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RTP, the Portuguese national broadcaster, has confirmed that Portugal will compete at the forthcoming 2027 Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria.

Thus Portugal joins the list of countries who have so far confirmed their participation at the upcoming 2027 Eurovision edition in Bulgaria..

Portugal will more than likely its Eurovision act and entry via its traditional national selection Festival da Cançao. RTP is yet to confirm the mechanism it will used to select the Portuguese Eurovision entry and act for Burgas.

Portugal in Eurovision

Portugal debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 and has won the competition once in 2017 with Salvador Sobral. The following year the country successfully hosted the event in Lisbon.

The Portuguese have competed 57 times in our beloved contest.

In 2026 Bandidos do Canto represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest with their entry ‘Rosa’.


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.