Aqui há talento was the older Portuguese version of the Got Talent series. It launched on RTP1 on February 1, 2007. Singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other performers competed against each other for a €10,000 money prize. It was hosted by Sílvia Alberto. The judges were Joaquim Monchique, Sílvia Rizzo and Paulo Dias.
Festival da Canção or Festival RTP da Canção is the name given to the national festival, produced and broadcast by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal to choose the Portuguese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Like most pop festivals in isolated countries, it was a very important event for the still incipient music industry of the 60's and 70's. Left wing composers and writers would try to squeeze subversive lyrics in the contest, with great effect. After the 1974 revolution Portugal became increasingly open to foreign culture, thus deeming the Festival as a lesser musical event, dominated by below standard pop songs with little or no impact in the industry, although remaining a high audience TV show.
The 90's saw a recovery of the contests image, then considered a viable means for a new singer to start a career. Internationally acclaimed Portuguese singers Dulce Pontes and Sara Tavares made their debut in the 91 and 94 editions respectively. Many other unknown performers
Talent-show that rewards the most brilliant minds of Portugal! A format that combines surprising and exceptional demonstrations with a scientific approach, in a unique way, where mental dexterity and memory skills play the leading role.
In May 2017, "Amar Pelos Dois", in the voice of Salvador Sobral, gave Portugal its first victory at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the opposite of the song "festivaleira" but, in the voice of a charismatic and different interpreter between the different ones, the composition of Luísa Sobral made history.
Telejornal is a news program aired each day at 20:00 on the Portuguese public television channel RTP1, the flagship channel of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. The first show aired in 1959 and has kept its name since. The title translates as tele-journal. The term 'Telejornal' in Portugal has become synonymous with television news. The show is one of the most viewed in the country and the oldest long-running of Portuguese television.
Portuguese version of the Australian format "Family Food Fight", "Famílias Frente a Frente - Desafio na Cozinha" puts to the test families from different regions, origins and cultures with the objective of finding the family capable of preparing the best homemade dishes.