With a similar model to previous years, the Festival da Canção once again involves two semi-finals and a grand final. All programs will be held at RTP studios in Lisbon and as always live on RTP1, RTP Play and RTP Internacional.

In each semi-final, of the ten songs in competition, five go through to the final. The voting system will follow the usual model, with half of the points awarded to a professional jury and the other half to the popular vote.

It is already this Saturday that RTP1 presents the ten competing songs of the first semifinal of the 2022 Song Contest, which will determine on the 12th the song that will represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy, between 10 and 14 May.

The second semifinal of the Festival da Canção on RTP1 will take place on the 7th, the date on which the station celebrates its 65th anniversary.

This year's edition of Festival Canção has great names in Portuguese music, such as Áurea, Azeitonas or FF, among other talented artists with less media coverage, which proves the renewed importance of Festival da Canção in the Portuguese music scene.

BOGANI has historically been present in the main musical events in the country, in particular in the Summer Festivals, now associating itself with one of the most iconic musical events of Portuguese Television.