Ukraine wins Eurovision contest. Portugal in 9th
Twenty countries competed in the final of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, in Turin, Italy, with Portugal being tasted by Maro and the theme longing, longingwhich was in the top 10, in an edition in which Ukraine confirmed the favoritism and won.
In second place was the representation of the United Kingdom, which was ahead of the jury’s vote, and in third place was the Spanish representation, which achieved the best evaluation since 1995.
This year 40 countries entered the competition, but 25 reached the final, of which 20 were selected in two semi-finals, which took place on Tuesday, also in Turin.
The 6th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest takes place annually in Europe from February 19, 2019, from February 25, the day after the invasion of Ukraine. , that Russia would be left out.
In the first semifinal, Switzerland of Armenia final Portugal (“Saudade, Saudade Maro), Ukraine (“Steneia”, Kalush Orchestra), choro (“Boys”, Marius (“Snap”, Rosa Linn), (“Með hækkandi sól”, Systur), Lithuania (“Sentimentai”, Monika Liu), Norway (“Give that wolf a banana”, Subwoolfer), Greece (“Die together”, Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord), Moldova (“Trenuletul”, Zdob si Zdub & Advahov Brothers ) and the Netherlands (“De Diepte”, S10).
Czech Republic (“Lights Off”, We Are Domi), Azerbaijan (“Fade to Black”, Nadir Rustamli), Poland (“River”, Ochman), Estonia (“Hope”, Stefan), Australia (“Not the same” , Sheldon Riley), Sweden (“Hold me close”, Cornelia Jakobs), Romania “Llámame”, WRS) and Serbia (“In corpore sano”, Konstrakta) were chosen in the second semifinal.
These 20 countries are joined by the so-called ‘Big Five’ (“Big Five” in Portuguese) — France (“Fullen”, Alvan & Ahez), Germany (“Rockstars”, Malik Harris), Italy (“Brividi”, Mahmood & Blanco), Spain (“SloMo”, Chanel) and the United Kingdom (“Space Man”, Sam Ryder).
The Portuguese representative, Maro, won the Song Festival in March, with “Saudade, Saudade”. Maro made in the contest, which was performed by a final female choir like the Festival da Can, includes Beatriz Fonseca, Beatriz Pessoa, Carolina Leite, Diana Castro and Milhanas.
Maro is the artistic name of Mariana Secca, from Lisbon, who grew up in a family environment marked by music, studying piano at the age of four, attended the conservatory and studied at Berk School, in Boston, in the United States.