Festival da Canção continued on Saturday evening, 28 February, with another eight acts taking the stage at the Valentim de Carvalho studios. The line-up for the Festival da Canção 2026 final is now complete.
After all eight acts had performed, the voting followed the same two-round format used in the first semi-final. The first round selected the four first finalists directly to the final, based on a split combination of jury and public voting. The fifth finalist of the night was determined in a second round, exclusively by televote, which was Gonçalo Gomes. The results of Semi-final 2 are as follows:
First finalists:
Silvana Peres – ‘Não Tem Fim’
Sandrino – ‘Disposto a Tudo’
Bandidos do Cante – ‘Rosa’
João Ribeiro – ‘Canção do Querer’
Advanced to the second round of voting:
Francisco Fontes – ‘Copiloto’
Gonçalo Gomes – ‘Doce Ilusão’ (Final)
Inês Sousa – ‘Um filme ao Contrário’
Jacaréu & Ana Margarida – ‘O-pi-ni-ão’
The show was hosted by Filomena Cautela, Alexandre Guimarães and Catarina Maia. The second semi-final featured performances from 2021 winners The Black Mamba and 2023 runner-up Edmundo Inácio, performing past winning entries from Festival da Canção.
Festival da Canção 2026 will return next week with its grand final scheduled for 7 March. These acts will join the ones that qualified in the first semi-final:
Nunca Mates o Mandarim – ‘Fumo’
Marquise – ‘Chuva’
Dinis Mota – ‘Jurei’
EVAYA – ‘Sprint’
André Amaro - ‘Dá-me a Tua Mão’
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