Portugal: Elisa wins Festival da Cançao 2020 and is heading to Rotterdam
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:
