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{{about||the most recent participation|Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024}}
{{Infobox song contest country
| Name = Portugal
| Contest = ESC
| Member station = [[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|RTP]]
| Broadcaster = {{lang|pt|[[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal]]|i=no}} (RTP; 2004–present)
| National selection event =
{{Collapsible list
| title = National finalFormerly
| {{lang|pt|[[Radiotelevisão Portuguesa]]|i=no}} (RTP; 1964–2003)
| '''{{lang|pt|[[Festival da Canção]]|i=unset}}'''{{Efn|The Festival da Canção was also held in 1970 and 2000, although Portugal did not participate in either of those years.}}
| 1964–1969
| 1971–1987
| 1989–1999
| 2001
| 2003 (song)
| 2004
| 2006–2012
| 2014–2015
| 2017–2023
}}
| Apps = 55 (46 finals)
{{Collapsible list
| First = {{Escyr|1964}}
| title = Internal selection
| Highest = 1st: {{Escyr|2017}}
| 1976 (artist)
| 1988
| 2003 (artist)
| 2005
}}
| ESC apps = 53 (44 finals)
| ESC first = {{Escyr|1964}}
| ESC last =
| ESC best = 1st: {{Escyr|2017}}
| Host = {{Escyr|2018}}
| Nul pointsRelated = {{Escyrlang|1964}},pt|[[Festival {{Escyrda Canção]]|1997i=no}}
| Website = [http://media.rtp.pt/eurovisao/ RTP page]
| Current = 2024
| EBU page = https://eurovision.tv/country/portugal
| Current = 2022
}}
 
[[Portugal]] has participated in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] 5355 times since its debut at the [[Eurovision Song Contest {{escyr|1964||1964 contest]]}}. Since then it has missed five contests ({{escyr|1970}}, {{escyr|2000}}, {{escyr|2002}}, {{escyr|2013}}, and {{escyr|2016}}). The contestcurrent isPortuguese broadcastparticipant broadcaster in Portugalthe bycontest is {{lang|pt|[[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal]]|i=no}} (RTP), which select its entrant with the national selection {{lang|pt|[[Festival da Canção]]|i=no}}. Portugal won the contest for the first time in {{escyr|2017}} and hosted the {{escyr|2018}} contest in [[Lisbon]].
 
Portugal finished last on its debut in 1964 and again in {{escyr|1974}}, before achieving its best result of the 20th century in {{escyr|1996}}, with "{{lang|pt|[[O meu coração não tem cor]]|i=no}}" performed by [[Lúcia Moniz]] finishing sixth. The country then finished last for the third time in {{escyr|1997}}. Having not appeared in the final since {{escyr|2010}} and as holders of the record for most appearances in the contest without a win, Portugal won at the 49th attempt, when [[Salvador Sobral]] won the 2017 contest with the song "{{lang|pt|[[Amar pelos dois]]|i=unsetno}}" by [[Salvador Sobral]] won the 2017 contest, Portugal's first top-five result in the contest. As hosts in 2018, the country finished last in the contest for a fourth time.
 
==History==
[[File:Luísa and Salvador Sobral, ESC 2017 Winner's press conference.jpg|thumb|[[Salvador Sobral]] (right) at a press conference following his win at the {{escyr|2017|3=2017 contest}}, with his sister [[Luísa Sobral|Luísa]] (left)]]
{{lang|pt|[[Radiotelevisão Portuguesa]]|i=no}} (RTP) was a full member of the [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU), thus eligible to participate in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. It participated in the contest representing Portugal since its {{Escyr|1964||ninth edition}} in 1964. Since 2004, after a [[restructuring]] that led to the incorporation of RTP into the current {{lang|pt|[[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal]]|i=no}} (RTP), it is the latter who participates representing Portugal.
Portugal's debut entry was [[António Calvário]] with "{{lang|pt|[[Oração]]|i=unset}}". It was not a successful debut for the country, with Calvário coming last in the contest. Since then, Portugal has come last on three further occasions, in [[Eurovision Song Contest 1974|1974]], when [[Paulo de Carvalho]] sang "{{lang|pt|[[E depois do adeus]]|i=unset}}", in [[Eurovision Song Contest 1997|1997]], when Célia Lawson performed "{{lang|pt|[[Antes do adeus]]|i=unset}}" and in {{escyr|2018}} as a host country. Despite its last-place finish in the contest, "E depois do adeus" gained notability for being used as the radio musical signal to begin the [[Carnation Revolution]] against the [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]] regime, being played at 22:55 on 24 April 1974.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYVONDlu-Zs The Eurovision song that made Portuguese history - second Semi-Final - Eurovision 2018, Official Youtube Eurovision Channel, 10.05.2018]</ref> Prior to their sixth-place finish for [[Lúcia Moniz]], with the song "{{lang|pt|[[O meu coração não tem cor]]|i=unset}}" in {{escyr|1996}}, Portugal's best result in the contest was two seventh-place finishes, for [[Carlos Mendes (singer)|Carlos Mendes]] in {{escyr|1972}} and [[José Cid]] in {{escyr|1980}}. Despite having some really weak results, the 90s were the most successful decade for the country, reaching the top 10 four times. Portugal had admission to take part in the 2000 and 2002 contest but refused. Its place was taken by Latvia both times, which ended up winning the contest in the latter year.
 
