For those of you with a masochistic streak or for those of you who just like the struggle a good fado can bring you (fnarr) – RTP has announced the twenty semifinalists in this year’s Festival da Cancao.
14 of them were direct entrants and six of them (from, I read, a record 809 entries – who says this contest is dead) got chosen by RTP. You can see the entries below. There will be two rounds of the old voting, with a 50/50 mix determining the first five qualifiers. Then another round of pure televoting amongst the remaining five to get a final qualifier.
[table id=786 /] [table id=787 /]In that Grand final, a seven-member panel (One from each region of Portugal) and a televote will determine the winner.
I’m sure you can hardly wait!
