| Festival da Canção 2023 | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 25 February 2023 |
| Semi-final 2 | 4 March 2023 |
| Final | 11 March 2023 |
| Host | |
| Venue | RTP Studio 1 (Lisbon, Portugal) |
| Presenter(s) |
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| Host broadcaster | Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) |
| Website | media |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 20 |
| Vote | |
| Winning song | "Ai coração" by Mimicat |
Festival da Canção 2023 was the 57th edition of Festival da Canção, a television song contest organised and broadcast by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) to determine Portugal's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of two semi-finals on 25 February and 4 March 2023 and a final on 11 March 2023, with twenty entries competing in total. The winner was "Ai coração" by Mimicat, who represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.
Format
The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final.[1] Each semi-final featured 10 competing entries from which six advanced from each show to complete the 12-song lineup in the final. Results during the semi-finals were determined by the votes from a jury panel appointed by RTP and public televoting; the first five qualifiers were based on the 50/50 combination of jury and public voting where both streams of voting assign points from 1–8, 10 and 12 based on ranking, while the sixth qualifier was determined by a second round of public televoting from the remaining entries. Results during the final were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from seven regional juries and public televoting, which was opened following the second semi-final and closed during the final show. Both the public televote and the juries assign points from 1–8, 10 and 12 based on the ranking developed by both streams of voting.[2][3]
All three shows of the competition took place at RTP's Studio 1 in Lisbon and were broadcast on RTP1 and RTP Internacional as well as on radio via Antena 1 and online via RTP Play.[4] The shows were also broadcast on RTP Accessibilidades with presentation in Portuguese Sign Language and in Spain online via RTVE Play.[5]
Competing entries
Twenty composers were selected by RTP through two methods: 15 invited by RTP for the competition and five selected from 667 submissions received through an open call for songs.[6][7] The composers, which both create the songs and select its performers, were required to submit the demo and final versions of their entries by 31 October and 30 November 2022, respectively. Songs could be submitted in any language.[2] The selected composers were revealed on 9 November 2022, while the competing artists and songs were revealed on 19 January 2023.[8][9] Among the competing artists was Cláudia Pascoal, who represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Selection |
|---|---|---|---|
| April Ivy | "Modo voo" | Mariana Gonçalves, João Maia Ferreira, Francisco Santos, Manuel Morgado, Ricardo Moreira, Matheus Paraízo, Francisco Andrade | Invited by RTP |
| Bandua | "Bandeiras" | Bernardo Adário, Edgar Valente | |
| Bárbara Tinoco | "Goodnight" | Bárbara Tinoco, Mateus Seabra | |
| Bolha | "Sonhos de liberdade" | Jacinta, Joana Gil | |
| Churky | "Encruzilhada" | Churky | |
| Cláudia Pascoal | "Nasci Maria" | Cláudia Pascoal | |
| Dapunksportif | "World Needs Therapy" | João Guincho, Paulo Franco | |
| Edmundo Inácio | "A festa" | Edmundo Inácio | Open call winner |
| Esse Povo | "Sapatos de cimento" | Quim Albergaria | Invited by RTP |
| Inês Apenas | "Fim do mundo" | Inês Apenas | Open call winner |
| Ivandro | "Povo" | Ivandro | Invited by RTP |
| Lara Li | "Funâmbula" | André Henriques | |
| Mimicat | "Ai coração" | Marisa Mena, Luís Pereira | Open call winner |
| Moyah | "Too Much Sauce" | Moyah, Kensaye, Miguel Gutierrez | |
| Neon Soho | "Endless World" | Neon Soho | Invited by RTP |
| SAL | "Viver" | Sérgio Pires, SAL | |
| Teresinha Landeiro | "Enquanto é tempo" | Pedro de Castro, Teresinha Landeiro | |
| The Happy Mess | "O impossível" | João Pascoal, Afonso Carvalho, Miguel Ribeiro, Paulo Mouta Pereira, Bruno Vieira Amaral | |
| Voodoo Marmalade | "Tormento" | Voodoo Marmalade | Open call winner |
| You Can't Win, Charlie Brown | "Contraste mudo" | Afonso Cabral, David Santos, João Gil, Pedro Branco, Salvador Menezes, Tomás Sousa | Invited by RTP |
Semi-finals
The two semi-finals took place on 25 February and 4 March 2023. In each semi-final, 10 entries competed and six advanced to the final: five based on the 50/50 combination of votes from the televote and a jury panel consisting of Alex D'Alva, Carlos Mendes, Márcia, Maro, Neev, Pedro Ribeiro and Sara Correia. One additional entry was then selected by televoting exclusively.[10][11] The first semi-final was hosted by Tânia Ribas de Oliveira and José Carlos Malato. Throughout all shows, Inês Lopes Gonçalves was in charge of the green room alongside Wandson Lisboa, the social media correspondent. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, HMB together with Nena, Ana Bacalhau and Wander Isaac, Fernando Tordo and Spanish Eurovision 2023 entrant Blanca Paloma performed as guests in the first semi-final. The second semi-final was hosted by Jorge Gabriel and Sónia Araújo, while Filipe Sambado together with Surma and Primeira Dama, juror Carlos Mendes, and Portuguese representative in Junior Eurovision 2022, Nicolas Alves, performed as guests.
