Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
| Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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| Country |
 Portugal
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Festival da Canção 2009 | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Online vote 19–30 January 2009 Final 28 February 2009 |
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| Selected entrant | Flor-de-Lis | |||
| Selected song | "Todas as ruas do amor" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (8th, 70 points) | |||
| Final result | 15th, 57 points | |||
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Portugal will be present at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Portugal's entrant was chosen through the Festival da Canção 2009, held on 28 February 2009 by the Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). The winner of the contest was Flor-de-Lis with "Todas as ruas do amor", gaining maximum marks from the jury, as well as coming second in the televote.
The final of Festival da Canção 2009 was broadcast live on 28 February 2009 from Teatro Camões in Lisbon. First details on Festival da Canção 2009 were released in October 2008. In a change from Festival de Canção 2008, RTP dropped the use of invited producers in the contest and held an open call for songs to anyone wishing to take part. The finalised rules for the 2009 edition of Festival da Canção were released on 2 December.
The open call for songs was held by RTP for the contest, with the deadline for entries set at 12 January. Only Portuguese composers were allowed to submit songs, and all songs must be performed in Portuguese. Over one week, starting on 14 January, an expert jury selected by RTP, including the head of delegation José Poiares and the musicians Tozé Brito, Fernando Martins and Ramón Galarza, selected the best 24 songs out of the 393 submitted, which were revealed by José Fragoso, the broadcaster CEO, and the Festival da Canção 2009 hostess Sílvia Alberto at a press conference held by RTP on January 19 at 3.30PM GMT. From 19 to 30 January people from around the world can vote for their favourite songs on the competing 24 songs over the internet, with the top 12 songs qualifying for the final of Festival da Canção 2009 on 28 February. The voting during the final will be a mixture of televoting (50%) and jury voting (50%), with votes being awarded from each region of Portugal.
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