Portugal – Not Fado but Fad-ish
There are two schools of thought on this.
Mine is that this song is a 2:38 moan by one girl about the other girl's dead...
29 March – Old women, crazy women and tourists are coming...
Birthdays are like buses. Some days there are none at all. Then other days you get a veritable plethora of them. That then gives...
11 February – Oh, my homeland, my adventure
Did you go to Lisbon last year? Did you go there for the contest? Did you enjoy it? Were you there on that amazing...
13 September – The night I met you was crazy
I often mention those unlucky songs that were a year too early. The song the year later won, or did really well. So the...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 28 – Portugal
Ai Coração by Mimicat.
If you don’t have anything good to say don’t say anything at all, advised every parent, ever. It’s a strategy I...
RTP previews 2019 Festival da Canção songs
RTP has released final details of the 2019 Festival da Canção - the competition that will select a song to represent Portugal at the Eurovision...
Conan clinches Portuguese place at 2019 Eurovision
Only those who haven't lived under a Eurovision rock in recent months would be unaware that tonight featured two national finals where fans desperately...
Portugal & Azerbaijan – two points of the compass
Portugal just provided us with one of the great press conferences of all time. For each question the slick backed lead chap provided us...
25 September – Salty wounds
You want a cracker of a song? One that has everything? Power? Emotion? Wind machines? Wafty dresses? Marzipan? Well, maybe not the marzipan, but...
Portugal hands Eurovision crown to Maro
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) tonight picked Maro with 'Saudade Saudade' as the Portuguese entry to the contest through the national selection Festival...