Portugal: Dates and composers competing in Festival da Canção 2025 revealed!

The excitement for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest continues to grow, and with Festival da Canção 2025 approaching, the twenty composers whose songs will vie for the honor of representing Portugal have been revealed.

The Selection Process

Festival da Canção 2025 will feature a total of twenty entries, chosen through a two-stage process. Fourteen composers were directly invited by RTP to submit their songs for the contest, while six others were selected from an open submission process. A total of 633 songs were submitted by composers eager to make their mark on the Festival.

The Invited Composers

The following fourteen composers were invited by RTP to participate in Festival da Canção 2025:

1. A Cantadeira
2. Beato
3. Bluay
4. Bombazine
5. Emmy Curl
6. EU.CLIDES
7. Fernando Daniel
8. Jéssica Pina
9. Luca Argel
10. Marco Rodrigues
11. Margarida Campelo
12. Os Napa
13. Peculiar
14. Tiago Sampaio

The Open Submission’s Winners

The six composers who emerged from the open submission process and secured their place in the competition are:

1. Capital of Bulgaria
2. Diana Vilarinho
3. HENKA
4. Inês Marques Lucas
5. JOSH
6. Xico Gaiato

Festival da Canção 2025 Dates

Festival da Canção 2025 will follow a familiar format, with two semi-finals leading to the Grand Final. The dates are as follows:

• First Semi-Final: February 22, 2025
• Second Semi-Final: March 1, 2025
• Grand Final: March 8, 2025

Iolanda was last year’s Festival da Canção winner and therefore represented Portugal in Malmö. With her song “Grito“, Iolanda finished tenth overall.

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Source: antena1.rtp