Portugal: The composers of Festival da Canção 2022 unveiled

Portugal: The composers of Festival da Canção 2022 unveiled
Thursday, 04 November 2021

  • The Portuguese national broadcaster, RTP, has unveiled the composers of the next edition of Festival da Canção, the show that will determine the country's Eurovision 2022 hopeful. 

    Portugal will be using once again its tradional national selection format of Festival da Canção which will be running for its 56th edition. Earlier the Portuguese broadcaster had received over 600 songs during the submission period

    A total of 20 composers are behind the competing entries of Festival da Canção 2022 the names of which have been released by RTP. From those 16 were invited directly by RTP while the rest four were selected by the public submissions. The composers have the option to perform themselves their entry or they can assign it to an act of their choice. 

    Namely the composers of  Festival da Canção 2022 invited by RTP are: 

    • Agir
    • Aurea
    • Blacci
    • Cubita
    • DJ Marfox
    • Fábia Rebordão
    • Fado Bicha
    • FF
    • Joana Espadinha
    • Kumpania Algazarra
    • Maro
    • Norton
    • Os Azeitonas
    • PZ
    • Syro
    • Valas

     

    The four composers chosen from the public submissions are: 

    • Pedro Marques
    • Pepperoni Passion
    • The Mister Driver
    • Tiago Nogueira (Os Quatro e Meia)

     

     

    More details regarding the Portugues national selection will come to light over the next weeks. 

     

    Portugal in Eurovision

    Portugal joined the Eurovision family in 1964 when it was represented by António Calvário, who finished last without any points. Since their debut in 1964 Portugal has missed five times the contest, the latest was in 2016 and has competed in total 51 times in the competition. Before 2016, the best result of Portugal in the contest was a 6th placing in 1996 with Lúcia Moniz performing “O meu coração não tem cor” in Oslo.

    In 2017 the country got its name on the list with the winning countries, as Salvador Sorbal was crowned winner in Kyiv with his song Amar Pelos Dois . Following Salvador’s win the country hosted the 63rd edition of the contest in Lisbon.In 2019 Conan Osiris ,winner of the Portuguese national final Festival da Cançao represented the country in Tel Aviv with his entry Telemoveis. Despite the outstanding alternative performance in the first semi final, Conan failed to qualify to the Grand final.

    In 2020 Elisa won the national final with "Medo de sentir"  but eventually never had the chance to perform on the Eurovision stage as the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 outbreak.  

    This year the group The Black Mamba won the 55th edition of the Festival da Cançao with the song 'Love is on my Side'  which  competed in the 2nd Semi final and after qualifying to the Grand final finished 12th with 153 points on the overall scoreboard. 

     

    News Source: RTP

    Image: Foto:  EBU / THOMAS HANSES