Esse Povo, who took part in the first semi-final with their song "Sapatos de cimento", automatically qualified from the jury and televote round due to a technical issue related to their televoting line discovered during the first semi-final, resulting in the final featuring 13 artists instead of the planned 12.[12]
Key:
Jury and televote round qualifier
Televote-only round qualifier
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Moyah | "Too Much Sauce" | 3 | 1.73% | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | Bolha | "Sonhos de liberdade" | 2 | 6.17% | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | April Ivy | "Modo voo" | 1 | 3.61% | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Churky | "Encruzilhada" | 5 | 19.11% | 10 | 15 | 5 |
| 5 | Cláudia Pascoal | "Nasci Maria" | 12 | 14.29% | 8 | 20 | 1 |
| 6 | SAL | "Viver" | 8 | 10.21% | 7 | 15 | 4 |
| 7 | Mimicat | "Ai coração" | 7 | 19.37% | 12 | 19 | 2 |
| 8 | You Can't Win, Charlie Brown | "Contraste mudo" | 10 | 8.45% | 5 | 15 | 3 |
| 9 | Neon Soho | "Endless World" | 6 | 9.57% | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| 10 | Esse Povo | "Sapatos de cimento" | 4 | 7.49% | — | — | — |
| Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| April Ivy | "Modo voo" | 16.80% | 3 |
| Bolha | "Sonhos de liberdade" | 17.30% | 2 |
| Moyah | "Too Much Sauce" | 10.32% | 4 |
| Neon Soho | "Endless World" | 55.58% | 1 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Edmundo Inácio | "A festa" | 10 | 10.18% | 7 | 17 | 1 |
| 2 | The Happy Mess | "O impossível" | 3 | 8.81% | 6 | 9 | 8 |
| 3 | Teresinha Landeiro | "Enquanto é tempo" | 7 | 8.25% | 5 | 12 | 6 |
| 4 | Bandua | "Bandeiras" | 4 | 6.44% | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | Bárbara Tinoco | "Goodnight" | 12 | 5.91% | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| 6 | Inês Apenas | "Fim do mundo" | 6 | 11.71% | 8 | 14 | 3 |
| 7 | Ivandro | "Povo" | 8 | 7.32% | 4 | 12 | 5 |
| 8 | Dapunksportif | "World Needs Therapy" | 2 | 15.38% | 10 | 12 | 7 |
| 9 | Lara Li | "Funâmbula" | 1 | 6.26% | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Voodoo Marmalade | "Tormento" | 5 | 19.74% | 12 | 17 | 2 |
| Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandua | "Bandeiras" | 19.10% | 3 |
| Dapunksportif | "World Needs Therapy" | 26.83% | 1 |
| Lara Li | "Funâmbula" | 19.81% | 2 |
| Teresinha Landeiro | "Enquanto é tempo" | 18.70% | 4 |
| The Happy Mess | "O impossível" | 15.56% | 5 |
Final
The final took place on 11 March 2023 and was hosted by Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim, who were joined by green room host Inês Lopes Gonçalves and digital content and social media host Wandson Lisboa. Interval acts included a The Beatles medley by Eurovision Song Contest 2017 winner Salvador Sobral, a reprise of "Saudade, saudade" by Maro featuring several finalists of Festival da Canção 2022, and a medley of songs from Liverpudlian artists by David Fonseca. The winner was selected based on the 50/50 combination of votes from seven regional juries and from a public televote.[11]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Percentage | Points | |||||
| 1 | Cláudia Pascoal | "Nasci Maria" | 48 | 8 | 8.21% | 4 | 12 | 3 |
| 2 | Churky | "Encruzilhada" | 5 | 0 | 8.26% | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Esse Povo | "Sapatos de cimento" | 30 | 4 | 2.82% | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Bárbara Tinoco | "Goodnight" | 27 | 3 | 8.58% | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| 5 | You Can't Win, Charlie Brown | "Contraste mudo" | 45 | 7 | 3.74% | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 6 | Voodoo Marmalade | "Tormento" | 5 | 0 | 9.02% | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | Inês Apenas | "Fim do mundo" | 26 | 2 | 4.55% | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Mimicat | "Ai coração" | 66 | 12 | 19.33% | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 9 | Dapunksportif | "World Needs Therapy" | 2 | 0 | 9.17% | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| 10 | Neon Soho | "Endless World" | 33 | 5 | 3.96% | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | Ivandro | "Povo" | 43 | 6 | 5.42% | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | Edmundo Inácio | "A festa" | 66 | 12 | 12.24% | 10 | 22 | 2 |
