Portugal: Festival da Canção 2018 official CD to release on 23 March

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The official CD album of the Festival da Canção 2018 is scheduled to release on 23 March with a total of 25 tracks.

Universal Music will be releasing the official Festival da Cançao 2018 album with the 25 competing entries of the contest. Diogo Piçarra‘s entry Cançao do fim is not included in the compilation.

The 25 tracks

1. Bruno VasconcelosAustrália
2. Rui DavidSem Medo
3. Beatriz PessoaEu Te AMo
4. AnabelaPra Te Dar Abrigo
5. Catarina MirandaPara Sorrir Eu Não Preciso de Nada
6. Joana EspadinhaZero a Zero
7. Janeiro(sem título)
8. José CidO Som da Guitarra é a Alma de um Povo
9. Joana Barra Vaz Anda Estragar-me os Planos
10. Peu MadureiraSó Por Ela
11. Rita DiasCom Gosto Amigo
12. JP SimõesAlvoroço
13. Maria AmaralA Mesma Canção
14. Maria Inês ParisBandeira Azul
15. Dora FidalgoArco-Íris (Assim Cantou Zaratustra)
16. SequinAll Over Again
17. David PessoaAmor Veloz
18. TaminSobre Nós
19. Cláudia PascoalO Jardim
20. Minnie & RhayraPatati Patata
21. Rita RuivoAnda Daí
22. Susana Travassos – Mensageira
23. LiliO Voo das Cegonhas
24. Daniela OnísPra Lá do Rio
25. Peter Serrado – Sunset

Festival da Cançao 2018

The 2018 edition of Festival da Cançao (FdC) consisted of 3 shows: 2 semi-finals, which were held at the RTP’s Studio 1 in Lisbon, and a grand final which was held in the north of Portugal, namely in he city of Guimarães.

A total of 26 acts  participated in the 2018 Portuguese national selection Festival da Cançao 2018. 7 acts from each semi-final proceeded to the Grand Final.

Claudia Pascoal was crowned the winner of the 2018 Portuguese national final– Festival da Cançao and will defend the Portuguese colours on home soil when she take the Eurovision stage on 12 May with her entry O Jardim.