"Medo de sentir" (; English: "Afraid of feeling", literally "Fear of feeling") is a song performed by Portuguese singer

Elisa Silva Maria Elisa Silva (born 7 May 1999), known simply as Elisa, is a Portuguese singer from Ponta do Sol, Madeira. She won Festival da Canção 2020 and would have represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 held in Rotterdam, Netherlan ...

and written by Portuguese singer-songwriter Marta Carvalho. It would have represented

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in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2020 The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was planned to be the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It would have taken place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, following the country's victory at the with the song "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence. The con ...

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

, Netherlands.

Eurovision Song Contest

The song was selected to represent

Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 Portugal originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "" written by Marta Carvalho. The song was performed by Elisa. The Portuguese broadcaster (RTP) organised the national final in order to select the Port ...

, after

was selected through ''Festival da Canção 2020'', the music competition that selects Portugal's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Portugal was placed into the second semi-final, set to be held on 14 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.

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