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
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.
Projecto Moda, is a TV-show that premiered in 25 July, on public network RTP1. This will be the Portuguese version of Project Runway.
Casting has already begun. Also, it was revealed that the host of the show will be Nayma Mingas, a former model. Paulo Gomes, will be the mentor. Manuel Alves and the director of Elle Magazine Portugal, Fátima Cotta will be the judges for the season. Other permanent judge, will be Cristina Pinho a spokesperson, from Modalfa, a Portuguese fashion store. It has been announced that the show will have 10 contestants, and only two finalists. The show will have 10 episodes that will air weekly. In this season, there will be no model competition.