| 13 | SAL | "Viver" | 10 | 1 | 4.70% | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Draw | Song | North | Central | Lisbon Area | Alentejo | Algarve | Madeira | Azores | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Nasci Maria" | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 48 |
| 2 | "Encruzilhada" | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | "Sapatos de cimento" | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | "Goodnight" | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 27 | |
| 5 | "Contraste mudo" | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 45 |
| 6 | "Tormento" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | "Fim do mundo" | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 26 | |
| 8 | "Ai coração" | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 66 |
| 9 | "World Needs Therapy" | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 10 | "Endless World" | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 33 | |
| 11 | "Povo" | 12 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 43 |
| 12 | "A festa" | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 66 |
| 13 | "Viver" | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| Members of the jury[14] | |||||||||
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Ratings
| Show | Air date | Viewers | Share (%) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-final 1 | 25 February 2023 | 477,000 | 11.4% | [15] |
| Semi-final 2 | 4 March 2023 | 505,000 | 12.9% | [16] |
| Final | 11 March 2023 | 560,000 | 15.4% | [17] |
References
- ↑ "FC2023: Final do 'Festival da Canção 2023' agendada para 11 de março". escportugal.pt (in Portuguese). 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- 1 2 "REGULAMENTO" (PDF). RTP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ↑ "Portugal: 'Festival da Canção' lineup ready to listen to!". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ↑ "Festival da Canção 2023: canções já estão disponíveis". Festival da Canção (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ↑ ESCOT, DANIEL BORREGO (2023-03-08). "Festival da Canção 2023: sigue la final en RTVE Play". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ↑ "Festival da Canção 2023 volta a acolher 20 canções inéditas". RTP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony (28 October 2022). "Portugal: 667 Songs Submitted For Festival da Canção 2023". Eurovoix. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ↑ Geral, Por ESC Portugal. "FC2023: Conheça os 20 autores do 'Festival da Canção 2023'". Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ↑ Geral, Por ESC Portugal. "FC2023: Canções e intérpretes do 'Festival da Canção 2023' serão conhecidos a 19 de janeiro". Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ↑ "Festival da Canção 2023: ordem das atuações". rtp.pt (in Portuguese). RTP. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
- 1 2 "Votações" (PDF). RTP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ↑ Avelino, Gerry (2023-02-26). "🇵🇹 Portugal: Seven Acts Qualify from Festival da Canção 2023 Semi-Final One". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Festival da Canção – Votações" (PDF) (in Portuguese). RTP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- 1 2 "FC2023: Recorde a constituição dos júris regionais da Final do Festival da Canção 2023". escportugal.pt (in Portuguese). 15 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ↑ Davies, Megan (2023-02-26). "Portugal: 477,000 Viewers For Festival da Canção 2023 Semi-Final One". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ↑ "FC2023: Segunda semifinal do 'Festival da Canção 2023' acompanhada por 505 mil espectadores" (in Portuguese). ESCPortugal. 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ↑ "FC2023: Final do 'Festival da Canção 2023' acompanhada por 560 mil espectadores" (in Portuguese). ESCPortugal. 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-12.