400 more tickets have been released for the final of Festival da Canção 2018.
Portuguese broadcaster RTP has released 400 more tickets for the final of Festival da Canção after the tickets originally sold out within the first three days. The tickets will be available on blueticket.pt and can be bought for 10 euros each.
The first semi-final took place on Sunday, which saw seven artists qualify for the final. The second semi-final will take place this upcoming Sunday, in which the final line-up will be complete.
The final of Festival da Canção will take place on March 4th at Multiusos de Guimarães. The winner of the contest will go on to represent Portugal on home soil at the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest in May, which will be the first time that Portugal will host the contest. As the host nation, Portugal will go directly to the grand final on May 12.
Source: ESCPortugal
Portugal debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964 represented by António Calvário, the country finished last scoring nul points. Prior to 2016, the best result of Portugal in the contest was 6th place. This 6th place came in 1996 when Lúcia Moniz performed “O meu coração não tem cor” on stage in Oslo, Norway. She scored 92 points receiving 12 points from both Norway and Cyprus. Since their debut in 1964 Portugal has missed a total of five contests, the latest being in 2016. After their spectacular win last May, in Kyiv, Portugal will host the 2018 edition of the contest in the capital, Lisbon.