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Portugal In The Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with "" performed by Maro. The Portuguese broadcaster (RTP) organised the national final ' ''2022'' in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 2022 contest. After two semi-finals and a final which took place in March 2022, "" performed by Maro emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from seven regional juries and a public televote. Portugal was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2022. Performing during the show in position 10, "" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Portugal placed fourth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 208 points. In the final, Portugal performed in position 3 and placed ninth out of the 25 participating countries with 207 points. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival Da Canção
Festival da Canção (; "Song Festival") or Festival RTP da Canção is the name given to the national festival, produced and broadcast by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) to choose the for the Eurovision Song Contest. It was first held in 1964. History Like most music festivals in isolated countries, the Festival da Canção was a very important event for the still-incipient Portuguese music industry of the 1960s and 1970s. Left-wing composers and writers would try to squeeze subversive lyrics in the contest, with great effect. After the 1974 revolution, incidentally code-triggered by that year's winner being played on national radio, Portugal became increasingly open to foreign culture, thus deeming the Festival as a lesser musical event, dominated by below-standard pop songs with little or no impact in the industry, although remaining a popular TV show. The 1990s saw a recovery of the contest's image, then considered a viable means for a new singer to start a career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival RTP Da Canção 2022
A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival constitutes typical cases of glocalization, as well as the high culture-low culture interrelationship. Next to religion and folklore, a significant origin is agricultural. Food is such a vital resource that many festivals are associated with harvest time. Religious commemoration and thanksgiving for good harvests are blended in events that take place in autumn, such as Halloween in the northern hemisphere and Easter in the southern. Festivals often serve to fulfill specific communal purposes, especially in regard to commemoration or thanking to the gods, goddesses or saints: they are called patronal festivals. They may also provide entertainment, which was particularly important to local communities before the advent of mass-produced e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton (band)
Norton is an indie rock band formed in Castelo Branco, Portugal. They have released five albums to date and toured all over Europe and Japan. History 2003: Make Me Sound E.P. In April 2003 the EP Make Me Sound'' was released and it is considered one of the records of the year by the local music press, in Portugal. ''Blue Song'' is part of the compilation "007" released by the Portuguese label Bor Land and the song ''Summer Beat'' is part of Rock Sound Magazine – Portuguese Edition – CD Sample. 2004–06: Pictures From Our Thoughts In May 2004 they released their debut album ''Pictures From Our Thoughts''. The first single, ''Swirling Sound'', is part of the compilation ''Super Castelo Branco'', ''Summer Beat (Autumn Version)'' is part of Losing Today Magazine – Italy – CD Sample and ''Chocolate'' enters in the O.S.T. of the snowskate movie ''Adieu -'' Norway, and also of the compilation ''Can Take You Anywhere You Want.'' The record had Rita Redshoes and Ricar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agir (singer)
Bernardo Correia Ribeiro de Carvalho Costa (born 18 March 1988), popularly known as Agir, is a Portuguese singer and composer. He was born in Lisbon. Nominations and awards Discography Studio albums Singles References {{DEFAULTSORT:Agir 1988 births Living people Portuguese male singer-songwriters 21st-century Portuguese male singers Portuguese house musicians Singers from Lisbon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Os Azeitonas
Os Azeitonas are a Portuguese pop rock band from Porto, formed in 2002. Having gone through various formations - a five member "garage-boysband", a four member pop-rock group - now as a trio, with members Mario Brandão "Marlon" (vocals), Luísa Barbosa "Nena" (vocals) and João Salcedo "Salsa" (vocals and keyboard), the group has released five full-length albums and two DVDs. The band is known for their successful Single (music), singles "Quem És Tu Miúda," "Anda Comigo Ver os Aviões," "Café Hollywood," "Ray-Dee-Oh" and "Tonto de Ti". The fifth album, AZ, was released on July 8, 2018 by Parlophone, EMI Music Portugal's successor. The band has been nominated for two awards for Best Portuguese Act of MTV Europe Music Awards. History With origins dating back to 2002, a time when it was just a joke between friends, the band was inspired by Rui Veloso. In 2005, with production of Maria Records, owned by the renowned singer and northerner composer, came the first album. The somewha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurea (singer)
