the 2011 Portuguese entry. Before Eurovision Festival da Canção 2011 Festival da Canção 2011 was the 47th edition of Festival da Canção that selected Portugal's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Twelve entries competed in the competition which took place on 5 March 2011 at the Teatro Camões in Lisbon. The show was hosted by Sílvia Alberto with Joana Teles hosting from the green room and broadcast on RTP1, RTP1 HD, RTP África and RTP Internacional as well as online via the broadcaster's official website rtp.pt. Competing entries Artists and composers were able to submit their entries for the competition between 19 November 2010 and 16 January 2011. Composers of any nationality were allowed to submit entries, however artists were required to possess Portuguese citizenship and songs were required to be submitted in the Portuguese language. A jury panel consisting of Portuguese Head of Delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest José Poiares and music producers Fernando Martins and Ramón Galarza selected twenty-four entries for an online vote from 407 submissions received, which were revealed on 19 January 2011. On 22 January 2011, "Por ti" performed by António José Silva, "Um sinal" performed by Bettershell and "Amor cruzado" performed by Miguel Gizzas were disqualified from the competition due to the songs having been released or performed prior to 1 October 2010. Online vote 90-second excerpts of the twenty-one competing entries were released online via rtp.pt on 20 January 2011 and users were able to vote by distributing three votes to their favourite songs until 27 January 2011. 222,764 valid votes were received at the conclusion of the voting period and the twelve entries with the most votes advanced to the final, which were revealed on 28 January 2011. Final The final took place on 5 March 2011. The twelve entries selected by the online vote competed and the winner, "A luta é alegria" performed by Homens da Luta, was selected based on the 50/50 combination of votes of twenty regional juries and a public televote. Maltese Eurovision 2011 entrant Glen Vella performed as the interval act. Controversy The outcome of Festival da Canção 2011 caused much controversy as most of the audience had left the venue in protest after the victory of Homens da Luta was announced. Criticism was also received from second-placed act Nuno Norte who raised concerns of whether the winner was "what the public wants to see