Tonight, the first semi-final of Festival da Canção 2025 took place with the first 6 acts qualifying to the final.
Festival da Canção 2025 Semi Final One Results
Five artists qualified from the first round, which is made up of a combination of televote and jury vote, whilst another qualified from the all televote second round.
| Order | Artist | Entry | Result |
| 1 | Xico Gaiato | Ai Senhor! | Did Not Qualify |
| 2 | Rita Sampaio | Voltas | Did Not Qualify |
| 3 | Du Nothin | Sobre Nós | Did Not Qualify |
| 4 | Marco Rodrigues | A Minha Casa | Qualified – First Round |
| 5 | Margarida Campelo | Eu sei que o amor | Qualified – First Round |
| 6 | JOSH | Tristeza | Qualified – First Round |
| 7 | Capital da Bulgária | Lisboa | Did Not Qualify |
| 8 | Bluay | Ninguém | Qualified – First Round |
| 9 | Jéssica Pina | Calafrio | Qualified – First Round |
| 10 | Peculiar | Adamastor | Qualified – Second Round |
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.
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
Photo Credit – Pedro Pina / RTP
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