at Eurovision" (despite "A luta é alegria" winning the public televote). The group, who claimed to be "the struggling people of Portugal", attended a previously scheduled concert following the competition with lead singer Jel stating: "People are joining the struggle, every time you hear someone singing the song in the streets, it is someone else that is joining the struggle". 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 from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (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 17 January 2011, 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 first semi-final, to be held on 10 May 2011, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. The running order for the semi-finals was decided through another draw on 15 March 2011 and Portugal was set to perform in position 16, following the entry from Hungary and before the entry from Lithuania. In Portugal, the three shows were broadcast on RTP1, RTP1 HD and RTP Internacional with commentary by Sílvia Alberto. The first semi-final and the final were broadcast live, while the second semi-final was broadcast on delay. The Portuguese spokesperson, who announced the Portuguese votes during the final, was Joana Teles. Semi-final Homens da Luta took part in technical rehearsals on 2 and 6 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 9 and 10 May. This included the jury final where professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries. The Portuguese performance featured six of the members of Homens da Luta dressed in outfits representing various communities in Portugal, four of them which performed with signs displaying the title of the song, "A luta é alegria", in several European languages and one of them which performed with a megaphone. The LED screens displayed red and green flowers which symbolise the Carnation Revolution in 1974. At the end of the