The second semifinal of Portugese national selection for Eurovision, Festival da Canção 2019 took place tonight in Lisbon. Eight acts competed for the four places in the final:

1. Lara Laquiz – O lugar
2. Dan Riverman – Lava
3. Mariana Bragada – Mar doce
4. João Couto – O jantar
5. Madrepaz – Mundo a mudar
6. Surma – Pugna
7. Mila Dores – Debaixo do luar
8. NBC – Igual a ti

The qualifiers were decided 50/50 by the jury votes and the a public televote. After the jury votes and public televotes were combined, the following four acts won the tickets to the final:

1. NBC – Igual a ti

2. Surma -Pugna

3. Madrepaz – Mundo a mudar

4. Mariana Bragada – Mar doce

So NBC, Surma, Madrepaz and Mariana Bragada are joining Ana Cláudia, Calema, Conan Osíris and Matay in the final, which takes place next Saturday, March 2nd 2019. You can remind yourself of the qualifiers of the semifinal 1 here:

Now that we know all the finalists of Festival da Canção 2019, we’d like to know what do you think of them. Who do you think should win the contest and represent Portugal in Tel Aviv? Let us know by voting in our poll here: