Portuguese broadcaster RTP have revealed the results of the draw that took place on the day of the reveal of the composers, which divided them into two semi-finals:
The Draw
The semi-final split of the 20 composers for Festival Da Canção 2025 is as follows:
| Semi Final One (22nd February) |
| Beato |
| Bluay |
| Capital Da Bulgária |
| Jéssica Pina |
| Josh |
| Marco Rodrigues |
| Margarida Campelo |
| Peculiar |
| Tiago Sampaio |
| Xico Gaiato |
| Semi Final Two (1st March) |
| A Cantadeira |
| Bombazine |
| Diana Vilarinho |
| Emmy Curl |
| EU.CLIDES |
| Fernando Daniel |
| Henka |
| Inés Marques Lucas |
| Luca Argel |
| Napa |
What is Festival da Canção?
Festival da Canção is a Portuguese music festival held every year. Artists apply, but they also get invited to take part in the festival by the broadcaster RTP. Festival da Canção selects the Portuguese representative for the Eurovision Song Contest.
This national final is one of the oldest national finals and has been going for 57 years. The first edition of Festival da Canção was all the way back in 1964. The festival was held in 1970 and 2000 despite the country not taking part in the contest, first due to a boycott, and then in 2000 due to be relegated from the contest.
FdC differs from most national finals by sourcing their competitors by inviting songwriters to compose a song, rather than artists applying directly with a song.
Festival Da Canção 2025: What is still to come?
Put simply, the songs, and who will be performing them. The composers in Festival Da Canção have a choice, sing their composition themselves (as all 20 participants did in 2024) or hand it over to another performer to sing on their behalf, as Luísa Sobral did in 2017, giving her song Amar Pelos Dois to her brother Salvador.
The songs are likely to be revealed some time in January.
Portugal’s Eurovision Journey
Portugal debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest with António Calvário’s “Oração” in 1964. Since then, Portugal has participated in the competition 55 times – appearing the final 46 times. Their only win in the competition came in 2017 with Salvador Sobral, performing his heart-wrenching song “Amar Pelos Dois”.
Portugal’s most recent participation was with iolanda and the song “Grito”. iolanda managed to qualify for the Grand Final and once there, she finished in 10th place. She received a total of 152 points, of which 139 points came from the jury and 13 points came the televote.
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News Source – RTP
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