Portugal's debut entry was "{{lang|pt|[[Oração]]|i=unset}}" by [[António Calvário]]. It was not a successful debut for the country, with Calvário coming last in the contest. Since then, Portugal has come last on three further occasions, in {{escyr|1974}} with "{{lang|pt|[[E depois do adeus]]|i=unset}}" by [[Paulo de Carvalho]], in {{escyr|1997}} with "{{lang|pt|[[Antes do adeus]]|i=unset}}" by Célia Lawson, and in {{escyr|2018}} as a host country. Despite its last-place finish in the contest, "E depois do adeus" gained notability for being used as the radio musical signal to begin the [[Carnation Revolution]] against the [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]] regime, being played at 22:55 on 24 April 1974.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fernandes |first=Alex |date=2024-04-21 |title=How Portugal’s 1974 Eurovision entry toppled the country’s fascist regime |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/21/how-portugals-1974-eurovision-entry-toppled-the-countrys-fascist-regime |access-date=2024-04-21 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> Prior to its sixth-place finish for "{{lang|pt|[[O meu coração não tem cor]]|i=no}}" by [[Lúcia Moniz]] in {{escyr|1996}}, Portugal's best result in the contest was two seventh-place finishes, for [[Carlos Mendes (singer)|Carlos Mendes]] in {{escyr|1972}} and [[José Cid]] in {{escyr|1980}}. Despite prior poor results, the 1990s were the most successful decade for the country, with four recorded finishes in the top 10. Portugal was relegated in 2000 due to insufficient points accrued, and withdrew in 2002 due to financial difficulties (allowing Latvia, who ultimately won, to compete).
Since semi-finals were introduced in [[Eurovision Song Contest 2004|2004]], Portugal has failed to reach the final eight times, including from 2004 to 2007. In [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008|2008]], [[Vânia Fernandes]] finished 13th with the song "{{lang|pt|[[Senhora do mar (negras águas)|Senhora do mar]]}}", Portugal's best result since 1996. The country continued to be present in the final until 2010. In {{escyr|2017}}, Portugal reached the finals with [[Salvador Sobral]]'s entry, "{{lang|pt|[[Amar pelos dois]]|i=unset}}", ending a 6-year non-appearance in the finals, as it did not participate in the contest in 2013 and 2016 and did not qualify for the finals in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015, finally winning the contest for the first time ever, earning 758 points, setting the record for the highest number of points in the history of the competition, topping both the televoting and jury voting for the first time since {{Esccnty|Austria|y=2014}}'s "[[Rise Like a Phoenix]]" in {{Escyr|2014}}. It was the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since {{Esccnty|Serbia|y=2007}}'s "{{lang|sr-latn|[[Molitva]]|i=unset}}" in {{Escyr|2007}}. As the host country in {{escyr|2018}}, Portugal came last for the fourth time in the contest, and for the first time in a non-joint last position. This was the third instance of a host country placing in the bottom five since {{escyr|2015}}. Following a non-qualification in {{escyr|2019}}, Portugal recorded a 12th-place finish in {{escyr|2021}} and a ninth-place finish in {{escyr|2022}}.
 
Since semi-finals were introduced in {{escyr|2004}}, Portugal has failed to reach the final eight times, including from 2004 to 2007. In {{escyr|2008}}, "{{lang|pt|[[Senhora do mar (negras águas)|Senhora do mar]]|i=no}}" by [[Vânia Fernandes]] finished 13th, Portugal's best result since 1996. The country continued to be present in the final until 2010. In {{escyr|2017}}, Portugal reached the finals with "{{lang|pt|[[Amar pelos dois]]|i=no}}" by [[Salvador Sobral]], ending a 6-year non-appearance in the finals, as it did not participate in the contest in 2013 and 2016 and did not qualify for the finals in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015, finally winning the contest for the first time ever, earning 758 points, setting the record for the highest number of points in the history of the competition, topping both the televoting and jury voting for the first time since {{Esccnty|Austria|y=2014}}'s "[[Rise Like a Phoenix]]" in {{Escyr|2014}}. It was the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since {{Esccnty|Serbia|y=2007}}'s "{{lang|sr-latn|[[Molitva]]|i=unset}}" in {{Escyr|2007}}. As the host country in {{escyr|2018}}, Portugal came last for the fourth time in the contest, and for the first time in a non-joint last position. This was the third instance of a host country placing in the bottom five since {{escyr|2015}}. Following a non-qualification in {{escyr|2019}}, Portugal recorded a 12th-place finish in {{escyr|2021}}, a ninth-place finish in {{escyr|2022}}, a 23rd-place finish in {{escyr|2023}}, and a tenth-place finish in {{escyr|2024}}.
== Absences ==
 
