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Portugal: A record number of entries were submitted for Festival Da Canção 2024!

Back in August, Portugal confirmed its 2024 participation via the “Festival Da Canção” page on Instagram. Along with Portugal’s participation, it was confirmed that Festival Da Canção, a music festival of great significance in Portugal, will remain as the country’s selection format for Eurovision 2024.

The deadline of the submission process was yesterday, October 15. All Portuguese citizens or residents, including Portuguese living outside Portugal, as well as citizens of other nationalities residing in Portugal, could apply.

In total, RTP announced that a record number of 809 entries were submitted through this open submission. The high interest seems totally reasonable, considering the significance of FDC in the national music scene and the relatively successful course of the country in Eurovision the past years.

What’s next?

As far as the Festival da Canção 2024 is concerned, 20 songs will compete.

  • 14 of those will be selected following an invitation by the country’s national broadcaster RTP to creators of various music genres.
  • The remaining six will be selected through this afore-mentioned submission process, which turns out to be really successful as well as highly competitive for the contenders.

The winner of Festival Da Canção 2023 and hence, Portugal’s representative in Eurovision 2023, was Mimicat with her song “Ai Coração”, which finished 23rd in the Grand Final.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all news!

Portugal: The running order of Festival da Canção 2022!

RTP has just announced the running order for the national final that will select the Portuguese entrant for Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Festival da Canção 2022!

Pongo & Tristany will open the grand final while Pepperoni Passion will close the night!

The running order of the grand final is as follows:

  1. Pongo & Tristany – Dégrá.dê
  2. SYRO –  Ainda Nos Temos
  3. Milhanas – Corpo de Mulher
  4. Inês Homem de Melo – Fome de Viagem
  5. Aurea – Why
  6. Os Quatro E Meia – Amanhã
  7. FF – Bom Esperar Alguém
  8. Diana Castro – Ginger Ale
  9. MARO – saudade, saudade
  10. Pepperoni Passion – Código 30

The results of Festival da Canção 2022 will be decided 50% by the regional juries and the remaining 50% of the result by the public vote. The televoting has already started.

Stay tuned to Eurovision Fun for all the news regarding Portugal’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Source: Eurovoix