RTP

Portuguese broadcaster RTP has announced that the Portuguese national final, Festival da Cançao, will be held on March 6th. It was also announced that this year there will be two semi finals.

The 24 songs that are competing for a spot in Festival Da Canção 09 has been made public. All songs can be heard online and votes are accepted until 30th of January. The twelve songs that receive the highest amounts of votes will compete in the Portuguese final the 27th of February.