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

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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 

Junior Eurovision 2024: Listen to the Portuguese entry!

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Back in July and during the “The Voice Kids” finale, RTP announced that the thirteen-year-old Victória Nicole will represent Portugal in the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Just moments ago, Victória’s entry “Esperança” was released and uploaded on Junior Eurovision’s official YouTube channel.

You can listen to “Esperança“, below:

“Esperança” is written by Victória herself, developed with support from The Voice Kids coaches and national music stars Nininho Vaz Maia and Bárbara Tinoco. Regarding the lyrics, Victória Nicole says that she has crafted a message she considers “beautiful for the people” and that, beyond the technical aspects, it also showcases her “personal feelings“.

How was Victória selected?

Victória Nicole was selected right away by RTP to represent Portugal in the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest, after she emerged victorious in the fifth season of “The Voice Kids” in Portugal.

A winner of “The Voice of Portugal” has previously been awarded a golden ticket to Junior Eurovision. The nations’ representatives in the children’s competition were also crowned as the winners of “The Voice of Portugal” in 2021 and 2023, while the runner-up of the talent show in 2022 represented Portugal in Yerevan.

Who is Victória Nicole?

She amazed Portugal with her blind audition on The Voice Kids, where she sang “Voilà” live on the piano, the French entry in Eurovision 2021, and turned all fourchairs of the mentors.

Born in Venezuela, Victoria moved to Ílhavo, Portugal, in 2018 and has been actively pursuing her dream of becoming a professional singer, always supported by her parents, who even enrolled her in a singing academy. She has also been playing the piano for five years and the cavaquinho for two.

Beyond music, Victoria is known for her extroverted and affectionate personality. She enjoys drawing and cooking, showcasing her creative spirit in various forms.

Junior Eurovision 2024

Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

  • Albania – RTSH
  • Armenia – AMPTV
  • Cyprus – RIK
  • Estonia – ERR
  • France – FT
  • Georgia – GPB
  • Germany – ARD/NDR
  • Ireland – RTÉ
  • Italy – RAI
  • Malta – PBS
  • North Macedonia – MRT
  • Poland – TVP
  • Portugal – RTP
  • San Marino – RTV San Marino
  • Spain – TVE
  • The Netherlands – AVROTROS
  • Ukraine – UA:PBC

The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row. The slogan for this year’s contest is “Let’s Bloom!”, while Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Clotet and Melani Garcia will serve as this year’s hosts.

Italy will open the show, while Malta will close the contest. Spain will perform tenth.

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Portugal: Festival da Canção confirmed as selection method for Eurovision 2025 | Submission window opened today!

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Officially confirming its participation in Eurovision 2025, Portugal has started its search for its next representative, who will travel to Switzerland! Read more

Junior Eurovision 2024: Victória Nicole will represent Portugal in Madrid!

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Today saw the announcement of another Junior Eurovision 2024 contestant, this one from the Iberian Peninsula. Not only was Portugal’s participation in Junior Eurovision 2024 announced during the “The Voice Kids” finale, but the nation’s representative was also disclosed.

In particular, Victória Nicole was selected right away by RTP to represent Portugal in the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Madrid, after she emerged victorious in the fifth season of “The Voice Kids” in Portugal.

Victória’s song will be decided internally and released at a later stage.

A winner of “The Voice of Portugal” has previously been awarded a golden ticket to Junior Eurovision. The nations’ representatives in the children’s competition were also crowned as the winners of “The Voice of Portugal” in 2021 and 2023, while the runner-up of the talent show in 2022 represented Portugal in Yerevan.

Who is Victória Nicole?

Victoria Nicole is 13 years old, she plays the piano and the ukulele and she’s also a theatre kid. She started singing at the age of 5 and also enjoys writing songs, as it makes her to feel free. Her dream is to become a professional singer.

The 22nd edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row.

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Source: ESCPlus

Portugal also denies that they were thinking of withdrawing from the Eurovision 2024 final!

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The article of the Norwegian newspaper VK is developing into a fiasco, since after Greece and Switzerland, one more country out of the six that were supposed to be thinking about withdrawing from the Eurovision 2025 final, denies the alleged information.

Portugal has become the third country to deny that it was considering pulling out of the Eurovision 2025 final and that it was in discussions with the EBU, up until 25 minutes before the live broadcast of the show.

Rita Barradas, director of the record company to which Iolanda belongs, representative of the country in Malmö, categorically denies all of the above.

As for Portugal, the possibility of withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest was never considered and there was no discussion on this issue with the EBU, Barradas said in an interview with the Portuguese newspaper Bleach.

In addition, she clarifies the content of the discussions with the EBU:

Although there have been many controversial issues during the current Eurovision, Portugal’s withdrawal on the day of the finals was never on the agenda.

ERT was the first to categorically deny this “news” through Eurovisionfun, while a few days later Switzerland was added to the list, stating that there was never any thought of the country’s withdrawal from the contest. It is worth noting that ERT circles, when they denied the information about the alleged withdrawal of Greek participation, warned us that the report is equally untrue for the rest of the countries included in the disputed article.

