website of the Portuguese preliminary round (Portuguese)

Individual evidence

↑ Anthony Granger: Portugal: RTP Confirms Eurovision 2019 Participation As Search For Songs Begins. In: eurovoix. September 17, 2018, accessed November 23, 2018 .

↑ Ewan McCaig: Portugal: RTP Promises “Greater Diversity” Of Songwriters In Festival da Canção 2019. In: eurovoix. September 19, 2018, accessed November 23, 2018 .

↑ Anthony Granger: Portugal: Over 200 Songs Submitted Via Public Submissions For Festival da Cançao 2019. In: eurovoix. November 18, 2018, accessed November 23, 2018 .

↑ Anthony Granger: Portugal: Selects for Eurovision 2019 on March 2. In: Eurovoix. Retrieved December 5, 2018, December 5, 2018 (UK English).

↑ Rasmus: Portugal: Here are the songs for Festival da Canção 2019. In: eurovisionworld.com. January 21, 2019, accessed January 23, 2019 (UK English).

[1] Anthony Granger: Portugal: RTP Confirms Eurovision 2019 Participation As Search For Songs Begins. In: eurovoix. September 17, 2018, accessed November 23, 2018 .

[2] Ewan McCaig: Portugal: RTP Promises “Greater Diversity” Of Songwriters In Festival da Canção 2019. In: eurovoix. September 19, 2018, accessed November 23, 2018 .

[3] Anthony Granger: Portugal: Over 200 Songs Submitted Via Public Submissions For Festival da Cançao 2019. In: eurovoix. November 18, 2018, accessed November 23, 2018 .