RTP the national broadcaster of Portugal has confirmed its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 taking place in Basel, Switzerland. In addition, RTP has launched the upcoming edition of Festival da Canção 2025, with the winner representing Portugal at Eurovision 2025.
Festival da Canção 2025 submissions open
Once again RTP will use its famous music festival to select the representative for the Iberian nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel next May. Festival da Canção 2025 is open for submissions that will close on Tuesday October 15. The 58th edition of the competition will see the format retain its familiar structure of recent years. In total 20 songs will feature across two Semi-Finals and a Grand Final. Of the 20 songs, 14 will be composed by songwriters invited by RTP. Another six songs will be chosen from the open submissions phase of the selection. All citizens of Portuguese nationality or resident in Portugal can submit, including Portuguese living outside Portugal, as well as citizens of other nationalities residing in Portugal.
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
Out of 55 participations to date, Portugal has won the Eurovision Song Contest only once – in 2017 with Salvador Sobral’s ‘Amar pelos dois‘. To this day, it holds the record for the most points in the history of the contest with 758. Their next best result was with ‘O meu coração não tem cor‘ by Lúcia Moniz back in 1996, which finished in sixth place. Currently, the Iberian nation is enjoying a run of four qualifications in a row.
Earlier this year, Iolanda won Festival da Canção 2024 with ‘Grito’. During the Malmö contest, ‘Grito’ achieved 10th place in the Grand Final with 152 points. Thus, becoming only their third top 10 placing this century.
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