The first Semi Final of Festival da Canção 2017 in Portugal has just finished so who has qualified for the Final? Viva la Diva, Salvador Sobral, Fernando Daniel and Deolinda Kinizimba have qualified for the Final at Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon on March 5th. So we now have half the line up for the Final two weeks on […]
Tonight starts the first Semi-Final of Festival da Canção 2017 – the show that selects Portugal’s representative at Eurovision Song Contest. The show is organized by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) and can be watched live here. I’m Bogdan your host tonight here at Eurovision Ireland and I’ll keep you company […]
Welcome back Portugal! You’ve been missed :) On this year’s edition of Festival da Canção, Portugal will have 16 contenders all wanting to represent them at Eurovision Song Contest 2017. There will be two semifinals, each with 8 songs. First semifinal will take place on February 19th and the second […]
With Lindita’s “Botë” selected to represent Albania, the national selection season 2017 has officially began! Ah, nation selection season… for Eurovision fans, this means 2 things: – a heck of a lot of excitement, and more often than not, a bucket load of disappointment too! It’s the […]
RTP announced that it will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 and obviously fans are very disappointed. There is however a promise to return in 2017 with a fully refurbished selection method. Fans expect that to happen. There is no perfect format but it is not […]
Portugal : Dates Released for Festival da Canção Eurovision 2015 selection RTP (Portuguese National Broadcaster) have announced the dates of the Festival da Canção that will decide Portugal’s entry for Eurovision 2015. March 3rd and 5th will see the 2 semi finals, with the Grand Final on Saturday march […]
Reports : Portugal – Who says ‘Yes’ and who says ‘No’ to wanting to participate in the Festival da Canção? RTP announced last week that they will use the Festival da Canção to select their Eurovision 2015 representative. On the back of this news several Portuguese singers have said if […]
RTP (Portuguese National Broadcaster) are ‘Mantê-lo na família’ as they say in Portugal. Once again Portugal will use the Festival da Canção for their Eurovision selection. This year the broadcasters have made some changes to the selection criteria. Composers again have been invited to participate in the festival. Firstly […]
Portugal in their search for their first ever win at Eurovision will turn to old faithful to make their selection for Vienna. OGAE Portugal has confirmed that the Portuguese National Broadcaster (RTP) will use the ‘FESTIVAL RTP DA CANÇÃO’ to find the song that will represent Portugal in […]
Suzy won the Festival da Canção this year and went on to represent Portugal at Eurovision. However one of the finalists – Raquel Guerra – who placed 5th in the final with the song ‘Sonhos roubados’ has released a new song and it’s actually very good! Raquel’s new song is […]
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