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Festival da Canção

  • 1964 –2026
  • Returning series

Festival da Canção or Festival RTP da Canção is the name given to the national festival, produced and broadcast by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal to choose the Portuguese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Created by
Augusto Marzagão
Seasons
58
Episodes
125
First aired
Feb 2, 1964
Networks
RTP1, RTP2, Antena 1
Original language
Portuguese
Origin
Portugal

Cast of Festival da Canção

  • Alexandre Guimarães

    Self - Green Room Presenter

  • Portrait of Catarina Maia

    Catarina Maia

    Self - Green Room Presenter

Seasons

  • Season 1

    Feb 2, 1964

    15 episodes

  • Season 2

    Feb 6, 1965

    1 episode

  • Season 3

    Jan 15, 1966

    1 episode

  • Season 4

    Feb 11, 1967

    3 episodes

  • Season 5

    Mar 4, 1968

    1 episode

  • Season 6

    Feb 24, 1969

    1 episode

  • Season 7

    May 22, 1970

    1 episode

  • Season 8

    Feb 11, 1971

    1 episode

  • Season 9

    Feb 22, 1972

    1 episode

  • Season 10

    Feb 26, 1973

    1 episode

  • Season 11

    Mar 7, 1974

    1 episode

  • Season 12

    Feb 15, 1975

    1 episode

  • Season 13

    Mar 7, 1976

    1 episode

  • Season 14

    Feb 26, 1977

    1 episode

  • Season 15

    Feb 18, 1978

    1 episode

  • Season 16

    Feb 3, 1979

    4 episodes

  • Season 17

    Feb 1, 1980

    4 episodes

  • Season 18

    Mar 7, 1981

    1 episode

  • Season 19

    Mar 6, 1982

    1 episode

  • Season 20

    Mar 4, 1983

    1 episode

  • Season 21

    Mar 7, 1984

    1 episode

  • Season 22

    Mar 7, 1985

    1 episode

  • Season 23

    Mar 22, 1986

    1 episode

  • Season 24

    Mar 7, 1987

    1 episode

  • Season 25

    Mar 7, 1989

    1 episode

  • Season 26

    Mar 10, 1990

    1 episode

  • Season 27

    Mar 7, 1991

    1 episode

  • Season 28

    Jan 12, 1992

    6 episodes

  • Season 29

    Jan 3, 1993

    6 episodes

  • Season 30

    Jan 10, 1994

    3 episodes

  • Season 31

    Mar 7, 1995

    1 episode

  • Season 32

    Mar 7, 1996

    1 episode

  • Season 33

    Jan 25, 1997

    6 episodes

  • Season 34

    Mar 7, 1998

    1 episode

  • Season 35

    Mar 8, 1999

    1 episode

  • Season 36

    Mar 26, 2000

    1 episode

  • Season 37

    Oct 20, 2000

    6 episodes

  • Season 38

    Mar 2, 2003

    1 episode

  • Season 39

    Jan 25, 2004

    1 episode

  • Season 40

    Mar 31, 2005

    1 episode

  • Season 41

    Mar 10, 2006

    1 episode

  • Season 42

    Mar 10, 2007

    1 episode

  • Season 43

    Mar 9, 2008

    1 episode

  • Season 44

    Feb 27, 2009

    1 episode

  • Season 45

    Mar 2, 2010

    3 episodes

  • Season 46

    Mar 5, 2011

    1 episode

  • Season 47

    Mar 10, 2012

    1 episode

  • Season 48

    Mar 8, 2014

    2 episodes

  • Season 49

    Mar 3, 2015

    3 episodes

  • Season 50

    Feb 19, 2017

    3 episodes

  • Season 51

    Feb 18, 2018

    3 episodes

  • Season 52

    Feb 16, 2019

    3 episodes

  • Season 53

    Feb 22, 2020

    3 episodes

  • Poster for Season 54 of Festival da Canção

    Season 54

    Mar 5, 2022

    3 episodes

  • Season 55

    Feb 25, 2023

    3 episodes

  • Season 56

    Feb 24, 2024

    3 episodes

  • Season 57

    Feb 22, 2025

    3 episodes

  • Season 58

    Feb 21, 2026

    3 episodes

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