Portuguese Maro takes Portugal to the Eurovision final
The first semi-final for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest took place this Tuesday and could reach a pass of 10. The final is scheduled for Saturday
Portugal, with “Saudade, Saudade” by Maro, and Ukraine, with “Stefania” by Kalush Orchestra, were two of the ten countries selected this Tuesday to advance to the final of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled for Saturday in Turin, Italy.
In the first semifinal of the competition, which also took place in Turin, the following were selected to advance to the final: Switzerland (“Boys do cry”, Marius Bear), Armenia (“Snap”, Rosa Linn), Iceland (“Með hækkandi sól”, Systur), Lithuania (“Sentimentai”, Monika Liu), Norway (“Give that wolf a banana”, Subwoolfer), Greece (“Die together”, Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord), Moldova (“Trenuleţul”, Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers ) and the Netherlands (“De Diepte”, S10).
There were 17 countries competing for ten places in the final of the competition. Left out were Albania, Latvia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark and Austria.
This Tuesday, the themes of France and Italy were presented, countries that have direct entry into the final.
the Festival is daaudade contest by Maro who won in March with “Canção Saudade”. Today, Marção Nação Tal, attended by a female choir made at the Festival da Canção, which includes Beatriz Fonse, Beatriz Pessoa, Carolina Leite, Diana Castro and Milhanas.
The second semi-final of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled for Thursday.
On that day, 18 countries compete: Finland, Israel, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Malta, San Marino, Australia, Cyprus, Ireland, North Macedonia, Estonia, Romania, Poland, Montenegro, Belgium, Sweden and the Czech Republic.
The final will be played by 25 countries, the ten chosen in the first semi-final, ten chosen in the first semi-final and the so-called ‘Big Five’ (France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom and second country other three Italy).
According to Ukraine is from several bookmakers, the mediavision by the ‘site’ specializing in the contest, the theme of Ukraine to win, several weeks favorite.