Boa tarde Europe, this is Lisbon calling! We are travelling to the sunny shores of Portugal tonight for the Grand Final of Festival da Cançao 2026.
Portugal will be concluding the 2026 edition of its traditional national selection Festival da Cançao this evening with its Grand Final.
How to watch?
You can watch the Grand Final of Festival da Canção 2026 at 22:00 CET (21:00 local time) via the following channels:
- RTP 1
- RTP 1 webstream
- RTP International
- RTP Asia
- RTP America
The Participants
- Gonçalo Gomes – «Doce Ilusão»
- Silvana Peres – «Não Tem Fim»
- Sandrino – «Disposto A Tudo»
- Bandidos do Cante – «Rosa»
- João Ribeiro – «Canção Do Querer»
- Dinis Mota – «Jurei»
- Nunca Mates o Mandarim – «Fumo»
- Evaya – «Sprint»
- André Amaro – «Dá-me A Tua Mão»
- Marquise – «Chuva
About the show
A total of 10 acts will be battling tonight for the coveted trophy and the golden ticket to Eurovision 2026. Tonight’s show will be hosted by Filomena Cautela (ESC 2018 hostess), Catarina Maia, Vasco Palmerim and Alexandre Guimaraes .The show will be held at Valentim de Carvalho Studios at Paço de Arcos.
The winner will be determined via a combined jury/ public voting deliberation. NAPA (Portugal 2025) will be gracing the show and will pass on the baton to this year’s Festival da Cançao winner.
FdC 2026
The 2026 Fdc will consist of three shows ( two semi-finals and a grand final) scheduled to be broadcast live on 21,27 February and 07 March.
All three shows will be held at the Valentim de Carvalho Studios at Paço de Arcos. The FdC 2026 hosts will be:
- Vasco Palmeirim (1st semi-final and the Final)
- Filomena Cautela (2nd semi-final and the Final)
- Catarina Maia ( all three shows)
- Alexandre Guimarães (all three shows)
A total of 16 acts will compete in the semi-finals, the top 5 acts from each semi-final will proceed to the Grand Final. A total of 10 acts will battle for the Grand Prix at the Grand Final of FdC 2026.
RTP has used three mechanisms to determine the 16 competing acts:
- 8 acts via an invitation to composers
- 6 acts via a public open song submission window
- 1 act via an invitation extended by NAPA
- 1 act via an Entrance Exam selection
The winner of the competition will be determined via a combined public voting/ jury deliberation.
Portugal in Eurovision
Portugal debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964 and has won the competition once, namely in 2017 with Salvador Sobral‘s Amor pelo dois. The country successfully hosted the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon
