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| Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | ||||
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| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Festival da Canção 2011 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 5 March 2011 | |||
| Selected entrant | Homens da Luta | |||
| Selected song | "A luta é alegria" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (18th) | |||
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "A luta é alegria" written by Vasco Duarte and Jel. The song was performed by the group Homens da Luta. The Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) organised the national final Festival da Canção 2011 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany. The competition took place on 5 March 2011 where "A luta é alegria" performed by Homens da Luta emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from twenty regional juries and a public televote.
Portugal was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2011. Performing during the show in position 16, A luta é alegria" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Portugal placed eighteenth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 22 points.
Background
Prior to the 2011 contest, Portugal had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-four times since its first entry in 1964.[1] The nation's highest placing in the contest was sixth, which they achieved in 1996 with the song "O meu coração não tem cor" performed by Lúcia Moniz. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Portugal had featured in only three finals. Portugal's least successful result has been last place, which they have achieved on three occasions, most recently in 1997 with the song "Antes do adeus" performed by Célia Lawson. Portugal has also received nul points on two occasions; in 1964 and 1997. The nation qualified to the final in 2010 and placed eighteenth with the song "Há dias assim" performed by Filipa Azevedo.
The Portuguese national broadcaster, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), broadcasts the event within Portugal and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. RTP confirmed Portugal's participation in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest on 5 November 2010.[2] The broadcaster has traditionally selected the Portuguese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest via the music competition Festival da Canção, with exceptions in 1988 and 2005 when the Portuguese entries were internally selected. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster revealed details regarding their selection procedure and announced the organization of Festival da Canção 2011 in order to select the 2011 Portuguese entry.
Before Eurovision
Festival da Canção 2011
Festival da Canção 2011 was the 47th edition of Festival da Canção that selected Portugal's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Twelve entries competed in the competition which took place on 5 March 2011 at the Teatro Camões in Lisbon. The show was hosted by Sílvia Alberto with Joana Teles hosting from the green room and broadcast on RTP1, RTP1 HD, RTP África and RTP Internacional as well as online via the broadcaster's official website rtp.pt.[3][4]
Competing entries
Artists and composers were able to submit their entries for the competition between 19 November 2010 and 16 January 2011. Composers of any nationality were allowed to submit entries, however artists were required to possess Portuguese citizenship and songs were required to be submitted in Portuguese.[5] A jury panel consisting of Head of Delegation for Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest José Poiares, and music producers Fernando Martins and Ramón Galarza selected twenty-four entries for an online vote from 407 submissions received, which were revealed on 19 January 2011.[6] On 22 January 2011, "Por ti", written and to have been performed by António José Silva, "Um sinal", written by Bettershell and Isaías Ricardo de Oliveira and to have been performed by Bettershell, and "Amor cruzado", written and to have been performed by Miguel Gizzas, were disqualified from the competition due to the songs having been released or performed prior to 1 October 2010.[7]
90-second excerpts of the twenty-one competing entries were released online via rtp.pt on 20 January 2011 and users were able to vote by distributing three votes to their favourite songs until 27 January 2011.[8] 222,764 valid votes were received at the conclusion of the voting period and the top twelve entries that advanced to the final were revealed on 28 January 2011.[9]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homens da Luta | "A luta é alegria" | Vasco Duarte, Jel | 17,374 | 1 |
| 2 | Alma Real | "Não quero falar" | Thorsten Rath, Sérgio de Oliveira | 12,431 | 13 |
| 3 | Sandra Dória | "Aprende a voar (Nas asas do amor)" | Luís Filipe Aguilar | 2,470 | 18 |
| 4 | Woodu | "O tempo resolve tudo" | Bem Talbot, José Cid, Ana Sofia Cid | 261 | 21 |
