Portugal: Bandidos do Cante confirms participation at Eurovision 2026

This morning, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that the winners of Festival da Canção 2026 , Bandidos do Cante, will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna this May. A rule change to the festival this year made it so the winner of Festival da Can ção 2026 will merely be "eligible" to participate at the Eurovision Song Contest .  This mimics the process in other participating countries such as Italy, where the winner of the Sanremo Music Festival only receives the...