Late night news from Portugal
Another Eurovision Saturday evening ended with Portugal picking seven songs from a starting field of ten to advance to the Festival da Canção 2023.
The...
11 February – Oh, my homeland, my remoteness
Do you go to the contests, wherever they are held? Have you been to any? In particular, did you go to the fest in...
4 February – Love, love, my love, love of my life
I mention from time to time that we love someone who tries. Even though they'll never be the continent's favourite. Often through no fault...
Festival da Canção 2023 songs available online
Festival da Canção 2023 is set to be the 57th edition of the televised competition that selects Portugal's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest....
How do you say “rock out” in Portuguese?
Last up today, we have Portugal, who are being represented by Nicolas. It's all quite dark and indie on stage, and such a gravelly...
Portugal – Kids in America? No, Kids in Lisbon
Nicolas came on stage after an hour's delay for "lunch", and he didn't disappoint - He did far, far worse than that.
This is a...
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...
23 September – Maybe I’m even going to cry
Did you remember the contest in Portugal in 2018? Do you still dream of the sun, the sea, the pasteis de nada? Do you...
9 July – You are the cream in my dark tea,...
As you know, our friends in Portugal achieved their victory after the longest ever non-winning streak to date. They had tried everything since their...
21 June – Let’s sing together without looking backwards
What do you now? It's more Lusitanian singing that was largely ignored by the juries of Europe. I'll admit that not everything Portugal did...