Portugal: Tonight the final of Festival da Canção 2024!

The national finals of this year’s season are in their final stretch, with just one Saturday left until the completion of all shows. Thus, another national selection process for determining a country’s representative in Eurovision 2024 concludes today, with Festival da Canção 2024, which will determine the artist representing Portugal in Malmo.

Format

Festival da Canção 2024 consists of three shows, two semi-finals, and the grand final on March 9th, from which Portugal’s representative in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest will emerge.

According to the festival’s regulations, ten artists participated in each of the two semi-finals, with six advancing to the final. This means that twelve artists will compete in the grand final of the Portuguese national selection on March 9th.

According to the Festival’s rules, ten artists participated in each of the two semi-finals, with six qualifying for the final. This means that twelve artists will compete on 9 March in the grand final of the Portuguese national selection.

The Portuguese public and the jury will jointly decide (50/50) on the grand winner of the Portuguese music festival who will represent the Iberians in Malmö.

Final

The twelve artists competing tonight in the grand final of the Portuguese music festival are:

1. Silk Nobre – “Change”
2. Rita Onofre – “Criatura”  
3. Noble – “Memory” 
4. Buba Espinho – “O Farol” 
5. Nena – “Teorias da Conspiração” 
6. Iolanda – “Grito” 
7. No Maka ft Ana Maria – “Aceitar” 
8. Cristina Clara – “Primavera” 
9. Rita Rocha – “Pontos Finais”
10. Léo Middea – “Doce Mistério”
11. Perpétua – “Bem Longe Daqui” 
12. João Borsch – “Pelas Costuras” 

Inês Lopes Gonçalves will be the presenter in the green room, while Filomena Cautela & Vasco Palmeirim will be the main hosts of Festival da Canção 2024 in the Grand Final for the sixth year in a row.

The final of Festival da Canção 2024 starts at 22:00 CET and you can watch it through the website of the Portuguese public television by clicking HERE.

Last year’s winner of Festival da Canção and Portugal’s representative at Eurovision 2023 was Mimicat with the song “Ai coração,” which secured the 23rd place in the Grand Final, continuing the country’s streak of qualifications for the third consecutive year.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Portugal’s participation in Eurovision 2024!