Tonight, the second and last semi final of the Festival da canção 2010, the Portuguese national selection for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, was held tonight. Twelve acts competed for the last six spots in the national final.

The following six acts have qualified for the national final this Saturday, 6th March:

• Banda Trocopasso – O mundo de pernas para o ar
  (Jorge Oliveira)
• Ricardo Martins – Caminheiro de mim
  (Ricardo Martins)
• Seis Po' Meia Dúzia – Pássaro saudade
  (Ricardo Rodrigues/Irene Lúcia Andrade)
• Catarina Pereira – Canta por mim
  (Andrej Babic/Carlos Coelho)
• Gonçalo Tavares – Rios
  (Gonçalo Tavares)
• Rui Nova – Uma canção à Cid (O sol e as estrelas)
  (Rui Nova, Noé Gavina/Rui Nova)

The line-up for the national final is therefore complete:

1. Filipa Galvão Telles – O amor não sabe
   (José Campos Sousa/António Tinoco)
2. Banda Trocopasso – O mundo de pernas para o ar
   (Jorge Oliveira)
3. Jorge Guerreiro – Ai Lisboa
   (José Félix/Catarina Martins)
4. Ricardo Martins – Caminheiro de mim
   (Ricardo Martins)
5. The Agency – É assim que as coisas são
   (The Agency)
6. Seis Po' Meia Dúzia – Pássaro saudade
   (Ricardo Rodrigues/Irene Lúcia Andrade)
7. Nuno Pinto – Fogo lento
   (Américo Faria)
8. Catarina Pereira – Canta por mim
   (Andrej Babic/Carlos Coelho)
9. Filipa Azevedo – Há dias assim
   (Augusto Madureira)
10. Gonçalo Tavares – Rios
    (Gonçalo Tavares)
11. Vanessa – Alvorada
    (Nuno Feist/Nuno Marques da Silva)
12. Rui Nova – Uma canção à Cid (O sol e as estrelas)
    (Rui Nova, Noé Gavina/Rui Nova)

esctoday.com poll results

The esctoday.com poll voters partly agreed with the results in the national final. Runaway poll winner Cartarina Pareira (61.6%) did qualify for the final. However, the only other act that had a major impact on the poll, Nina Pinto (19.8%), did not qualify. Only two of the acts that finished in the top six in the poll made it to the final. The other four acts that made it were actually the bottom four in the poll.

In 2009, Portugal was represented by Flor-de-Lis, who finished eighth in the first semi final and 15th in the final with their song Todas as ruas do amor. In 2010, the country will compete in the first semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest on 25th May.