Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
| Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) | |||
| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Festival da Canção 2025 | |||
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| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Portugal will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, which will be held in Basel, Switzerland. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), will organise the national final Festival da Canção 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.
Background
Prior to the 2025 contest, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) until 2003, and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) since 2004, have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Portugal fifty-five times since RTP's first entry in 1964. They had won the contest on one occasion: in 2017 with the song "Amar pelos dois" performed by Salvador Sobral. Since the introduction of semi-finals to the format of the contest in 2004, Portugal has thus far managed to qualify to the final on eight occasions, the latest being in 2024, when "Grito" performed by Iolanda ultimately placed 10th in the final.[1]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTP organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster had traditionally selected its entry for the contest via the music competition Festival da Canção, with exceptions in 1988 and 2005 when the entries were internally selected. RTP confirmed its participation in the 2025 contest on 14 August 2024, announcing the organisation of the 59th Festival da Canção in order to select its 2025 entry.[2][3]
Before Eurovision
Festival da Canção 2025
Festival da Canção 2025 will be the 59th edition of Festival da Canção that will select Portugal's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. 20 entries will compete in the competition that consisted of two semi-finals held on 22 February and 1 March 2025 leading to a 12-song final on 8 March 2025.[4] All three shows of the competition will be broadcast on RTP1, RTP África and RTP Internacional as well as on radio via Antena 1 and online via RTP Play.
Format
The format of the competition will consist of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. Each semi-final will feature 10 competing entries from which six will advance from each show to complete the 12-song lineup in the final. Results during the semi-finals will be determined by the votes from a jury panel appointed by RTP and public televoting; the first five qualifiers will be based on the 50/50 combination of jury and public voting where both streams of voting will assign points from 1–8, 10 and 12 based on ranking, while the sixth qualifier will be determined by a second round of public televoting from the remaining entries. Results during the final will be determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from seven regional juries and public televoting. Both the public televote and the juries assign points from 1–8, 10 and 12 based on the ranking developed by both streams of voting.[4]
Competing entries
20 composers were selected by RTP through two methods: 14 invited by RTP for the competition and six selected from 633 submissions received through an open call for songs between 14 August and 15 October 2024. The composers, which both created the songs and selected its performers, were required to submit the demo and final versions of their entries by 31 October and 30 November 2024, respectively. Songs could be submitted in any language.[4][5] The selected composers were revealed on 5 November 2024, while the competing artists were revealed on 23 January 2025.[5][6]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Selection |
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| A Cantadeira | "Responso à mulher" | Joana Negrão | Invited by RTP |
| Bluay | "Ninguém" |
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| Bombazine | "Apago tudo" |
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| Capital da Bulgária | "Lisboa" | Sofia Reis | Open call winner |
| Diana Vilarinho | "Cotovia" |
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| Du Nothin | "Sobre nós" |
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Invited by RTP |
| Emmy Curl | "Rapsódia da paz" |
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| Fernando Daniel | "Medo" |
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| Henka | "I Wanna Destroy U" |
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Open call winner |
| Inês Marques Lucas | "Quantos queres" | Inês Marques Lucas | |
| Jéssica Pina | "Calafrio" | Jéssica Pina | Invited by RTP |
| Josh | "Tristeza" |
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Open call winner |
| Luca Argel feat. Pri Azevedo | "Quem foi?" | Luca Argel | Invited by RTP |
| Marco Rodrigues | "A minha casa" |
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| Margarida Campelo | "Eu sei que o amor" |
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| Napa | "Deslocado" |
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| Peculiar | "Adamastor" | João Nicolau Quintela | |
| Rita Sampaio | "Voltas" |
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| Tota | "Á-tê-xis" |
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| Xico Gaiato | "Ai senhor!" |
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Semi-finals
The semi-finals will take place on 22 February and 1 March 2025.[5] In each show, ten entries will compete, with six advancing to the final. The voting will occur in two rounds: a 50/50 combination of votes from an expert jury and a public televote will determine the first five qualifiers, and a second round of televoting will determine the sixth and final qualifier.[4]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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| Percentage | Points | ||||||
| TBA | Bluay | "Ninguém" | TBD | ||||
| Capital da Bulgária | "Lisboa" | ||||||
| Du Nothin | "Sobre nós" | ||||||
| Jéssica Pina | "Calafrio" | ||||||
| Josh | "Tristeza" | ||||||
| Marco Rodrigues | "A minha casa" | ||||||
| Margarida Campelo | "Eu sei que o amor" | ||||||
| Peculiar | "Adamastor" | ||||||
| Rita Sampaio | "Voltas" | ||||||
| Xico Gaiato | "Ai senhor!" | ||||||
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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| Percentage | Points | ||||||
| TBA | A Cantadeira | "Responso à mulher" | TBD | ||||
| Bombazine | "Apago tudo" | ||||||
| Diana Vilarinho | "Cotovia" | ||||||
| Emmy Curl | "Rapsódia da paz" | ||||||
| Fernando Daniel | "Medo" | ||||||
| Henka | "I Wanna Destroy U" | ||||||
| Inês Marques Lucas | "Quantos queres" | ||||||
| Luca Argel feat. Pri Azevedo | "Quem foi?" | ||||||
| Napa | "Deslocado" | ||||||
| Tota | "Á-tê-xis" | ||||||
Final
The final will take place on 8 March 2025.[5] The winner will be selected based on the 50/50 combination of votes from seven regional juries (one for each of the regions of Portugal) and from a public televote; in the event of a tie, the public voting would take precedence.[4]
References
- ^ "Portugal". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "RTP anuncia participação no Eurovision Song Contest 2025" [RTP announces participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025] (in European Portuguese). RTP. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (14 August 2024). "🇵🇹 Portugal: Eurovision 2025 Participation Confirmed as Festival da Canção 2025 Launched". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Festival da Canção 2025 – 59º Festival da Canção – Regulamento" [Festival da Canção 2025 – 59th Festival da Canção – Regulations] (PDF) (in European Portuguese). RTP. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d "O Festival da Canção está de volta! Datas e Autores confirmados" [Festival da Canção is back! Dates and composers confirmed] (in European Portuguese). RTP. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ Conte, Davide (23 January 2025). "🇵🇹 Portugal: Festival da Canção 2025 Participants and Songs Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Portugal 2025: 'Festival da Canção' entries released". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.