Portugal: Suzy wins Festival da Canção!

Suzy will represent Portugal in Copenhagen.

About Suzy

Suzy was born in Figueira da Foz and has been active in showbizz since she was a kid as a member of the Children's band "Onda Choc" which had huge success. She performed on stage for the first time at the age of five and has gone on to have a successful career ever since!
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Lisbon, Portugal - It was late night in most of Europe when Portugal announced the name of the winner of their Festival Da Canção 2014. After a one year absence in the Eurovision Song Contest the country will be represented by Suzy with the song Quero Ser Tua.

The Portuguese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Festival Da Canção 2014, comprised one semi-final and the final, both held at the Convento do Beato in Lisbon. Ten composers were invited by RTP and they chose the performers for their songs. In the end, the following five made it to tonight's final (click on the title to watch the semi-final performance of the song):

1. Rui Andrade - Ao Teu Encontro (Rui Andrade & Marc Paelinck)
2. Catarina Pereira - Mea Culpa (Andrej Babic & Carlos Coelho)
3. Zana - Nas Asas da Sorte (Paulo Abreu Lima e Jan Van Dijck)
4. Raquel Guerra - Sonhos Roubados (Nuno Marques da Silva & Nuno Feist)
5. Suzy - Quero Ser Tua (Como A Lua É Do Luar) (Emanuel)

Meet the finalists of Portugal

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After the round of televoting the results were announced in random order. First the top 3 songs were revealed:

• Catarina Pereira - Mea Culpa
• Suzy - Quero Ser Tua
• Rui Andrade - Ao Teu Encontro 3rd

So Rui was declared 3rd while Suzy and Catarina were still waiting for the final result. They were taken to the stage for the final announcement and the winner was finally revealed... Suzy with the song Quero Ser Tua, lyrics and music by Emanuel, just like in 2007 with Sabrina's Dança Comigo.
Suzy will represent Portugal in the First Semi-Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest on the 10th of May in Copenhagen, the same place where they made their first appearance in the contest 50 years ago.

Do you agree with the winner in Portugal? Tell us below!

Tonight: Final of Festival da Canção in Portugal

The finalists of Festival Da Canção in Portugal.

Lisbon, Portugal - For their comeback to the Eurovision Song Contest the Portuguese broadcaster, RTP, decided to held a semi-final with ten acts which took place last week in Lisbon. The five lucky winners will fight tonight for the honour of representing Portugal in Copenhagen.

The Portuguese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Festival Da Canção 2014, comprises one semi-final and the final, both held at the Convento do Beato in Lisbon. Ten composers were invited by RTP and they chose the performers for their songs. In the end, the following five made it to tonight's final (click on the title to watch the performance of the song):

1. Rui Andrade - Ao Teu Encontro (Rui Andrade & Marc Paelinck)
2. Catarina Pereira - Mea Culpa (Andrej Babic & Carlos Coelho)
3. Zana - Nas Asas da Sorte (Paulo Abreu Lima e Jan Van Dijck)
4. Raquel Guerra - Sonhos Roubados (Nuno Marques da Silva & Nuno Feist)
5. Susy - Quero Ser Tua (Como A Lua É Do Luar) (Emanuel)

Meet the finalists of Portugal

Check out the Full gallery

You'll be able to follow the show in the webcast offered by Portuguese Television starting at 23:15 CET
The winner tonight will represent Portugal in the First Semi-Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest on the 10th of May in Copenhagen, the same place where they made their first appearance in the contest 50 years ago.

Who's your favourite to win in Portugal tonight?

Finalists decided in Portugal

Some of tonight's participants.

Lisbon, Portugal - For their comeback to the Eurovision Song Contest the Portuguese broadcaster, RTP, decided to held a semi-final with ten acts which just took place in Lisbon. The lucky winners tonight will perform in the final next week.

The Portuguese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Festival Da Canção 2014, consists of one semi-final and the final, both held at the Convento do Beato in Lisbon. Ten composers were invited by RTP and they chose the performers for their songs. In the end, the following five made it to the final:

This was the line-up in tonight's semi-final (qualifiers in bold):

1. Catarina Pereira - Mea Culpa (Andrej Babic & Carlos Coelho)
2. Ivo Lucas - Eu Vou (João Só)
3. Zana - Nas Asas da Sorte (Paulo Abreu Lima e Jan Van Dijck)
4. Carla Ribeiro - Mais Para Dar (Marina Ferraz & Hélder Godinho)
5. Ricardo Afonso - Emoção (Ricardo Afonso, Luís Fernando & Rui Fingers)
6. Rui Andrade - Ao Teu Encontro (Rui Andrade & Marc Paelinck)
7. Lara Afonso - O Teu Segredo (João Matos & Miguel Ferrador)
8. Raquel Guerra - Sonhos Roubados (Nuno Marques da Silva & Nuno Feist)
9. Madalena Trabuco - Coração de Filigrana (TóZé Santos)
10. Susy - Quero Ser Tua (Como A Lua É Do Luar) (Emanuel)

The winners tonight will compete next Saturday to represent Portugal in Copenhagen.
2014 will mark 50 years since Portugal first appeared in the contest in 1964, and tonight's programme included a nostalgic look back at previous songs that had partiicpated in the Portuguese finals.

Do you agree with the results in Portugal tonight?

A busy national selection weekend ahead!

Europe - With only a little more than one week till the official deadline, more and more countries are approaching the final decision on their entries for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. This weekend, you can watch the national finals in Slovenia, Sweden and Denmark, and the Montenegrin song will be premiered on Sunday!

Are you still looking for evening entertainment options for the upcoming weekend? Then look no further - here is a complete overview of all national selection shows for the next few days! Be sure to check out our full calendar too, to see when the remaining countries will be choosing their entries for Copenhagen.
As soon as we know the results of each respective show, we will announce them on Eurovision.tv as well as on the official Eurovision pages on Facebook, Google+, VK and Twitter.

Friday

20:05 CET: First semi-final in Norway, broadcast live on the NRK website.

Saturday

20:00 CET: Slovenia is ready to select their entry for Copenhagen, and guess what: we will broadcast it live on Eurovision.tv! Watch it in our WebTV Player.
20:00 CET: It's time for one of the most loved national selection shows, the final of Melodifestivalen in Sweden! Watch it live on the SVT website.
20:00 CET: The host country Denmark is also selecting their entry. You can watch the show live on the DR website.
20:55 CET: Second semi-final in Norway, broadcast live on the NRK website.
22:15 CET: Portugal provides us with some late night entertainment - you can watch the national semi-final live on the RTP website.

Sunday

20:05 CET: Third semi-final in Norway, broadcast live on the NRK website.
20:30 CET: The third semi-final will take place in Belgium - watch it live on the een website.

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