Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | ||||
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Country | Portugal | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Festival da Canção 2007 | |||
Selection date(s) | 10 March 2007 | |||
Selected entrant | Sabrina | |||
Selected song | "Dança comigo" | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (11th, 88 points) | |||
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Portugal was represented by Sabrina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Dança comigo".
Before Eurovision
Festival da Canção 2007
Festival da Canção 2007 was the 43rd edition of Festival da Canção, the music competition that selects Portugal's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Format
The format of the competition consisted of the final on 10 March 2007, which took place at the Pavilhão Atlantico in Lisbon. The competition featured ten competing songs submitted by producers who RTP invited for the competition. The producers both created the song and selected the performer for their entry.[1] Results were determined exclusively by votes from the public.
On 12 February 2007, RTP revealed the names of the ten producers that were invited to participate. The invited producers were:[2]
- Elvis Veiguinha
- Emanuel
- Fernando Martins
- João Barbosa
- José Cid
- Luís Jardim
- Luís Oliveira
- Nuno Carvalho
- Nuno Feist
- Ramón Galarza
Competing entries
10 entries participated in the 43rd Festival da Canção. The competing artists were announced on 15 February 2007.[3] The running order of the final for the ten participating entries was drawn on 22 February 2007.[4]
Artist | Song | Composer(s) |
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Diogo T. | "Chega, foi demais!" | Ramón Galarza |
Filipa Cardoso & Edmundo Vieira | "Desta vez" | Nuno Carvalho, João Matos, Ricardo Ferreira, Rui Rocha |
Henrique Feist & Vanessa | "Além do sonho" | Nuno Feist, Nuno Marques da Silva |
Luiz & A Lata | "Ai pode" | Luís Caracol, Célia Aldegalegan |
Marta Plantier & Os Corvos | "Piano, Piano" | Luís Jardim |
Melo D. & Elaisa | "Será cedo?" | João Barbosa, João Silva Gomes, Kalaf Ângelo |
Sabrina | "Dança comigo" | Emanuel, Tó Maria Vinhas |
Teresa Radamanto | "Ai de quem nunca cantou" | Fernando Martins, Alexandra Valentim, Fernando Abrantes, Teresa Radamanto, Isabella Allard, João Baião |
TribUrbana | "Dá-me a Lua" | António Avelar de Pinho, Luís Oliveira, Agir |
Zé P. | "Na ilha dos sonhos" | José Cid, Zé P |
Final
The final took place at the Pavilhão Atlantico in Lisbon on 10 March 2007, hosted by Isabel Angelino and Jorge Gabriel. In the final ten entries participated, and the winner was determined exclusively by a public telephone vote.
Final – 10 March 2007 | ||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
1 | Filipa Cardoso & Edmundo Vieira | "Desta vez" | 2,396 | 6 |
2 | Marta Plantier & Os Corvos | "Piano, Piano" | 2,182 | 7 |
3 | Luiz & a Lata | "Ai pode" | 2,013 | 8 |
4 | Sabrina | "Dança comigo" | 8,874 | 1 |
5 | Diogo T. | "Chega, foi demais!" | 386 | 10 |
6 | TribUrbana | "Dá-me a Lua" | 3,046 | 4 |
7 | Melo D. & Elaisa | "Será cedo?" | 1,364 | 9 |
8 | Teresa Radamanto | "Ai de quem nunca cantou" | 4,757 | 2 |
9 | Henrique Feist & Vanessa | "Além do sonho" | 3,730 | 3 |
10 | Zé P. | "Na ilha dos sonhos" | 3,013 | 5 |
At Eurovision
Because Portugal failed to qualify in 2006 Sabrina was forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final of the 2007 Contest on 10 May 2007 performing 17th, following Czech Republic and preceding the Macedonia she came 11th with 88 points failed to qualify by 3 points.
Points awarded by Portugal
Semi final
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Final
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Points awarded to Portugal
12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
External links
References
- ^ Granja, Miguel (2006-12-11). "Festival da Canção back in 2007".
- ^ Rodrigues, André (12 February 2007). "Portugal: Festival da Canção 2007".
- ^ Rodrigues, André (15 February 2007). "Portugal: The complete list of the 10 perfomers". Esctoday.
- ^ Rodrigues, André (22 February 2007). "Portugal: Final running order announced". Esctoday.