| 5 | Emanuel Santos | "Não estamos sós" | Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger, Pedro Coelho | 694 | 20 |
| 6 | Nádia Correia | "Sonhos do verbo amar" | Ricardo Verdelho | 11,651 | 15 |
| 7 | Henrique Feist | "Quase a voar" | Nuno Feist, José Fanha | 13,844 | 8 |
| 8 | Wanda Stuart | "Chegar à tua voz" | Paul Teixeira da Sousa | 14,394 | 2 |
| 9 | Tânia Tavares | "Se esse dia chegar" | Gorgi, Tânia Tavares, Nuno Valério | 13,592 | 11 |
| 10 | Rui Andrade | "Em nome do amor" | Artur Guimarães, Carlos Meireles | 13,656 | 10 |
| 11 | Carla Ribeiro | "Só acontece uma vez" | João Sanguilheira, João Novo | 4,862 | 17 |
| 12 | Inês Bernardo | "Deixa o meu lugar" | Leonel Monteiro, Joana Ferraz | 14,105 | 3 |
| 13 | Axel | "Boom Boom Yeah" | José Félix, Axel | 13,448 | 12 |
| 14 | Carla Pires | "Voar alto" | Artur Guimarães, Paulo Pires de Lima | 11,967 | 14 |
| 15 | 7Saias | "Embalo do coração" | Páquito C. Braziel, Ana Rita Rebello | 14,056 | 6 |
| 16 | Carla Moreno | "Sobrevivo" | Andrej Babić, Carlos Coelho | 13,868 | 7 |
| 17 | Filipa Ruas | "Tensão" | Daniel Nilsson, Henrik Szabo, Johnny Sanchez, Jonas Gladnikoff, Mike Eriksson, Filipa Ruas, Pedro Sá |
14,058 | 5 |
| 18 | Daniela Galbin | "Amor a sério" | Pedro Saraiva, Daniela Galbin | 829 | 19 |
| 19 | Nuno Norte | "São os barcos de Lisboa" | Carlos Massa | 13,817 | 9 |
| 20 | Pop Pin's | "Esta noite vamos curtir" | José Cardoso, Guy Ribeiro | 7,325 | 16 |
| 21 | Ricardo Sousa | "O mar, o vento, e as estrelas" | Carlos Freitas, Fernando Guerreiro | 14,062 | 4 |
Final
The final took place on 5 March 2011. Twelve entries competed and the winner, "A luta é alegria" performed by Homens da Luta, was selected based on the 50/50 combination of votes of twenty regional juries and a public televote. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Portuguese Eurovision 1967 entrant Eduardo Nascimento, Portuguese Eurovision 2010 entrant Filipa Azevedo and Maltese Eurovision 2011 entrant Glen Vella performed as the interval act.[10][11]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Percentage | Points | |||||
| 1 | 7Saias | "Embalo do coração" | 129 | 8 | 4.12% | 2 | 10 | 8 |
| 2 | Carla Moreno | "Sobrevivo" | 33 | 1 | 4.74% | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Nuno Norte | "São os barcos de Lisboa" | 174 | 12 | 5.75% | 5 | 17 | 2 |
| 4 | Rui Andrade | "Em nome do amor" | 106 | 5 | 15.85% | 10 | 15 | 3 |
| 5 | Henrique Feist | "Quase a voar" | 96 | 4 | 8.11% | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| 6 | Wanda Stuart | "Chegar à tua voz" | 116 | 7 | 4.55% | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| 7 | Tânia Tavares | "Se esse dia chegar" | 116 | 7 | 2.54% | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | Inês Bernardo | "Deixa o meu lugar" | 161 | 10 | 2.49% | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 9 | Filipa Ruas | "Tensão" | 38 | 2 | 11.34% | 8 | 10 | 4 |
| 10 | Homens da Luta | "A luta é alegria" | 113 | 6 | 27.11% | 12 | 18 | 1 |
| 11 | Axel | "Boom Boom Yeah" | 4 | 0 | 2.56% | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Ricardo Sousa | "O mar, o vento, e as estrelas" | 74 | 3 | 10.85% | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| Draw | Song | Aveiro
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Beja
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Braga
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Bragança
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Castelo Branco
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Coimbra
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Évora
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Faro
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Madeira
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Guarda
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Leiria
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Lisbon
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Azores
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Portalegre
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Porto
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Santarém
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Setúbal
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Viana do Castelo
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Vila Real
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Viseu
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Total score
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| 1 | "Embalo do coração" | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 129 |
| 2 | "Sobrevivo" | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 33 | ||||||||||
| 3 | "São os barcos de Lisboa" | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 174 |
| 4 | "Em nome do amor" | 12 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 106 | |
| 5 | "Quase a voar" | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 96 | |
| 6 | "Chegar à tua voz" | 8 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2011