Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

  Cláudia Pascoal in absense of Diogo Piçarra has won the Portuguese Festival da Canção final late last night. But it was a close call as Catarina Miranda - as I expected - scored well, too. They both ended with 22 points but as Cláudia got the televotes 12 she was declared the winner. Peu Madureira came third and Janeiro 4th, so I got all my favorites in top-4 :-) Cláudia's performance is very simple and featured composer Isaura sitting next to her and just sings a few lines with her. It's veery intense 3 minutes but let's see how European wide audiences will have patience and concentration come May.... 1. Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim (jury 10 + televote 12) 22 2. Catarina Miranda - Para sorrir não preciso de nada (12 + 10) 22 3. Peu Madureira - Só por ela (8 + 8) 16 4. Janeiro - (sem título) (6 + 6) 12 5. Rui David - Sem medo (4 + 4) 8 6. Anabela - Para te dar abrigo (0 + 7) 7 7. Joana Barra Vaz - Anda estragar-me os planos (7 + 0) 7 8. Lili - ...

  Portugal is choosing tonight for Lisbon 2018 Eurovision song contest and instead of  RTP's tv-studios like in the semifinals the show moves to an arena, the Pavilhão Multiusos in Guimarães.  Now that the superfavorite Diogo Piçarra is sadly out of the picture (he got top marks from both televoters and jury in the second semifinal (being the only one doing so) before he was accused of plagiarism, read more here ) the contest is wide open.  Cláudia Pascoal scored 10 with both jury and televotes in the second semifinal while Susana Travassos got 8 from the jury but zero from televotes. This however was enough to make her Diogo's replacement in the final. Peter Serrado got 8 from televoters but only 1 from the jury - will they change their mind? Peu Madueira was the clear winner in the first semifinal with 12 from the televoters and 10 from the jury. The jury preferred Janeiro but the televoters gave him only 4, maybe they will award him more now? On...

  Portugal's Festival da Canção had its second semifinal last night and as expected Diogo Piçarra took an easy win, and also the highest score in both semis when getting full marks. Maria Inês Paris - Bandeira azul (jury 7 + televote 5) 12 Dora Fidalgo - Arco-íris (0 + 0) 0 Sequin - All Over Again (0 + 0) 0 Diogo Piçarra - Canção do fim (12+ 12) 24 David Pessoa - Amor veloz (5 + 4) 9 Tamin - Sobre nós (6 + 2) 8 Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim (10 + 10) 20 Minnie & Rhayra - Patati patata  (4 + 6) 10 Rita Ruivo - Anda daí (0 + 1) 1 Susana Travassos - A mensageira (8 + 0) 8 Lili - O vôo das cegonhas (3 + 7) 10 Daniela Onis - Para lá do rio (2 + 3) 5 Peter Serrado - Sunset (1 + 8) 9 And here's the full line up for the final. It's inteeresting to see how al top marks went basicly to same acts, with the expceptions on Anabela's  and Peter Serrado's televoting success, and Janeiro's jury success... Diogo Piçarra - Canção ...