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ESC 2015 PORTUGAL: THE FINAL LINE UP AND LITTLE REVIEW

After two semifinals Portugal has chosen its final line up. Even if the Festival da Canção has a much more modern look than last year, it's still like something that came out of a time capsule. There is live music but the band is so small it pretty much has ruined most of the songs. If you can't have a full orchestra, backing track is a good choice, don't compromise. The songs have been pretty dated (or ruined by the beforementioned band), but there are a couple of good ones, one in particular. All my hope is in it. Televoters have done much better job that the composers who have added two songs to the final line up, in both cases the worst song of the evening for this blogger. What were they thinking? Saving their own asses by choosing the worst? Below are the songs in my ranking. Yola shines over all the rest clearly. I like Leonor, but it should have a new arrangement and remix before Vienna. The rest is hopeless. Teresa and Simone are not bad by no means, just I d...

ESC 2015 PORTUGAL: SEMIFINAL ONE TONIGHT

Portugal selects its entry this week with two semifinals and the grand final on Saturday. Three songs from each semifinal will qualify for the final; two by televoters and one by a jury made of the composers of the participating songs! Now that sounds a bit weird but.... The same happens in the final and three songs will battle it out in the superfinal.  Tonight we have also Adeleide Ferreira (ESC 1985) trying a comeback.  Rita Seidi - Lisboa, Lisboa I like this kind of music and expected something like this when I saw it's by Sara Tavares. Surely not Eurovisionesque and easy, but who knows? Would be a very risky choice that just might pay off... Leonor Andrade - Há um mar que nos separa This could be quite good in the end. The chorus stuck in my head immediately. Filipa Baptista - A noite inteira The arrangement borders ridiculous. How cheap can you get? Yola Dinis - Outra vez primavera Now we are talking. Beautfiful, a touch of fado, great vocals. C...