Unveiling the Stage: Festival da Canção 2025 Set to Dazzle Portugal's Eurovision Selection!

Festival da Canção 2025 Stage Unveiled

The highly anticipated stage for Festival da Canção 2025, Portugal's selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, has officially been revealed ahead of the first semi-final this weekend. RTP has shared the first images of what promises to be an exciting showcase for the twenty talented artists competing this year, all vying to represent Portugal in Basel for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest.

This year's festival features a format of two semi-finals and a grand final:

Semi-Final One – February 22

• Xico Gaiato – “Ai Senhor!” (Oh Lord)
• Rita Sampaio – “Voltas” (Turns)
• Du Nothin – “Sobre Nós” (Above Us)
• Marco Rodrigues – “A Minha Casa” (My Home)
• Margarida Campelo – “Eu sei que o amor” (I Know That Love)
• Josh – “Tristeza” (Sadness)
• Capital da Bulgária – “Lisboa”
• Bluay – “Ninguém” (Nobody)
• Jéssica Pina – “Calafrio” (Shiver)
• Peculiar – “Adamastor”

Semi-Final Two – March 1

• A Cantadeira – “Responso à Mulher” (Responsibility to Women)
• Tota – “á-tê-xis”
• Bombazine – “Apago tudo” (I Erase Everything)
• Emmy Curl – “Rapsódia da Paz” (Rhapsody of Peace)
• Inês Marques Lucas – “Quantos Queres” (How Many You Want)
• Fernando Daniel – “Medo” (Fear)
• Luca Argel ft. Pri Azevedo – “Quem foi?” (Who Was It?)
• Napa – “Deslocado” (Displaced)
• Diana Vilarinho – “Cotovia” (Lark)
• Henka – “I Wanna Destroy U”

The Grand Final is scheduled for March 8 at 22:00, broadcast live on RTP1 and RTP Internacional. The winner will be determined by a combination of regional juries and public voting.

Portugal finished 10th in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with Iolanda's song “Grito” and will compete in the first semi-final on May 13.

Since its debut in 1964, Portugal has had a colorful history in the Eurovision Song Contest, with its best result being a win in 2017 by Salvador Sobral with “Amar pelos dois”.