🇵🇹 Portugal: Bandidos do Cante to Eurovision 2026

Bandidos do Cante have won Festival da Canção 2026 with the song “Rosa” (Rose) and will represent Portugal at Eurovision 2026.

Following two semi-finals, the final of Festival da Canção 2026 took place in the Valentim da Carvalho Studios in Lisbon. The show was hosted by Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim. Alongside the 10 competing performances, there were also guest performances from Throes+The Shine, Catarina Salinas, Selma Uamusse, Samuel Uria, and last year’s winners Napa.

The results were decided by seven regional juries (50%) and public voting (50%). The results were as follows:

Running order Artist Song Jury points Televote points Result 1 Bandidos do Cante “Rosa” 10 12 22 points – 1st place 2 João Ribeiro “Canção do querer” 12 2 14 points – 4th place 3 André Amaro “Dá-me a tua mão” 1 7 8 points – 7th place 4 Gonçalo Gomes “Doce ilusão” 4 3 7 points – 9th place 5 Marquise “Chuva” 3 5 8 points – 8th place 6 Evaya “Sprint” 2 1 3 points – 10th place 7 Sandrino “Disposto a tudo” 7 6 13 points – 5th place 8 Nunca Mates o Mandarim “Fumo” 8 8 16 points – 3rd place 9 Silvana Peres “Não tem fim” 5 4 9 points – 6th place 10 Dinis Mota “Jurei” 6 10 16 points – 2nd place

Bandidos do Cante will perform during the first half of the first semi-final on May 12.

Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest+

Portugal debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964, represented by António Calvário. The country finished last, scoring nul points. Before 2017, Portugal’s best result was 6th place, which came in 1996 when Lúcia Moniz performed “O meu coração não tem cor” in Oslo. In 2017, Salvador Sobral took home the crystal microphone with his song “Amar pelos dois”, ending a 53-year wait for a Portuguese win. The 2018 contest was held in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon for the first time.