Portugal: Elisa wins Festival da Cançao 2020 and is heading to Rotterdam
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The previous two weeks we watched a total of 8 acts qualify from the two semi final rounds of Festival da Cançao 2020. Today the 8 qualifiers gave the final battle for the golden ticket to Rotterdam . Big winner was Elisa with the entry Medo de sentir.
The show was hosted by Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim. The 8 national final contestants that took to the stage tonight were:
- Filipe Sambado – “Gerbera amarela do Sul”
- Jimmy P – “Abensonhado“
- Tomás Luzia – “Mais real que o amor“
- Elisa Rodrigues – “Não voltes mais“
- Throes + The Shine – “Movimento”
- Kady – “Diz só“
- Elisa – “Medo de sentir”
- Bárbara Tinoco – “Passe-Partout”
The result will be determined by public voting (50%) and jury voting (50%) . The jury consisted of Conan Osíris (Portugal 2019), Anabela (Portugal 1993), Capicua ( 2018 national selection composer), Miguel Ângelo (2018 national selection composer), Héber Marques (2015 & 2017 national selection composer), Rui Miguel Abreu and Isilda Sanches (music industry experts)
Here are is how the overall scoreboard developed:
Draw Artist Song Televote Jury Total Place 1 Filipe Sambado “Gerbera amarela do Sul” 12 4 16 3 2 Jimmy P “Abensonhado” 7 6 13 5 3 Tomás Luzia “Mais real que o amor” 3 8 11 6 4 Elisa Rodrigues “Não voltes mais” 4 3 7 8 5 Throes + The Shine “Movimento” 6 5 11 7 6 Kady “Diz só” 8 7 15 4 7 Elisa “Medo de sentir” 10 10 20 1 8 Bárbara Tinoco “Passe-Partout” 6 12 18 2 Here is the winning entry of this year’s Portuguese national final that will represent the country at Eurovision 2020: