Portugal already has a representative for Eurovision 2023.
Our neighboring country has elected its representative to the song festival (the equivalent of Benidorm Fest). This is the 57th edition of the competition.
Esc Plus, one of the reference pages on the Eurovisual festival, specified that the final of the contest took place in the studios of Radio and Television of Portugal (RTP), and had 13 performanceswho had previously been classified in the semi-finals.
Of these 13, only one can take the title of representative of Portugal in Europe, and he has been facial expressions with your theme oh heartbecoming the proposal most voted by the public.
This year, two things never seen in 57 years of contests happened: an equality between two propositions —that of Mimicat and Edmundo Inácio— obtaining both 12 points from the jury, and that the winning theme is an open call song.
Who is Mimicat?
Mimicat is the artistic name of Marisa Isabel Lopes Menarepresenting Portugal at Eurovision 2023.
She is a Portuguese composer and performer who oscillates between the sounds of jazz, pop and soul(inspired by artists like Ethe Fitzgerald, Ray Charles oh Jill Scott) and has a characteristic timbre of voice that brought her to Liverpool: soft but intense.
He started very young in the industry and by the age of 9 he had already recorded an album. Today she is positioned as one of the most important artists of the Portuguese music scene.
In 2014, he released his first album, in English, For you, with which he became known on the national territory. It was during the following years, 2015 and 2016, that he began to offer concerts throughout the country and his music. made the leap to brazilgaining international recognition.
His second album, Back in townonly happened in 2017, and in the year 1019 he released his first song in Portuguese Until the end. The singer went on hiatus for a few years due to the birth of her son and returned to her old ways in 2021 with Everything looks.
Mimicat plans to launch their third album later this year, which will include upside-down worlda single he released in 2022.