The traditional Portuguese Festival da Canção kicks off tonight with its first semi final. A total of 10 acts will be competing for five places that lead to the Grand Final, which will take place in two weeks time.

From the moment all of the songs were released, we asked YOU to let us know which ones are your personal favorites. The current results of our poll are as follows:

1. Josh – Tristeza – 26%
2. Peculiar – Adamastor – 24%
3. Xico Gaiato – Ai senhor! – 21%
4. Capital da Bulgária – Lisboa – 9%
5. Bluay – Ninguém – 5%
6. Marco Rodrigues – A minha casa – 4%
7. Du Nothin – Sobre nós – 4%
8. Jéssica Pina – Calafrio – 3%
9. Rita Sampaio – Voltas – 2%
10. Margarida Campeio – Eu sei que o amor – 2%

Our team members have also listened to all of the competing entries ahead of tonight’s show, and voted for their favorites. Our results are as follows:

1. Peculiar – Adamastor
2. Du Nothin – Sobre nós
3. Josh – Tristeza
4. Capital da Bulgária – Lisboa
5. Bluay – Ninguém
6. Xico Gaiato – Ai senhor!
7. Marco Rodrigues – A minha casa
8. Margarida Campeio – Eu sei que o amor
9. Rita Sampaio – Voltas
10. Jéssica Pina – Calafrio

Our readers and our team members agree on four acts that should qualify for the Grand Final from tonight’s Semi. Those are Josh, Peculiar, Xico Gaiato and Bluay. And whilst our readers would also love to see Capital da Bulgária qualify tonight as she was voted in 4th, our readers have a big favorite that our readers overlooked, and they believe that Du Nothin should be making it through to the Final of Festival da Canção.

You can still vote for YOUR favorites in our poll, as we will only close it at the end of tonight’s show. Let us know which is YOUR personal favorite by voting for them in our poll below:

You can also vote for YOUR favorites in Semi Final 2 right here: