Portugal 2024: Iolanda - Grito (1 Viewer)

[Tisch]

Festival da Canção Songs are out. Who can be bothered to pop them on and tell us which ones to look out for pls?

 

[ZenGiraffe]

I have had the quickest of flicks.

These are the only ones I am going to give a full listen to

 

[Sheena]

I have had the quickest of flicks.

 

[Soldi]

I’ll be eagerly waiting for the @win_the_game verdict.

 

[win_the_game]

I think Bispo, Nena and Buba Espinho are possibly the biggest/most established names.

On first listen, a very FUN 4 WTG selection all round. Bispo probably gets my vote, however the double combo of the PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE and RAP is not especially Moopy-friendly.

 

[Lucille]

 

[ZenGiraffe]

PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE and RAP

 

[auretz]

I feel like this is actually a step up on usual Festival da Canção standards. I’d probably go for João Borsch, but there’s a few decent options (and a song partially in Tsonga )

 

[Lucille]

Watching this last year was one of the worst experiences of my life!

 

[Dark Carnival]

Watching this last year was one of the worst experiences of my life!

It was torture!

 

[Dark Carnival]

Can’t wait to start all over again.

 

[COB]

Watching this last year was one of the worst experiences of my life!

Same here, I had friends round for the Melfest final and we decided to pop this on afterwards to keep the party going. LITTLE DID WE KNOW

 

[Lucille]

Did they ever speak to you again?!

 

[COB]

No, and I was never seen again

 

[VoR]

I know none of us braved Portugal but this qualified through the first Semi Final and seems to be shaping up as the runaway favourite.

It's very Portugal.

 

[auretz]

I'd still go for this queer Madeiran art:

 

[Iguana]

I know none of us braved Portugal but this qualified through the first Semi Final and seems to be shaping up as the runaway favourite.

It's very Portugal.

Oh that's actually pretty good!

 

[VoR]

Televote only semi finals are going to be a bit of a challenge for Portugal when they send stuff like this, but they should be guaranteed a high score from Luxembourg at least (big Portuguese expat community there) and if they do get to the finals I can see it getting a lot of jury love.

 

[VoR]

My favourite part is at 2.35 when she belts so hard she changes the aspect ratio.

 

[Kaleen]

I think when the song is so well-performed like that, it shouldn't have a problem. There's not much else like it in the line up so that's also an advantage. Estonia managed it last year.

That queen gave an interesting performance, but the song isn't really up to much, and I don't see the juries going for it in the final.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Televote only semi finals are going to be a bit of a challenge for Portugal

GOOD

 

[VoR]

I've just discovered this, which somehow made it to the finals.



Honestly? SEND IT!

 

[Lucille]

I’ve not listened but it looks like pure hell.

 

[Dark Carnival]

Hmmm, nah.

 

[Lucille]

Who else is downloading the RTP app?

 

[win_the_game]

Can't you watch it here? https://www.rtp.pt/play/direto/rtp1

 

[Lucille]

I want it on the TV!!!

 

[dmlaw]

Is this twice as long as Melodifestivalen in spite having fewer songs? Either I’m having a mental breakdown or Portugal is.

 

[Lucille]

Can we award trophy points for anyone who makes it to the end of this?

@ZenGiraffe

 

[win_the_game]

Is this twice as long as Melodifestivalen in spite having fewer songs? Either I’m having a mental breakdown or Portugal is.

Time is an abstract concept in the south of Europe.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Can we award trophy points for anyone who makes it to the end of this?

@ZenGiraffe

Why would I reward such TERRIBLE BEHAVIOUR?

 

[Lucille]

Portugal very much the dingy Dalston flat party you go back to after a good night out that inevitably gets very DARK and WEIRD and you wished you’d just GONE TO BED instead the day after.

 

[dmlaw]

Does this have English commentary with William Wiwiblogs and some girl who will realise that she doesn’t actually speak Portuguese on live television?

 

[Lucille]

Me in the Portugal thread.

 

[dmlaw]

We’re less than ten minutes in and I’m already almost certain that someone has put mescaline in my wine.

 

[Lucille]

Are y’all ready for 12 songs that barely resemble MUSIC?

 

[Lucille]

Omg does this act feature the UNKNOWN?!?

 

[Lucille]

This is arguably the worst thing I’ve ever heard.

 

[Lucille]

And seen.

 

[dmlaw]

A car alarm is going off outside and it is greatly improving this smear of arseholes.