Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Portuguese entry was selected through Festival Da Canção 2012, a national final organised by the Portuguese broadcaster RTP. Filipa Sousa represented Portugal with the song "Vida minha", which failed to qualify from the second semi-final, achieving 13th place with 39 points.[1][2]
| Eurovision Song Contest 2012 | ||||
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| Country |  | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Festival Da Canção 2012 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 10 March 2012 | |||
| Selected entrant | Filipa Sousa | |||
| Selected song | "Vida minha" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (13th, 39 points) | |||
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Portugal was considered to withdraw, because of the economic crisis in the country, but on 30 November 2011, RTP confirmed its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3]
Before Eurovision
Festival da Canção 2012
Festival da Canção 2012 was the 48th edition of Festival da Canção, the music competition that selects Portugal's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Competing entries
Artists were able to submit their applications through the RTP official website before 31 December 2011. Applicants then advanced to the auditions that were held in Lisbon (5 and 6 January 2012) and Oporto (10 and 11 January 2012), where they had to sing in Portuguese or in a foreign language (e.g. English). An exception was made for applications from established artists, which they can directly send in their songs to RTP without having to go through the auditions. RTS received more than 400 applications, and a jury chose 12 candidates and 5 back-ups to compete in the national final, which were revealed on 13 January 2012.[4] Three of the final twelve artists: Carlos Costa, Ricardo Soler and Rui Andrade didn't go through the auditions, using instead their recognition as moderate established artists. Soler competed in the 2008 edition of Festival da Canção, finishing fourth, while Andrade finished third in the 2011 edition.[5]
RTP then directly invited six composers from various musical styles to compose songs for the selected artists. Composers and authors will create new songs specially for the 12 candidates, in order to suit their vocal skills. The songs must be no longer than three minutes, and had to be performed in Portuguese. Two music producers were also invited by RTP to work in coordination with the composers in produce the 12 entries.
| Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Arménio Pimenta | "Um poema na bagagem" | Menito Ramos (m&l) |
| Carlos Costa | "Queres que eu dance?" | João Só (m&l) |
| Cúmplices | "Será o que será" | Jony Galvão, Rui Reis (m&l) |
| Filipa Sousa | "Vida minha" | Andrej Babić (m), Carlos Coelho (l) |
| Gerson Santos | "Redescobrir Portugal" | Tó Zé (m&l) |
| Joana Leite | "Amor é maior que a vida" | Tiago Dias (m), Marisa Liz(l) |
| Pamela Salvado | "Fica a saudade" | Miguel Gameiro (m&l) |
| Pedro Macedo | "Outono em forma de gente" | Pedro Marques (m&l), Daniela Varela (m&l), Jaime Oliveira (m&l) |
| Ricardo Soler | "Gratia plena" | Nuno Feist (m), Nuno Silva (l) |
| Rui Andrade | "Amor a preto e branco" | Miguel Majer (m&l), Inês Vaz (l) |
| Tó Martins | "Amanhã começa o meu futuro" | Tozé Brito (m&l) |
| Vânia Osório | "O mundo passa" | Armando Teixeira (m&l) |
Final
The final was held on 10 March 2012, hosted by Sílvia Alberto and Pedro Granger.[6] The winner was determined by a combination of the votes from 20 regional juries (50%) and televoting (50%).[7]
| Final – 10 March 2012 | ||||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
| Votes | Points | Percentage | Points | |||||
| 1 | Ricardo Soler | "Gratia plena" | 109 | 5 | 13.38% | 8 | 13 | 4 |
| 2 | Pedro Macedo | "Outono em forma de gente" | 38 | 0 | 6.23% | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | Tó Martins | "Amanhã começa o meu futuro" | 88 | 4 | 1.62% | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Gerson Santos | "Redescobrir Portugal" | 43 | 1 | 1.90% | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Joana Leite | "Amor é maior que a vida" | 78 | 3 | 3.55% | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Pamela Salvado | "Fica a saudade" | 123 | 8 | 5.41% | 4 | 12 | 5 |
| 7 | Cúmplices | "Será o que será" | 151 | 10 | 7.36% | 6 | 16 | 2 |
| 8 | Arménio Pimenta | "Um poema na bagagem" | 69 | 2 | 4.60% | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Carlos Costa | "Queres que eu dance?" | 30 | 0 | 14.66% | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| 10 | Vânia Osório | "O mundo passa" | 115 | 6 | 2.77% | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| 11 | Rui Andrade | "Amor a preto e branco" | 119 | 7 | 13.17% | 7 | 14 | 3 |
| 12 | Filipa Sousa | "Vida minha" | 197 | 12 | 25.28% | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Aveiro | Beja | Braga | Bragança | Castelo Branco |
Coimbra | Évora | Faro | Madeira | Guarda | Leiria | Lisbon | Açores | Portalegre | Porto | Santarém | Setúbal | Viana do Castelo |
Vila Real |
Viseu | Total |
| 1 | "Gratia plena" | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 109 | ||||
| 2 | "Outono em forma de gente" | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 38 | ||||||||
| 3 | "Amanhã começa o meu futuro" | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 88 | |||
| 4 | "Redescobrir Portugal" | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 43 | |||||
| 5 | "Amor é maior que a vida" | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 78 | ||
| 6 | "Fica a saudade" | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 123 | |
| 7 | "Será o que será" | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 151 | |
| 8 | "Um poema na bagagem" | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 69 | |||
| 9 | "Queres que eu dance?" | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||
| 10 | "O mundo passa" | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 115 | |||
| 11 | "Amor a preto e branco" | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 119 | |
| 12 | "Vida minha" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 197 |
At Eurovision
Portugal competed 6th in the second semi-final on 24 May.[8] After the voting, Filipa Sousa finished in 13th position with 39 points, which meant that for the second year in a row Portugal did not qualify for the final.
Points awarded by Portugal[9]
Semi-final 2
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Final
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Jury points awarded by Portugal
Semi-final 2Jury points awarded in second semi-final:
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FinalJury points awarded in the final:
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| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
References
- "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Semi-Final (2)". Eurovision.tv.
- Escuerdo, Victor M. (11 March 2012). "Filipa Sousa for Portugal in Baku". Eurovision.tv.
- Costa, Nelson (25 November 2011). "Portugal decides on March 10th". OIKOTIMES.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- Costa, Nelson (2 January 2012). "RTP receives more than 400 applications". OIKOTIMES.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- Costa, Nelson (13 January 2012). "Portugal: RTP announces 2012 national finalists". oikotimes.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- Costa, Nelson (30 January 2012). "Portugal: RTP announces hosts to Festival da Canção". oikotimes.com. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- Costa, Nelson (9 December 2011). "Portugal: Open call to singers starts today". OIKOTIMES.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- Hondal, Victor. "Insignia exchange and semifinal allocation draw". EscToday.com.
- Eurovision Song Contest 2012
External links
- (in Portuguese) Competition rules RTP