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When the Festival was broadcast in 2020, Portugal still did not have any confirmed cases of Covid-19. Everything went well, without masks and other care. But Elisa, the winner, would end up not defending “Fear of Feeling” in Eurovision – canceled by decision of EBU (European Broadcasting Union).
The Portuguese had not yet gone home when we spoke to the young woman from Madeira. “I think only when I am in Rotterdam will I fall in love,” he told us, expressing his desire to have Marta Carvalho (who signs the song) on stage with him again.
Now everything is different. Very different. In 57 years of history, this was the first Song Festival without an audience, make no mistake, despite being the 55th edition, on three occasions (2002, 2013 and 2016) RTP decided not to hold the contest.
The other difference is in the number of performances in the semifinals. Instead of the usual eight songs, this year there were ten songs to parade across the stage, more empty than usual. And, unlike the famous “postcards” featuring the performers (generally filmed from north to south of the country), the station invited those who know them best (fans, friends and family) to launch the performances. A good bet, which may come to stay.
From fado to electronic music, in a semifinal where only one of the songs is not sung entirely in Portuguese (“Love is on my side”, The Black Mamba), diversity is once again the watchword.
And let’s start there. It was exactly the song sung by Tatanka that opened the night. It followed, in order of presentation: “In the deepest longing” (Valéria), “Claro como Água” (Mema), “Cheguei Aqui” (Nadine), “Girassol” (Miguel Marôco), “Dia Lindo” (Fábia Maia), “Livros” (Irma), “Saudade” (Karetus and Romeu Bairos), “Contramão” (Sara Afonso) and “Mundo” (Ian).
Since the issues were known, weeks before the semifinals, that the galas seem like a marathon until the televoting: fast performances with interruptions to the current situation in the green room, by Inês Lopes Gonçalves. Once the surprise effect is lost, the themes that evolve from the studio version win. Good examples of this are the songs by Nadine and Sara Afonso, the songs by Irma, Karetus & Romeu Bairos (with a stage wink at Eurovision) and IAN were lost.
And speaking of IAN, the dressmember of the Symphony Orchestra of the Casa da Música, in Porto, generated some curiosity. In addition to the comparisons with SIA or Lady Gaga, by hair, the false (?) Pregnant belly, which grew during the performance, was one of the most talked about topics on social networks. “It was a metaphor,” he explained even before the finalists were known.
Who goes to the final and the music that lives beyond the Festival
The five songs most voted and qualified for the final are: “Na Mais Profunda Saudade” (Valéria), “Saudade” (Karetus & Romeu Bairos), “Love is on my side” (The Black Mamba), “Dia Lindo” ( Fábia Maia) and “Contramão” (Sara Afonso). The finalists were revealed in a random order, as required by the rules.
It should be remembered that in the semifinals the weight of the votes will be shared between the spectators and a jury whose members – the singers Marta Carvalho, NBC, Paulo de Carvalho and Rita Guerra, the photographer Rita Carmo and the announcer Vanessa Augusto – were chosen by RTP .
Without determining, “Girassol”, by Miguel Marôco, is on the radar of those who, with the Festival, discovered the name of the young musician, one of the two authors found in the free presentation contest. The composer, who reconciles the Master in Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon with the role of Bass in the quartet Barber Shop “Contratratempo”, according to his biography, has the potential to surprise.
The Festival in the networks
During the gala, we went to Twitter, the social network par excellence for comments among ‘festival goers’, to measure the pulse of the Festival. The reactions are varied, some more critical, others more nostalgic. Here are a few:
- “Do you remember a few years ago people only commented Song Festival to say bad and come? Nice to see a timeline full of praise and genuine interest “- @ricardojsilvar
- “TWe must agree that there is much more quality in this Song Festival than in the previous one “- @ Beadav2204
- “I swear I don’t understand why the performances are chasing each other!” – @JohnGrandson
- “Half of the songs presented and I don’t think anyone has thought that if he wins he will go to Eurovision !!” – @fabioaraujolima
- “I have already caught a series of tweets from boys outraged by listening to an English Song Festival. Do they understand that the message is more important than the messenger? “- @goncalocastro
- “Seeing Elisa win the FC and then uploading videos of ambulances and empty streets is playing me … almost a year later and I can’t stop thinking about” what if … “” – @escfeelings
- “People are abusing looks in the 80s! Hair, blazers, materials please! Some innovation” – @libferreira
Dora and a return to 1986
“Don’t be mean to me, oh oh oh oh
I only want you, oh oh oh oh “
We are in 1986. Portugal joins the European Union, Soares is great and it is he who wins the presidential elections when Freitas do Amaral wins. Rui Veloso releases “Rock da Liberdade” and the homonymous album, which has songs like “Porto Côvo” and “Porto Sentido”. The GNR sing “Modern Posters” and edit “Psychopátria”; Xutos e Pontapés record “O Circo de Feras” and have their cargo ready and placed in the containers. Madredeus ‘finds’ her voice in Teresa Salgueiro and Doce ‘burns’ her last cartridges, with the edition of a compilation, before announcing the end.
At the Song Festival, the music was different. RTP experimented with a new model, which he called “A Song for Norway.” The name is inspired by “Uma Canção para Europa”, published ten years earlier by Carlos do Carmo with all the songs he sang for the festival, including the one that led to Eurovision (“A green pine flower”).
This year, the contest was not open to new authors. The public station ordered the four production centers – Lisbon, Porto, Madeira and Azores – to choose three songs and three artists for the big night.
The interpreters of the contest would be the Rimanço group, Carlos Alberto Moniz, Luís Bettencourt, Luís Filipe, Paulo Ferraz, Sérgio Borges, Rui Veloso, the Merchants, Gabriela Schaff, Lara Li, Dora and Fátima Padinha. Due to health problems (problems with the vocal cords), and at the last minute, Rui Veloso was replaced by Né Ladeiras.
With “Não Sejas Mau Para Mim”, Dora became the big winner and represented Portugal in Berga, where she ranked 14th – with the international version of unique, which included the songs “You’re hurting me” and “This will be the last time.”
She got into music when a family friend encouraged her to participate in the Portuguese Cinderella contest, promoted by the Clube Amigos Disney program. She did not win the contest, but Guilherme Inês, Zé da Ponte and Luís Oliveira (responsible for the selection of candidates), according to the press, were dazzled by the contestant and invited her to defend the theme at the Song Festival.
Dora Maria Reis Dias de Jesus, full name, also released, in that year, the singles “Easy / Seventeen and“ Our Love. ”“ I never did anything to be a singer, I always wanted to be a dancer, ”she said recently. confessed to a ‘day’ program.
In July 1987 the single “Já Dei” (with lyrics by Mário Zambujal) was released, which included an English version of this song on side B. He collaborates with Onda Choc on the song “Being an artist is not easy”, version of a success by Kim Wilde, and the following year he won the 1st National Music Prize, held at the Peninsular Casino in Figueira da Foz, with the theme “Déjà Vu” (with which he returned to the Song Festival).
The girl with the boots, one of her brand images, still tried an international career and left our country for Brazil, where she stayed for a decade. He came back at the beginning of the millennium, signed one of the songs on the soundtrack of the soap opera “Lusitânia Paixão”, but left the spotlight.
After returning to active duty in the second edition of “A Cara Cara Não me Estranha”, in 2013, Dora accepted the invitation to strip naked for the Portuguese edition of Playboy. “I accepted the invitation because I wanted to show that beauty and sensuality are transversal to all ages. (…) Women are no longer limited to age. Also, I am not an older woman,” she told Correio da Manhã till the date. .
35 years after stepping on the stage of the Song Festival, Dora once again remembered “the experience of her life.”
Towards Eurovision. The second semifinal selects another five finalists
In the second semifinal, next Saturday, February 27, they will compete: “For a closed call” (Carolina Deslandes), “I have music” (Da Chick), “Joana do Mar” (Joana Alegre), “Life without going through” (João Vieira /Graciela), “Dancing in the stars” (Neev), “Volte-Face” (Pedro da Linha /Euclid), “I will not stay” (Pedro Gonçalves), “Jasmine” (Taina), “A better world” (Virgul /Ariana) and “With a hug” (Viviane /Ana Tereza).
Of the 20 composers who participated in this year’s edition, 18 were invited by RTP and the other two (Marôco and Pedro Gonçalves) selected by sending songs free of charge.
The final is scheduled for March 6 and, unlike the latest editions, it will take place under study and without an audience, due to the covid-19 pandemic.
credits: Pedro Pina / RTP
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In 2021, there is no risk that the contest, which brings together representatives from 41 countries, will not take place, as the competitors will register performances in their countries.
“With Eurovision 2021 approaching, we can now reveal that all participants will be guaranteed the right to participate in the competition. Each country will create a ‘live’ recording prior to the contest, which can be used if the competitor is unable to travel to Rotterdam due to the pandemic, or if, in the Netherlands, he must be quarantined, ”the organization says in a published statement. on November 18 last year on the official website of the Eurovision Song Contest.
The 65th edition of the contest, which has been held annually in Europe since 1956, should have taken place in May 2020, in Rotterdam, but the European Broadcasting Union, considering that the conditions for its celebration were not met due to the covid pandemic -19, decided to postpone it for a year.
The semifinals of the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest are scheduled for May 18 and 20 and the final for May 22.
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