Portuguese media: Here are the hosts of Eurovision 2018

Catarina Furtado, Daniela Ruah, Filomena Cautela and Sílvia Alberto. These are the hosts chosen to present Eurovision Song Contest 2018, which takes place for the first time in Portugal.

Sources to the Portuguese media impala.pt say the four women did some official photo shoot last week, related to Eurovision 2018. The Portuguese broadcaster RTP has scheduled the official announcement of the names that will host Eurovision 2018 for this Monday, 8 January.

Several names have been mentioned over the last few months as potential presenters of the contest, from Pedro Granger to José Carlos Malato, to Portuguese-born Nelly Furtado.

The choice ended up falling into three names known from TV, Catarina Furtado, Filomena Cautela and Sílvia Alberto. Daniela Ruah is a Portuguese actress starring in the American series "Criminal Investigation: Los Angeles".

RTP will not confirm the hosts before Monday's event.

3 TV presenters & 1 actress

Catarina Furtado
Catarina has been a presenter on Portuguese television since the 1990s. Her breakthrough came as the presenter of the weekly charts program Top+ on RTP. Lately she has been the host of The Voice of Portugal as well as presenting the Portuguese national selection for Eurovision, Festival da Canção.

Silvia Alberto
Slivia has been a presenter at RTP since 2000 and has hosted a number of well known programs, including the Portuguese national selection for Eurovision, Festival da Canção, a total of seven times, as well as Danca Comigo.

Filomena Cautela
Filomena has been a television presenter for various channels since 2004. In 2017 she was the spokesperson for Portugal at Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Daniela Ruah
Daniela is a Portuguese-American born actress, and is best known for playing the part of Kensi Blye in NCIS: Los Angeles.