The band from Madeira ran away with the general public vote to ebook their berth to Berne in Switzerland for the Eurovision Tune Contest in Might.
NAPA will characterize Portugal with the music “Deslocado” on the Eurovision Tune Contest after successful the ultimate of the Competition da Canção, the competitors organised by state broadcaster RTP to pick the nation’s Eurovision entry.
The successful music is about homesickness – a theme near the 4 members of the group who left Madeira to stay on the mainland. The group started making music whereas dwelling in Funchal.
Within the last desk, NAPA scored 17 factors, precisely the identical because the music “Cotovia”, carried out by fado singer Diana Vilarinho. The tie-breaker was the best variety of votes from the general public.
Voting within the Tune Competition is completed in two equal components: the general public’s televote and the nationwide jury, divided into seven areas. Initially, “Cotovia” was the regional jury’s favorite, but it surely solely got here sixth within the televote with the music impressed by the ladies of Afghanistan.
In third place within the last vote was the music “Medo”, sung by Fernando Daniel. The singer from Ovar scored 16 factors.
Fourth place went to “I wanna destroy you” by Henka, a singer primarily based in London. Henka got here first within the public vote.
Through the broadcast, presenters Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim emphasised that this was a really shut last. The regional juries gave the utmost rating to totally different songs and till the top it wasn’t clear who the winners could be.
This version additionally noticed a file variety of votes from the general public: 95,000 calls.
In the long run, NAPA obtained the trophy from Iolanda, who gained the pageant final 12 months. In Might, they’ll take “Deslocado” to Switzerland for the ultimate of the Eurovision Tune Contest.
