Portugal: Lineup for Festival da Canção 2023 final completed

The six last songs for Festival da Canção 2023 have now been chosen.

Unlike last week no technical issue was reported, and therefore one last qualifier was announced. Initially, the jury and the televote split their decision equally on the first five qualifiers. Afterwards, the public was given the chance of saving one more song.

Tonight's event was hosted by Sónia Araújo and Jorge Gabriel in RTP's studios in Lisbon. The list of judges was the same:

• Alex D'Alva (singer)
• Carlos Mendes (Portugal 1968 and 1972)
• Márcia (Festival da Canção 2017)
• Maro (Portugal 2022)
• Neev (Festival da Canção 2021)
• Pedro Ribeiro (radio host)
• Sara Correia (singer)

The lineup for next Saturday's final of Festival da Canção 2023 is now complete:

Festival da Canção 2023

Portugal will select its Eurovision 2023 representative through its iconic national selection, Festival da Canção. The first two shows served as the semi-finals where six songs from each show qualified for the final. The winner will be determined by a joint decision between the public at home and a professional jury.

• Semi-final 1: 25 February 2023 (hosted by Tânia Ribas de Oliveira and José Carlos Malato)
• Semi-final 2: 4 March 2033 (hosted by Sónia Araújo and Jorge Gabriel)
• Final: 11 March 2023 (hosted by Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim)

Every show will be broadcast live from RTP's studios in Lisbon.

Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest

Portugal has participated in the contest 53 times since 1964. It was a very bad start, as they managed to get zero points in their debut year.

Before Eurovision 2017, they had never won the contest, and had never made the top 5. In fact, Portugal held the record for most appearances in the contest without a win!

But that changed in 2017, when Salvador Sobral won with "Amar Pelos Dois."

Since the introduction of the Semi-finals in 2004, Portugal has only qualified for the Grand Final 7 out of 16 times.