"Telemóveis" (; English: ''Mobile phones'') is a song by Portuguese singer-songwriter Conan Osíris, which represented Portugal at the

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Background and release

Conan Osíris described the song as "people are caring about their mobile phones that they are starting to neglect their family, and they might even kill themselves if their phone breaks... Addiction to phones is dangerous." "Telemóveis" was one of sixteen songs commissioned by RTP for Festival da Canção 2019, Portugal's national selection for the

. The composers both created the song and selected the performer for their entry. Conan Osíris decided to be both the composer and performer of "Telemóveis". The lyric video for "Telemóveis" premiered via

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on 21 January 2019. The song became available through

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retailers and

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services on 11 February 2019 via Ao Sul do Mundo.

Composition

"Telemóveis" was written and produced by Conan Osíris, has a length of three minutes and five seconds (3:05) and moves at a

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of 123 beats per minute. About the musical style of "Telemóveis", Spanish newspaper ''

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'' stated: "

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a mixture of

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rhythms with more oriental sounds". Francisco Chacón of Spanish newspaper ''

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'' found "

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influences" in the song. Mari Carmen Sevilla of Spanish newspaper ''

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'' noted a "mixture of Arabic chords with

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and African rhythms".

Eurovision Song Contest

Festival da Canção 2019

Conan Osíris was announced as a participating composer in Festival da Canção 2019, Portugal's national selection for the

, on 5 December 2018. Osíris competed in the first semi-final on February 16, placing second with 19 points after winning the televote and coming fourth in the jury vote. In the final, held on 2 March 2019, Osíris won both the televote and jury vote, placing first with 24 points and thus representing Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

Eurovision Song Contest 2019

The

took place at the

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, Israel and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and the final on 18 May 2019. Portugal was drawn to perform in the second half of the first semi-final. The running order for the semi-finals was decided by the producers, in order to avoid similar songs being placed next to each other. Portugal performed in position 15, following the entry from and before the entry from . Portugal did not qualify for the grand final.

Charts

Release history

References

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