Tonight , last year’s hosts , Portugal started its search for their 2019 entry to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv , Israel. The first semi -final took place in Lisbon at RTP’s studios in Lisbon ( last year’s host city ) .Eight Acts performed with […]
#PORTUGAL: Cláudia Pascoal wins Festival da Canção! The people of Portugal have spoken, and will be sending Cláudia Pascoal to the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest to try and do the double. She will sing O jardim. She tied with Catarina Miranda and her song ‘Para sorrir não preciso […]
#PORTUGAL: #AllAboard for the Live Blog of Festival da Canção from 22.00 CET The last automatic finalists of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest gets picked tonight in sunny Guimarães. After two semi-finals, we have the 14 best songs who are after a trip to, erm, sunny Lisbon. You […]
We think you’ll agree that after last year’s landslide victory, a lot of eyes are now on host nation Portugal for Sunday’s selection. Who is going to defend Salvador’s title on home soil? Can Festival da Canção, their long standing Eurovision selection event, produce another winner? What do […]
#PORTUGAL: First seven finalists of Festival da Canção known The first semi-final in Portugal’s mission for the double has finished, and seven lucky songs have made it to the final of Festival da Canção on Saturday 4 March. But what are they? Anabela – Para te dar abrigo […]
#PORTUGAL: Live blog of Festival da Canção Semi-final 1 at 22.00 CET Tonight Portugal launches is mission to retain the title that it won last year in Kyiv. Due to Salvador’s win, broadcaster RTP is pushing the boat out with two semi-finals of 13 songs. Will one of […]
2018 is going to be quite the Eurovision year! Along with the excitement of heading to a brand new country for Europe’s favourite musical party, we also have a (potentially) whopping 32 national selections to look forward to! Along with yearly staples such as Melodifestivalen and San Remo, […]
#PORTUGAL: Salvador Sobral to represent his country in Kyiv in May RTP’s Festival da Canção has just finished, and Salvador Sobral has won the grand prize of a two-week trip to Kyiv in May with the song ‘Amar pelos dois’. After an extensive show, that included a tribute to […]
PORTUGAL: Live blog of Festival da Canção Final. Join us from 22.00 CET! Portugal tonight chooses its song for Kyiv, after a year out in 2016. Sixteen songs have been whittled down to eight, but only one can win. Who will it be? Tune in to the blog […]
The second Semi Final of Festival da Canção 2017 in Portugal has just finished so who has qualified for the Final? Lena d’Água, Pedro Gonçalves, Celina da Piedade and Jorge Benvinda have qualified for the Final at Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon on March 5th. So we now have a full line up for the Final next Sunday. Viva la […]