Portugal: 'Festival da Canção' 2023 songs and artists revealed

Source: RTP

Portuguese broadcaster RTP has released the 20 songs competing in 'Festival Da Canção' 2023, the annual selection show to find Portugal’s Eurovision entry.

As in past years, these entries will be divided into two semi-finals of 10 songs each, with the top five songs from each semi-final progressing to the Grand Final.

Here are the competing artists and song titles, click on artist and song to listen to the entries:

• April Ivy - 'Modo Voo'

• Bandua - 'Bandeiras'

• Bárbara Tinoco - 'Goodnight'

• BOLHA - 'Sonhos de Liberdade'

• Churky - 'Encruzilhada'

• Cláudia Pascoal - 'Nasci Maria'

• DAPUNKSPORTIF - 'World Needs Therapy'

• Edmundo Inácio - 'A Festa'

• Esse Povo - 'Sapatos de Cimento'

• INÊS APENAS - 'Fim do Mundo'

• Ivandro - 'Povo'

• Lara Li - 'Funâmbula'

• Mimicat - 'Ai Coração'

• MoYah - 'Too Much Sauce'

• Neon Soho - 'Endless World'

• SAL - 'Viver'

• Teresinha Landeiro - 'Enquanto é tempo'

• The Happy Mess - 'O Impossível'

• Voodoo Marmalade - 'Tormento'

• You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown - 'Contraste Mudo'

Alternatively listen to the songs in a playlist here.

The Festival da Canção 2023 semi-final 1 will take place on February 25, semi-final 2 on March 4 and the Final will take place on March 11.

Portugal was represented at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest by MARO with her beautiful ballad ‘Saudade, saudade’. She achieved Portugal’s best Eurovision result since Salvador Sobral’s win in 2017, landing in 9th place with 207 points.

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