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Dancing to Tirei à sorte
Portugal EDC 2008: special song composed for dance routine
A mix of Rumba and Tango is how this composition is described. Tirei à sorte was composed by Fernando Martins who also was involved with last year's participation. Its lyrics talk about fate and love. The influence of fado is once again present by the use of the Portuguese guitar. The song is yet to be revealed but it will be presented in the next copule of days.
RTP picked fado singer Raquel Tavares and professional dancer João Tiago to dance for Portugal on 6th September in Glasgow at the second edition of the Eurovision Dance Contest. In 2007, Sónia Araújo and Ricardo Silva achieved the 5th place alsongside Austria. They were the second highest ranked couple where one of the members was not a professional dancer.
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Fado, fado singers, a specially composed piece of music..
Portugal, you have my vote already!
sabrinas song would have been a great song to dance on
Once again, esctoday is not correct: Portugal was not in 2007 the highest ranked non-professional couple.









