RTP, the Portuguese national broadcaster will be holding a special press conference in Lisbon today in order to announce the 26 competing acts at the forthcoming 2018 Festival da Cançao.

How to watch?

RTP’s special Festival da Cançao 2018 press conference will be aired on the following channels at 12:30 CET:

• RTP’s official Facebook Page
• RTP 1
• Webstream via RTP 1

Festival da Cançao 2018

The 2018 edition of Festival da Cançao (FdC) will consist of 3 shows which will be aired on 18, 25 February (semi-finals) and 4 March (Grand Final).

The first 2 shows of FdC 2018 will be held at the RTP studios in Lisbon, whilst the grand final will be travelling outside the Portuguese capital, namely to Guimarães.

We will be heading to the north of Portugal in order to select the 2018 Eurovision hopeful who will follow Salvador Sobral’s footsteps.

A total of 26 composers will participate in the forthcoming 2018 Portuguese national selection Festival da Cançao 2018. Each composer has selected the singer/singers to sing his/her own entry in the Portuguese national selection.

18/02: Semi-final 1

• Benjamim
• Diogo Clemente
• Fernando Tordo
• Jorge Palma
• José Cid
• JP Simões
• Júlio Resende
• Mallu Magalhães
• Francisca Cortesão
• Nuno Rafael
• Paulo Praça
• Janeiro
• Rita Dias

25/02: Semi-final 2

• Aline Frazão
• Armando Teixeira
• Bruno Cardoso
• Capicua
• Daniela Onís
• Diogo Piçarra
• Francisco Rebelo
• Isaura
• João Afonso
• Miguel Ângelo
• Paulo Flores
• Peter Serrado
• Tito Paris

Festival da Cançao 2018 agenda

• 18/02: Semi-final 1 (13 participants, 7 finalists)
• 25/02: Semi-final 2 (13 participants, 7 finalists)
• 04/03: Final (14 finalists, 50/50 combined vote to deliberate winner)

The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest will be held on 8, 10 and 12 May at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal