Once upon a time 2025, the year Portugal could have won Eurovision

It won’t happen. The 12 points of the Madeira jury, the thrilled students, the out -of -the -way quartet and the blow to RTP – which should change some rules.

Os NAPA Last Saturday won the Song Festivalwith the song . And the Madeirans themselves were clearly surprised, when they realized the victory.

It was one. In fact, the Madeiran group got 17 points and the song, from Diana Vilarinhoalso had 17 points – but in case of tie, o public leads to the best. And the Napa had 10 points on the televote; They were in 2nd place in this vote, surpassed only by Henka – while Diana Vilarinho was for the 5 votes on the television.

With my favorite song outside the final (it was no more than the second final), it was easier to choose candidate songs for victory in this national final… and in the Eurovision final.

Is that, for the first time, I saw there 4 potential songs from Eurovision: Henka – Bluay – Fernando Daniel – e Josh – . Even not identifying myself with two of them, he recognized his potential. Each with its own style, each with its context, each with its action. But all strong.

In fact, on Saturday afternoon, a poll of this trend and put three of those four songs as favorite to national victory. Only Nobody It was left out.

And behold, almost out of nowhere, or perhaps not, after all it was the Madeiran Napa to stay with the trophy.

The students

As already mentioned, the group itself was surprised. But there was already a sign, as social networks point out and the: the Lyrics thrilled the displaced students.

As much as it may seem
I will never belong to that city
The Sea of ​​People
The different sun
The Mount of Concrete
It doesn’t cause me anything
Don’t call me home

If I explain you
Word the word
You’ll never understand
The pain that shuts me up
The loneliness that haunts
The time of departure

I carry the quiet of being able to return
Mother looks at the window, which I’m coming

Hundreds of thousands of views on the platforms. Apparently, the students who are away from home have identified themselves Much with this simple poem. And apparently there are many students – or their parents – to see and vote for the Song Festival (now we go).

That is, half of the explanation of this surprising victory will be here: the 10 public points, essential In this triumph, they will have been given by students. And by Madeirans, we calculate.

The 12 points of the wood

This, for me, was the determining point in Napa’s victory.

The score given by viewers is what it is. I would not go around but I am neither student nor out of place. It is understood.

But the essential moment That’s when the Madeira jury announced its vote: 12 points for the napa.

And her spokesman, singer Bia Caboz, did not hide live: “I think, at this moment, I stop talking as a spokesman and I speak to the voice of the people, the Madeiran people!” – Following the 12 points for Napa, in a very criticized phrase on social networks right after the festival.

Just to have a notion, the Madeirans were in the 9th place before the jury of Madeira – and went to 4th after this voting of the countrymen.

It was a contrast to what was being verified in the other regional juries invited by RTP: 2, 7, 5, 5 and… 0 points. These had been the votes of the previous juries, plus 7 of the Azores below.

In other words, if the wood jury had not been – literally – regional, if it had followed the average of others (something always complex), and even with some extra points, the Napa would have had, not 38, but between 30 and 34 points of the juries. I.e, would leave for the television in 6th or 7th place, not in the 4th – And they would never win, starting from this position.

Translating: it was the 12 points of the Madeira jury that – also – originated this outcome.

Hit for RTP?

From the moment the songs were announced, the Portuguese song festival hit a European level that even in 2017 had happened (when Salvador Sobral won).

The RTP event became at 3rd place of trends in Europearound the eurovision; Just behind the famous San Remo (Italy) and Melodifestivalen Festivals (Sweden). And for this event.

Henka, Bluay, Fernando Daniel or Josh. Perhaps with Marco Rodrigues in a second level. Reinforcement: all these names would be very strong in Eurovision – and probably all, or some of them, were the responsible For this impact.

Many attentive commentators and spectators pointed Henka as a favorite to Eurovision: got 12 points from the public but…. 0 points of the juries. 4th final place.

The WiWibloggs portal, a expert in music contests, was impressed with Josh: “It is a won material of Eurovision”.

Fernando Danieleven if involuntarily, there was a mixture of Flowers com Duncan Laurence – which together overcame Eurovision 3 times.

Even during the final, in an outburst of 3 seconds, presenter Vasco Palmeirim admitted that this year the choice was particularly difficult; While Filomena Cauta highlighted the tense environment, as they had never seen, in the RTP studio.

And, in the midst of so much quality, Won the most basic music – I venture to say, the weaker – At the melodic and poetic level. Of the 12 finalists, I think there was no worse.

It may have been a Bit for RTPthat in 2025 would be dreaming of the second victory in Eurovision. With reasons for this!

And now… that song goes to Switzerland.

“Ah, but they were tuned and are good people” – Well, if we go around, Marco Rodrigues and Fernando Daniel were also very tuned; And they say Marco and Bluay are also very good people.

It remains to be good luck to Napa. But I doubt that they are even from the European semi-final. Any of the other 36 countries want to know about the Portuguese students, or if the group is from Madeira? Music does not convince.

In fact, since the winner of the Song Festival was known, Portugal has quickly descended in and is only in 17th place Favorites.

I rarely agree with Fernando Daniel, but this time we agree: “There are things that are hard to understand.”

Three tips for RTP

More than the apparent blow, it’s time for RTP to review some things.

Starting with the question of regional juries. Yes, the Madeirans gave 12 points to the Madeirans – but the jury of the center gave 12 points to the terrejense Fernando Daniel, the jury of Alentejo gave 12 points to Alentejo Jéssica Pina, the jury of the Algarve gave 12 points to the peculiar Algarve. By chance the northern jury did not give Porto Henka – but it gave 10. Maybe it was time to end this.

Then the conversion of points. If the song Larkfrom Diana Vilarinho, had 15 points more than the third classified in the jury (57-42), is it fair that suddenly this difference becomes only 4 points (12-8)? Before the television? Maybe, no. The proportion should be different.

Finally, the televoting. 25 calls by each phone number may be too much. But here RTP will not give in: only in this edition, more than 95 thousand calls arrived at that 760. There were almost 60 thousand euros earned only on the television.

Positive part: is the idea that many young people See the Song Festival. It is that 12 points were for the Henka alternative, 10 points for Napa and 8 points for the popular Fernando Daniel.