RTP, the Portuguese national broadcaster, have revealed the total song submissions, for Festival da Canção 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. 660 songs were submitted through the open call – twenty seven up from last year. of the 660 songs submitted, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Iolanda from Portugal is 31 today Do you think certain countries could have an accidental win. Fans often discuss whether certain countries did win accidentally, or whether there was subterfuge behind that surprise win. Our friends in Portugal had that win against all odds in 2017. And […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mimicat from Portugal is 41 today We all have our favourite countries, for many different reasons. You might be from that country. You might love that country’s culture. Or you could just admire them for trying year after year. As we know, Portugal have had one solitary […]
RTP, the Portuguese national broadcaster, have revealed the jury for Prova de Acesso, part of Festival da Canção 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. RTP has revealed the jury that chose the artists for Prova de Acesso. The vote WINNER will go […]
BIRTHDAY: Vânia Fernandes from Portugal is 40 today You want a cracker of a song? One that has everything? Power? Emotion? Wind machines? Wafty dresses? Marzipan? Well, maybe not the marzipan, but look no further. Still intrigued? Well today’s song comes from that breed that everyone wants to […]
RTP, the Portuguese national broadcaster, have revealed format changes for Festival da Canção 2026, as well as participation discussions ahead of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. Festival da Canção 2026 will feature 16 songs across two semi finals. Each semi final will see 5 songs progress […]
#BIRTHDAY: Duarte Mendes from Portugal is 78 today Is Eurovision political? Is there a fine line between a political song and one that celebrates history? Where do you draw this line? Some countries have had more turbulent histories than others, and some very recently. Back in 1975, revolution […]
This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we continue the series with Pontic Greek, Portuguese and Proto-Slavic. Pontic Greek […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tó Cruz from Portugal is 58 today As you know, our friends in Portugal achieved their victory after the longest ever non-winning streak to date. They had tried everything since their début in 1964. Amongst Portugal’s notable achievements was sending the first black male performer in 1967. […]
The EBU, the European Broadcasting Union and the BBC, the British national broadcaster, are co-producing a new set of concerts celebrating Europe’s great orchestras. Eurovision Classical Concerts is a new music co-production from BBC Arts and the EBU, marking the first new Eurovision classical music collaboration in over […]
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