The 24 songs that are competing for a spot in Festival Da Canção 09 has been made public. All songs can be heard online and votes are accepted until 30th of January. The twelve songs that receive the highest amounts of votes will compete in the Portuguese final the 27th of February.
RTP received approximately 400 songs via their open selection. 24 of these will now be battling in a semi-final format on the internet. Everyone is free to vote with max. 3 votes per IP address. When the voting closes on 30th of January the 12 songs with most votes will continue to the national final Festival Da Canção on 27th of February. The winner of the national final will of course be representing Portugal at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow.
The list of participants reveals two interesting names in relation to the Eurovision Song Contest. Nucha who represented Portugal back in 1990 will be singing the song Tudo Está na Tua Mão. Luciana Abreu represented Portugal in 2005 as one half of 2B. This year she will be trying solo with the song Juntos Vamos Conseguir (Yes We Can).
Below you find a list of the 24 songs together with links on where to hear them and vote for them:
- Lyana – Vivo para a Paz (Peace)
- Nucha – Tudo Está na Tua Mão
- Flor-de-Lis – Todas as Ruas do Amo
- Tayti – Amore Mio, Amore Mio
- Pedro Daniel – Sem ti não Quero Acordar
- Pedro Duvalle – Sinto Sentido
- Romana – Acordem Olhos Doirados
- Angie – Sonhar Sem Limites
- Nuno e Fábia – Não Demores (Quero-te Aquecer)
- Infantes de Sagres – O Beijo de Quando Vais Embora
- Fernando Pereira – É o Amor
- Luciana Abreu – Juntos Vamos Conseguir (Yes We Can)
- Sérgio Lucas – Procuro-me em Ti
- Eva Danin – Amar Mais Forte que o Vento
- Jackpot – Há Sempre um Mas
- Miguel C. – Não Está
- Francisco Andrade – Voar É Ver
- Armando Gama – Amor Mais-que-perfeito
- Ana Sofia – O Meu Planeta Especial
- André Rodrigues – Não Vou Voltar a Mim
- Nuno Norte – Lua sem Luar
- Filipa Baptista – O Teu Lugar
- Flávio – Jura que ainda me amas
- Daniel Costa – Mais uma vez (este mar salgado)
