"" (; ) is a 2023 song by Portuguese singer-songwriter

Mimicat Marisa Isabel Lopes Mena, better known by the stage name Mimicat, is a Portuguese pop and soul singer and songwriter. She is set to represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Ai coração "Ai Coração" (''"Woe Hea ...

. The song represented Portugal in the

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after winning ''2023'', the Portuguese national selection for that year's

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. It finished in 23rd place with 59 points and achieved minor chart success in Lithuania and Portugal.

Release

The lyric video was released on 's official

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channel on 19 January 2023, along with all other songs competing in ''2023''. 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

channel of the

Eurovision Song Contest

Festival da Canção 2023

On 11 November 2022, Mimicat was announced as a participating songwriter of 2023, Portugal's national selection for the

. On 19 January 2023, Mimicat was announced to be performing her song, titled "". She competed in the first semi-final on 25 February 2023. In the final, held on 12 March 2023, she won both the jury vote and the televote, placing first overall with 24 points, becoming the Portuguese representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 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

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(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. Portugal performed in position five, following the entry from Latvia and preceding the entry from Ireland. For the grand final, Portugal was drawn to compete on the first half. Portugal was subsequently placed to perform in position 2, following the entry from Austria and before the entry from Switzerland.

Charts

References

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