After Finland's first victory in 2006, Portugal is now the country with the most participations that never achieved a top 5 finish. In 2007, they will once again try to change that. 10 hopeful participants will compete tonight to bcome the next Portuguese representative in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Webcast

A webcast will be provided here.

The show

As esctoday.com has reported earlier, the show will take place at Sala Tejo of the Atlantic Arena on 10th March and is going to be hosted by Isabel Angelino and Jorge Gabriel, but there might be more hosts as it happened in last year's show.The winner will be selected entirely by televoting, which will lastbetween 20 and30 minutes.

The songs

Song 1 –Desta vez
Performer: Edmundo and Filipa Cardoso Composer: Nuno Carvalho, João Matos and Ricardo FerreiraLyricist: Rui RochaProducer: Nuno Carvalho

Song 2 – Piano piano Performer: Marta Plantier & Os CorvosComposer: Luís JardimLyricist: Luís JardimProducer: Luís Jardim

Song 3 – Aipode
Performer: Luís e A Lata Composer: Luiz CaracolLyricist: Célia AldegalegaProducer: Elvis Veiguinha

Song 4 –Dança Comigo (vem ser feliz)Performer: Sabrina Composer: EmanuelLyricist: Emanuel and Tó Maria VinhasProducer: Emanuel

Song 5 – Chega… foi demais
Performer: Diogo T. Composer: Ramón GalarzaLyricist: Ramón GalarzaProducer: Ramón Galarza

Song 6 –Dá-me a lua
Performer: Triburbana Composer: António Pinho, Luís Oliveira and AgirLyricist: António Pinho, Luís Oliveira and AgirProducer: Luís Oliveira

Song 7 – Será Cedo? Performer: Melo D. ft. Elaisa Composer: João Barbosa and João Silva GomesLyricist: Kalaf ÂngeloProducer: João Barbosa

Song 8: – Ai de quem nunca cantou Performer: Teresa Radamanto Composer: Fernando Martins, Alexandra Valentim, Fernando Abrantes, Teresa Radamanto and Isabel Allard Lyricist: João Baião Producer: Fernando Martins

Song 9 – Além do sonho
Performer: Vanessaand Henrique Feist Composer: Nuno Feist Lyricist: Nuno Marques da Silva Producer: Nuno Feist S

Song 10 – A Ilha
Performer: Zé P. Composer: José Cid Lyricist: José Cid and Zé P. Producer: José Cid

Portugal is going to take part in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest semi final on 10th May in Helsinki, Finland.