Ai coração explained

Ai coração
Cover:Ai coração (Mimicat song).jpeg
Alt:The official cover for "Portuguese: Ai coração|i=no"
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Type:single
Artist:Mimicat
Language:Portuguese
Released:27 January 2023
Length:2:54
Label:Sony Music Entertainment
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Prev Year:2022
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Next Year:2023
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Song: "Ai coração"
Year:2023
Country:Portugal
Artist:Mimicat
Language:Portuguese
Place:23rd
Points:59
Place Semi:9th
Points Semi:74
Prev:Saudade, saudade
Prev Year:2022
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Next:Grito
Next Year:2024
Next Link:Grito (song)

"Portuguese: Ai coração|i=no" (pronounced as /pt/;) is a 2023 song by Portuguese singer-songwriter Mimicat. The song represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 after winning Portuguese: Festival da Canção 2023, the Portuguese national selection for that year's Eurovision Song Contest.[1] [2] It finished in 23rd place with 59 points and achieved minor chart success in Lithuania and Portugal.

Release

The lyric video was released on Portuguese: [[Festival da Canção]]|i=no's official YouTube channel on 19 January 2023, along with all other songs competing in Portuguese: Festival da Canção 2023.[3] The songs were subsequently released on digital streaming sites on 27 January 2023. On 19 January 2023, Mimicat was announced to be performing her song, titled "Ai coração".

Subsequently, the music video for the song was released on 1 May 2023 on the official YouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest.[4]

Eurovision Song Contest

See main article: Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

Festival da Canção 2023

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify for one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top 10 countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.

On 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held, which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, and determined which half of the show they would perform in. Portugal was placed into the first semi-final, held on 9 May 2023, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[7] Portugal performed in position five, following the entry from Latvia and preceding the entry from Ireland.[8] For the grand final, Portugal was drawn to compete on the first half.[9] Portugal was subsequently placed to perform in position 2, following the entry from Austria and before the entry from Switzerland.[10]

Charts

Chart (2023)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Lithuania (AGATA)[11] 34

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-03-12 . Mimicat wins 'Festival da Canção' in Portugal . 2023-03-12 . Eurovision.tv . . en-gb.
  2. Web site: Davies . Megan . Portugal: Mimicat To Eurovision 2023 . 2023-03-12 . 2023-03-12 . eurovoix.com . Eurovoix . en-gb.
  3. Web site: Granger . Anthony . 2023-01-19 . Portugal: Festival da Canção 2023 Participants & Songs Revealed . 2023-03-12 . eurovoix.com . Eurovoix . en-gb.
  4. Web site: 1 May 2023 . Mimicat - Ai Coração - Portugal - Official Music Video - Eurovision 2023 . 2 May 2023 . . en-gb.
  5. Web site: Granger . Anthony . Today: Germany Reveals Selection Details & Festival da Canção 2023 Composers Announcement . 2022-11-09 . 2023-03-12 . RTP . pt.
  6. Web site: Shalom . Nir Raz . Festival da Canção 2023: Semi-Finals Running Order Announced . 2023-02-10 . 2023-03-12 . escbeat.com . ESCBeat . en-us.
  7. Web site: Groot . Evert . Eurovision 2023: Allocation Draw results . 2023-01-31 . 2022-03-12 . EBU . en-gb.
  8. Web site: 2023-03-22 . Eurovision 2023: Semi-Final running orders revealed! . 2023-05-11 . eurovision.tv . EBU . en-gb.
  9. Web site: 2023-05-06 . Eurovision 2023: The Grand Finalists draw their halves in the running order . 2023-05-11 . Eurovision.tv . EBU . en-gb.
  10. Web site: Eurovision 2023: The Grand Final running order . 2023-05-11 . 2023-05-12 . Eurovision.tv . EBU . en.
  11. Web site: 2023 20-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100). AGATA. lt. 19 May 2023. 19 May 2023.