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the final of festival da canção 2009 broadcast live on 28 february 2009 teatro camões in lisbon. first details on festival da canção 2009 released in october 2008. in change festival de canção 2008, rtp dropped use of invited producers in contest , held open call songs wishing take part. finalised rules 2009 edition of festival da canção released on 2 december.


the open call songs held rtp contest, deadline entries set @ 12 january. portuguese composers allowed submit songs, , songs must performed in portuguese. on 1 week, starting on 14 january, expert jury selected rtp, including head of delegation josé poiares , musicians tozé brito, fernando martins , ramón galarza, selected best 24 songs out of 393 submitted, revealed josé fragoso, broadcaster ceo, , festival da canção 2009 hostess sílvia alberto @ press conference held rtp on 19 january @ 3.30pm gmt. 19 30 january people around world can vote favourite songs on competing 24 songs on internet, top 12 songs qualifying final of festival da canção 2009 on 28 february. voting during final mixture of televoting (50%) , jury voting (50%), votes being awarded each region of portugal.


online selection

among artists have submitted songs have not been chosen online voting stage bruno henriques, catarina ferreira, cláudia madeira (former operação triunfo contestant), evelyne filipe (former operação triunfo contestant , backing singer vânia fernandes on eurovision song contest 2008), filipa ruas (former operação triunfo contestant), filipa sousa (former operação triunfo contestant), hugo biqueira, kássio, leandro, nuno paiva, nuno durão & ariana, sofia & fred, sónia santos, tânia gonçalves & cheng, , wanda stuart. final list of 24 competing artists revealed on 19 january.


on 24 january, 5 days after voting began, rtp deleted more 20,000 votes deemed fraudulent. rtp s head of delegation, josé poiares, confirmed broadcaster reserves right remove votes when these shown fraudulent , such process continued until final voting day . more fraudulent votes removed during same day, rumours songs may disqualified due being publicly heard before october 2008. pedro daniel’s song, sem ti não quero acordar , revealed have been performed @ lagoa song festival in 2006, having been used in television commercial in september 2006. pedro duvalle may disqualified due song, sinto sentido , due video on youtube having been dug of him performing song, no specific date known, fans reposting concert held on 17 june 2008, in viseu, information has yet confirmed. rtp has announced study originality of 2 songs, disclose findings if either of 2 songs in top 12 @ end of voting on 30 january.


on 28 january, miguel cervini withdrew song não está competition after disagreed on 4000 votes being removed song rtp deemed fraudulent. online voting ended on 30 january, 117,639 valid votes being made on 11-day period. luciana abreu won voting, gaining 11,193 votes. 12 qualifying songs, 1 of 2 possible disqualified songs qualified, pedro duvalle s song sinto sentido , came 11th in voting. rtp disqualified song competition, having been performed prior 1 october 2008, breaking eurovision rules. replaced in final nuno norte lua sem luar , came 13th in voting.



final

the final of festival da canção held on 28 february 2009, , featured 12 qualifying artists online voting held in january.


the winner of contest decided through televoting , jury voting. 20 regional juries gave points ten favourite songs, in eurovision style. converted eurovision style points, , joined televoting in same system. winner flor-de-lis todas ruas amor . flor-de-lis received maximum 12 points juries, , came second in televote. favourite in televoting, online voting winner luciana abreu, received 4 points juries.









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