The songwriters chosen for Festival da Canção 2024
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There are many Eurovision Song Contest anniversaries being celebrated in 2024, and one of them is 60 years of Portugal’s ‘Festival da Canção’.
Portuguese broadcaster RTP has revealed the 20 songwriters taking part in this special season of the competition; 14 were invited by RTP, while 6 were selected from a public submission process that began in August.
The songs and artists will be revealed at a later date, with the winning entry representing Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2024.
Festival da Canção 2024 songwriters
Bispo
Buba Espinho
Cristina Clara
FILIPA*
Huca
Yolanda
João Borsch
João Couto*
LEFT.*
Leo Middeia
Maria João
MELA*
Mila Dores
Nena
NOBLE
No Maka
Perpetua
Rita Onofre*
Rita Rocha*
Silk Nobre
* via public submission
The winning songwriter will be hoping to build on recent Portuguese successes, and ultimately emulate Salvador Sobral’s victory in 2017.