Áurea Isabel Ramos de Sousa (born 7 September 1987), known professionally as Aurea, is a Portuguese soul singer originally from Santiago do Cacém, Alentejo, who grew up in Silves, Algarve. She debuted in 2008 with her single "Okay Alright", which was included on the soundtrack of the Portuguese television series '' Morangos com Açúcar''. At the end of 2008, she performed the song live at the Morangos Live Festival, among with two other cover duets. This concert was released on DVD in 2009. Aurea released her debut album, ''Aurea'', in September 2010. The album entered at number 21 at the Portuguese Albums Chart, but quickly reached number 1. It features the number "Busy for Me", which was released as the album's lead single. In December 2010, Aurea made a special live TV broadcast to promote some of her songs. It was transmitted by RTP2 and SIC Notícias. Her single "Busy for Me", released in August 2010, became her first number one single; it topped the Portuguese iTunes c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTVE Play
RTVE Play (often stylized as rtve play) is the over-the-top media service provided by the Spanish public broadcaster RTVE. It was launched in Spain on 22 June 2021, replacing the old catalogue 'RTVE a la carta', created in turn in 2008. History The original online platform offering RTVE content was created in 2008 under the name ''RTVE a la carta'' or simply ''A la carta'' or ''alacarta''. In late 2020, RTVE announced its intention to merge its ''A la carta'' service together with the embedded Playz streaming platform specifically dedicated to a young audience. The new service replacing alacarta in Spain was created on 22 June 2021 under the name 'RTVE Play'; the launch included the release of the beta app for smartphone and tablet. Prior to the launch, RTVE did however offer its international streaming platform operating outside of Spain (launched in the Americas on 8 June 2020) already under the same name 'RTVE Play'. The pay international service available in the Americas w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TvG2
FanDuel Racing (formerly TVG2 and HRTV) is an American sports-oriented digital cable and satellite television network. It is part of the TVG Network and is owned by Paddy Power Betfair. Dedicated to horse racing, it broadcasts events from U.S. and international racetracks, as well as a range of English and Western horse competitions, news, original programming and documentaries History Horse Racing Television (HRTV) was launched on January 1, 2003 by the Magna Entertainment Corp. providing coverage of races at the 13 company-owned racetracks and programming from 60 other tracks. Magna used the network to promote their Xpressbet wagering system. The network was previously known as HRTV, and owned by the Stronach Group. In 2007, Stronach sold 50% of the network to Churchill Downs Incorporated. In February 2015, HRTV was acquired by Betfair, owner of the competing TVG Network. HRTV was consolidated into TVG Network's Los Angeles facilities, and re-branded as TVG2 on October 28 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten (Spanish TV Channel)
Ten is a Spanish free-to-air television channel run by Central Broadcaster Media, belongs to Grupo Secuoya. History In October 2015, Grupo Secuoya was announced as one of the winning companies of a digital terrestrial television license. Subsequently, the group announced that the television channel would have a general family programming. On December 24, 2015 the test signals of the channel began, which was called "10". On February 18, 2016, the official name of the channel was announced: "Ten". In addition to the start of emissions for April 21, 2016. Between April 2016 and April 2018, the channel maintained its own programming, to be later withdrawn, as of that month, it only broadcast five programs, in addition to home shopping spaces and tarot programs, this as a result of the poor economic results derived from a low audience. On October 30, 2018, an agreement between Grupo Secuoya and Mediapro for the management of the channel's programming was announced and thus seek a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Sign Language
Portuguese Sign language () is a sign language used mainly by deaf people in Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal: :* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian .... It is recognized in the present Constitution of Portugal. It was significantly influenced by Swedish Sign Language, through a school for the Deaf that was established in Lisbon by Swedish educator Pär Aron Borg. See also * Portuguese manual alphabet References External links Swedish Sign Language family Languages of Portugal {{Portugal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antena 1 (Portugal)
Antena 1 is one of the three national radio channels produced by the Portuguese public broadcasting entity Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the others being Antena 2 and Antena 3. Antena 1 has a generalist programming policy focusing mainly on news, current affairs and sport, as well as the discussion of contemporary social issues. Musically, Antena 1 is a Hot AC station with a strong emphasis on Portuguese popular music. The Macanese radio and television company Teledifusão de Macau relays Antena 1's programmes overnight between 20.00 and 7.00 (8.00 on Saturdays and Sundays) Beijing Time (UTC+8). In December 2019, it had a weekly reach share of 10.9%. Transmitters MW * Bragança 666 kHz *Castelo Branco District 720 kHz * CEN 666 kHz *Coimbra 630 kHz *Covilhã 666 kHz *Elvas 720 kHz * Guarda 720 kHz *Lamego 756 kHz *Miranda do Douro 630 kHz *Mirandela 720 kHz * Monte das Cruzes (Azores) 828 kHz * Portalegre 1287 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
