Festival da Canção 2023 dates and venue announced; songs will be released in January

Festival da Canção 2023 dates and venue announced; songs will be released in January

The dates of Festival da Canção 2023 were revealed. The representative of Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) will be elected on March 11. The country’s public radio station Antena 1 confirmed the dates this Wednesday: the semifinals will be on February 25 and March 4, while the grand final is scheduled for March 11 next year. Just over a […]

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 Here are the 20 authors of Festival da Canção 2023

Here are the 20 authors of Festival da Canção 2023

The authors of the 20 songs participating in the Festival da Canção 2023 were unveiled this afternoon. The show selects the Portuguese representative in the Eurovision Song Contest. Once again, the broadcaster RT allocated 16 spots to direct invitations and four places to the process of free public submission of songs. This year, it had 667 candidates. However, […]

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 Authors of Festival da Canção 2023 revealed this Wednesday

Authors of Festival da Canção 2023 revealed this Wednesday

The authors of the 20 competing songs at Festival da Canção 2023 will be unveiled this Wednesday. The contest selects the representative of Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). As in the previous edition, 16 of the authors were directly invited by the broadcaster RTP, while four were selected through a free public submission process (among 667 candidates). […]

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 More than 660 songs were sent in the open submission of the Festival da Canção 2023

More than 660 songs were sent in the open submission of the Festival da Canção 2023

After the open submission period ended on October 21, 667 songs were received for the Festival da Canção 2023. The competition elects Portugal’s representative at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). The number was revealed this Friday by the Portuguese public broadcaster, RTP. The four selected singers through this process are not yet publicly known, and they will be contacted in […]

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