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Latest news and stories about eurovision in Portugal for expats and residents.
The artists representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest are set to perform at the Belive event.
After a year full of events in 2025, the Israeli delegation is preparing to participate in the contest, which will take place in Vienna, Austria, in mid-May.
An analysis of the current odds and predictions from betting agencies regarding Portugal's chances of qualifying for the Eurovision final.
More than a thousand music professionals are calling for a boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest in an open letter released this Tuesday, days after another letter from the entertainment industry was published rejecting attempts to ban Israel from the competition. The 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled for May in Austria, is once again...
“We refuse to remain silent when Israel’s genocidal violence serves as a soundtrack and silences Palestinian lives.” More than a thousand artists from various countries have signed an open letter calling for a boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled for May, due to Israel’s continued participation.
Portugal's chances of reaching the Eurovision 2026 final are improving according to betting market trends.
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Opinions are divided on ‘Rosa’, the song that will represent Portugal at Eurovision. From Brazil to Thailand, via Spain, the United Kingdom, and the well-known “Wiwibloggs”, there are those who are won over by Bandidos do Cante, those who have “mixed feelings”, and those who do not believe it will reach the final. BLITZ went to see what is being said abroad about the Alentejo group's song.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, South Korea, the Philippines, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam will participate in the contest, which will be held in Bangkok.
Heading towards the Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place in May, we take the pulse of the songs currently leading the pack. The favouritism lies with Scandinavia, but this year a non-European country, Australia, also holds hopes, closing the top 5 among bookmakers. In an edition marked by the boycott of strong countries like Spain and Ireland, all indications are that Portugal will not have an easy task.
Portugal has officially confirmed its participation in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest despite ongoing calls from some groups advocating for a boycott of the event. The decision comes amid a broader context of discussions and debates surrounding the contest, but Portugal remains committed to participating.
The group from Beja won the Festival da Canção and will represent our country in Austria in May.
China in the next five years, the labour law is hard work, and the Beja rose at Eurovision
It was from a dinner in 2022 that the group that will represent Portugal at Eurovision in May emerged.
The song has already been adapted and translated into several languages.
Before their big adventure at Eurovision, the Festival winners take a stroll through Beja, a city proud of these Bandidos do Cante.
Bandidos do Cante won the Festival da Canção and are heading to Eurovision. They were the public's favourite, but the jury preferred João Ribeiro. Plus, the controversial comments from Timothée Chalamet.
The band from Beja, which won the 60th edition of the Festival da Canção and is heading to Eurovision with Rosa, does not want to mix art with politics.
It was at a dinner in 2022 that the group was formed, which went on to win this year's edition of the Festival da Canção and will represent Portugal at Eurovision in May. A short career for long-time friends who fell in love with Alentejo singing early on, but which already boasts a series of successes. To Vienna, Bandidos do Cante will take a 'Rosa'. What did they do to get here?
The question is: what will become of RTP — the state broadcaster — amid all the controversy.
The 16 songs that will take part in the 60th edition of the Festival da Canção have been revealed.
The President of RTP's Board of Directors told the Parliamentary Committee on Culture, Communication, Youth and Sport that the public broadcaster had been pressured to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest because of Israel's participation.
The chairman of RTP's Board of Directors, Nicolau Santos, said today that the organisation faced “enormous pressure” not to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest because Israel was participating.
In April, on Posto Emissor, Luísa Sobral returned to the day she wrote the song which, sung by her brother Salvador Sobral, won Eurovision in 2017. “There was a week left to submit it and I still hadn't written it. My son was crying a lot, so I remember saying to my husband: 'Take him, I'm going to the bedroom to write.'” To remember at the end of the year.