It is therefore questionable what VK’s intention is and why it spreads such fake news, which only causes the shaking of bad situations, which this year hurt the Eurovision contest so much.

The three countries now left to clarify their stance and confirm whether they were indeed considering pulling out of the Eurovision 2025 final are Ireland, the United Kingdom and Norway.

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Eurovision 2024: Six countries wanted to withdraw 25 minutes before the Grand Final!

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Two weeks after the Grand Final of Eurovision 2024, it became known from the Norwegian newspaper VG that six countries participating in the Saturday’s show wanted to withdraw up to twenty-five minutes before the start of the final.

The 11th of May was crucial for the contest, as reported by the newspaper, the EBU and SVT found themselves in a major critical meeting as six countries wanted to withdraw until they decided to participate.

The six countries that wanted to withdraw were the winning Switzerland, Ireland, Portugal, Norway, Greece and the United Kingdom.

Specifically, Magnus Børmark, a member of the Norwegian band Gåte, stated that:

We were considering withdrawing until the last moment. Many of us reacted to the fact that Israel had the opportunity to use Eurovision as its own political tool.

The reason the six countries wanted to withdraw was the participation of Israel and the exclusion of Joost Klein. VG writes that Israel’s participation, the extensive security measures, and the behavior of the Israeli delegation during the week were reasons for the protests,” adds Børmark:

Our common point was that we did not want to participate in Eurovision to be used and stigmatized in a war propaganda machine in Israel. We participated to create a space where we can unite in music – in a political situation where everyone chooses sides and hates each other.

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Source: VG

Portugal: RTP requests a meeting with EBU, to clarify issues that occurred in the 2024 Eurovision final!

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In order to get clarification on the events surrounding the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision 2024 final, RTP requested a meeting with the EBU.

The RTP officials are adamant about the long delay for the release of the video of Iolanda’s grand final performance, claiming it was caused by the Palestinian symbols she had painted on her nails.

Norway, France, Spain, and Croatia have all signed on to RTP’s request for a meeting with the EBU.

This year Portugal finished on the tenth place in the grand final, with 152 points, mainly due to jury votes.

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Source: RTP

Eurovision 2024: Switzerland is the big winner of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest!

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The 68th Eurovision Song Contest has been history for a few minutes now, with the big winner being Switzerland represented by Nemo and the song “The Code“.

In a contest marked by drama and a lot of backstory, Swittzerland emerged as the winner with 591 points.

Twenty-six countries took part in tonight’s show, aiming to succeed Loreen and Sweden as the reigning Eurovision Song Contest champions.

The show

Malmö Arena was the venue for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of Malmö.

The presenters of tonight’s show, as of all the shows, were Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman.

The 25 participating countries that took part in the Grand Final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest were:

 

R/O COUNTRY ARTIST SONG
1 Sweden Marcus & Martinus “Unforgettable”
2 Ukraine alyona alyona & Jerry Heil “Teresa & Maria”
3 Germany Isaak “Always on the Run”
4 Luxembourg Tali “Fighter”
6 Israel Eden Golan “Hurricane”
7 Lithuania Silvester Belt “Luktelk”
8 Spain Nebulossa “Zorra”
9 Estonia 5miinust & Puuluup “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”
10 Ireland Bambie Thug “Doomsday Blue”
11 Latvia Dons “Hollow”
12 Greece Marina Satti “Zari”
13 United Kingdom Olly Alexander “Dizzy”
14 Norway Gåte “Ulveham”
15 Italy Angelina Mango “La noia”
16 Serbia Teya Dora “Ramonda”
17 Finland Windows95man “No Rules!”
18 Portugal Iolanda “Grito”
19 Armenia Ladaniva “Jako”
20 Cyprus Silia Kapsis “Liar”
21 Switzerland Nemo “The Code”
22 Slovenia Raiven “Veronika”
23 Croatia Baby Lasagna “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”
24 Georgia Nutsa Buzaladze “Firefighter”
25 France Slimane “Mon amour”
26 Austria Kaleen “We Will Rave​”

Results

The final ranking of the 25 finalists of Eurovision 2024 was as follows:

The vote of the juries was as follows:

The votes of the public were as follow:

  1. Croatia 337
  2. Israel 327
  3. Ukraine 307
  4. France 227
  5. Switzerland 226
  6. Ireland 136
  7. Italy 104
  8. Greece 85
  9. Armenia 82
  10. Lithuania 58
  11. Sweden 49
  12. Cyprus 44
  13. Estonia 33
  14. Serbia 32
  15. Finland 31
  16. Latvia 28
  17. Luxembourg 20
  18. Georgia 19
  19. Germany 18
  20. Portugal 13
  21. Slovenia 12
  22. Spain 11
  23. Austria 5
  24. Norway 4
  25. United Kingdom 0

Half of the final result came from the votes of the juries who voted last night and half from the TV audiences across Europe who voted for their favourite songs a few hours ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO_qJf-nW0k

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Eurovision 2024: Family Show of the Grand Final- Live Commentary (Updated Live)

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The family show of the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 has just begun. The family show is the afternoon show before the live broadcast that starts at 21:00 CET, where the artists perform once again their entries. The Family Show is more financially convenient, identical to the live one for families and takes place earlier on the same day of the Grand Final.

EurovisionFun will be watching all the shows live both at the on-site press centre in Malmö and at the online press centre and will be commenting on the full performances of the 26 participating countries.

This article gets updated in real time, all you need to do is hit the refresh button on your browser!

So stay tuned to this article as we update it with all the details, preparing you for what you will see in tonight’s Final, at 21:00 CEST.

The competition part

Sweden

Another professional performance by Marcus & Martinus. They are superstars and we can all tell! I can see a top ten coming for Sweden.

Ukraine

A touching performance by Jerry Heil and Alyona Alyona. They are contenders to win the contest and every performance of them is magical.

Germany

Amazing vocals and a fiery performance, but they are not enough. The song feels bland.

Luxembourg

A great comeback for Luxembourg. Tali looks and sounds amazing. We hope all the best for the Duchy!

Israel

Another touching performance by Eden. This is how a ballad can be performed in a modern way. Eden is not separated by her dancers, they are all a part of the same “symphony”.

Lithuania

Love the performance. No one in the audience can stay still when Silvester performs and his energy is haunting.

Spain

The crowd goes crazy for “ZORRA”. The fans love it and every performance is stunning.

Estonia

Not a fan of this entry but the crowd also loves it.

Ireland

Bambie did not take the stage today as an incident happened. Another performance of Bambie was played instead.

Latvia

Another good performance by Dons, no changes in this rehearsal.

Greece

Marina sounded and looked great today. Despite having a cold, her vocals were on point.

United Kingdom

Olly gave a great performance and despite a minor mistake in the shots, this looked great.

Norway

Gåte never fail to deliver a great performance, and so they did during this rehearsal. Big applause at the Arena!

Italy

Angelina and her dancers are wearing the black outfits and honestly this looks great. Bravo Italia!

Serbia

Vocally on point, Teya gave another great performance.

Finland

This entry might not be everyone’s cup of tea but the crowd in the arena seems to love it!

Portugal

Minimalistic perfection. Great vocals by Iolanda and an applause at the Press Centre!

Armenia

Such a catchy entry. Audience was singing along! Armenia bringing the great vibes that we need.

Cyprus

Only 17 years old and such a class act. Silia gave -another- great performance!

Switzerland

Nemo is just incredible. This performance is just breathtaking. Definitely a contender for the victory.

Slovenia

A solid performance by Raiven. Vocally on point.

Croatia

In every single performance, Baby Lasagna nailed it. Is this the Eurovision 2024 winner? We will find out tonight!

Georgia

Vocals? On point. Visuals? On point. Georgia is deservingly back in the Grand Final.

France

In the middle of the performance, Slimane stopped singing and gave a message of peace and unity. Big applause at the Press Centre.

Austria

Kaleen sounded and looked great. A great entry to close the Grand Final.

Interval Acts

Abba appeared via holograms leading to Charlotte Perrelli, Carola and Conchita singing “Waterloo”!

The results 

These results are neither valid nor real, but they come about in order to serve the rehearsal’s purposes, but the winner was Estonia.

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Eurovision 2024: Tonight the Grand Final!

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The 68th Eurovision Song Contest is being completed today in Malmo with the Grand Final.

Twenty six countries will participate in tonight’s show, aiming to be the winner of Eurovision 2024 that will be crowned in a few hours from now.

The presenters for tonight’s event, as well as all shows until Saturday, will be Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman.

The 26 participating countries in tonight’s Grand Final are:

R/O COUNTRY ARTIST SONG
1 Sweden Marcus & Martinus “Unforgettable”
2 Ukraine alyona alyona & Jerry Heil “Teresa & Maria”
3 Germany Isaak “Always on the Run”
4 Luxembourg Tali “Fighter”
5 Netherlands Joost Klein “Europapa”
6 Israel Eden Golan “Hurricane”
7 Lithuania Silvester Belt “Luktelk”
8 Spain Nebulossa “Zorra”
9 Estonia 5miinust & Puuluup “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”
10 Ireland Bambie Thug “Doomsday Blue”
11 Latvia Dons “Hollow”
12 Greece Marina Satti “Zari”
13 United Kingdom Olly Alexander “Dizzy”
14 Norway Gåte “Ulveham”
15 Italy Angelina Mango “La noia”
16 Serbia Teya Dora “Ramonda”
17 Finland Windows95man “No Rules!”
18 Portugal Iolanda “Grito”
19 Armenia Ladaniva “Jako”
20 Cyprus Silia Kapsis “Liar”
21 Switzerland Nemo “The Code”
22 Slovenia Raiven “Veronika”
23 Croatia Baby Lasagna “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”
24 Georgia Nutsa Buzaladze “Firefighter”
25 France Slimane “Mon amour”
26 Austria Kaleen “We Will Rave​”

Tonight 50% of the final result is decided, after last night’s jury show that the remaining 50% was voted.

The Grand Final kicks off at 21:00 CET, and you can watch it live on the official Eurovision YouTube channel, as well as on various public broadcaster across Europe.

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