=== Absences ===
Portugal has been absent from five contests since their first participation. The country's first absence was in {{Escyr|1970}}, where Portugal, along with four other countries, boycotted the contest due to the result of the previous year, when four countries were announced the winner.<ref name="Official History">O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 {{ISBN|978-1-84442-994-3}}</ref>
 
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== Participation overview ==
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|bgcolor=#A4EAA9|{{center|'''X'''}}
| Last place
|Entry selected but did not compete
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#A4EAA9;" | '''X'''
|bgcolor=#ddddff|{{center|'''†'''}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | EntrantArtist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Language
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! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Semi
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Points
|-bgcolor="#fe8080"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{Escyr|1964}}
|[[António Calvário]]
|"{{lang|pt|[[Oração]]|i=unset}}"
|[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
|align=center|13 ◁
|align=center|0
|rowspan="28" colspan="2" data-sort-value="99999" {{N/A|No semi-finals}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19651964}}
| [[Simone deAntónio OliveiraCalvário]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Sol de invernoOração]]|i=unset}}"
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 13 ◁
|align=center|13
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 0
|align=center|1
| rowspan="28" colspan="2" {{N/A|No semi-finals}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19661965}}
| [[MadalenaSimone de IglésiasOliveira]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[EleSol ede elainverno]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" | 13
|align style="text-align:center;" |6 1
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19671966}}
| [[EduardoMadalena NascimentoIglésias]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[OEle ventoe mudouela]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |12 13
|align style="text-align:center;" |3 6
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19681967}}
| [[Eduardo Nascimento]]
|[[Carlos Mendes (singer)|Carlos Mendes]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[VerãoO vento mudou]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |11 12
|align style="text-align:center;" |5 3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19691968}}
| [[Carlos Mendes (singer)|Carlos Mendes]]
|Simone de Oliveira
| "{{lang|pt|[[Desfolhada portuguesaVerão]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |15 11
|align style="text-align:center;" |4 5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19711969}}
| Simone de Oliveira
|[[Tonicha]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Menina do alto daDesfolhada serraportuguesa]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |9 15
|align style="text-align:center;" |83 4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19721971}}
| [[Tonicha]]
|Carlos Mendes
| "{{lang|pt|[[AMenina do festaalto da vidaserra]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |7 9
|align style="text-align:center;" |90 83
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19731972}}
| Carlos Mendes
|[[Fernando Tordo]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[TouradaA festa da vida]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |10 7
|align style="text-align:center;" |80 90
|-bgcolor="#fe8080"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{Escyr|1974}}
|[[Paulo de Carvalho]]
|"{{lang|pt|[[E depois do adeus]]|i=unset}}"
|Portuguese
|align=center|14 ◁
|align=center|3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19751973}}
| [[DuarteFernando MendesTordo]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Madrugada (song)|MadrugadaTourada]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |16 10
|align style="text-align:center;" |16 80
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19761974}}
| [[CarlosPaulo dode CarmoCarvalho]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Uma florE dedepois verdedo pinhoadeus]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 14 ◁
|align=center|12
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 3
|align=center|24
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19771975}}
| [[OsDuarte AmigosMendes]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[PortugalMadrugada no coração(song)|Madrugada]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |14 16
|align style="text-align:center;" |18 16
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19781976}}
| [[Carlos do Carmo]]
|[[Gemini (Portuguese band)|Gemini]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Uma flor de verde pinho]]|i=unset}}"
|"[[Dai li dou]]"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |17 12
|align style="text-align:center;" |5 24
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19791977}}
| [[ManuelaOs BravoAmigos]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Sobe, sobe,Portugal balãono sobecoração]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |9 14
| style="text-align:center;" | 18
|align=center|64{{Efn|During the voting announcement, due to a misunderstanding by the presenter Yardena Arazi, Spain appeared to award 10 points to both Portugal and Israel and these scores were added to the scoreboard. After the programme, verification confirmed that Portugal should only have received six points, leaving the total Portuguese score reduced by four points to 64.}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19801978}}
| [[Gemini (Portuguese band)|Gemini]]
|[[José Cid]]
| "[[Dai li dou]]"
|"{{lang|pt|[[Um grande, grande amor]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |7 17
|align style="text-align:center;" |71 5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19811979}}
| [[CarlosManuela PaiãoBravo]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Sobe, sobe, balão sobe]]|i=unset}}"
|"[[Playback (Carlos Paião song)|Playback]]"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |18 9
|align style="text-align:center;" |9 64
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19821980}}
| [[DoceJosé Cid]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[BemUm grande, grande bomamor]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |13 7
|align style="text-align:center;" |32 71
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19831981}}
| [[ArmandoCarlos GamaPaião]]
| "[[Playback (Carlos Paião song)|Playback]]"
|"{{lang|pt|[[Esta balada que te dou]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |13 18
|align style="text-align:center;" |33 9
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19841982}}
| [[Maria GuinotDoce]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Silêncio e tantaBem gentebom]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |11 13
|align style="text-align:center;" |38 32
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19851983}}
| [[Armando Gama]]
|[[Adelaide Ferreira|Adelaide]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[PensoEsta embalada ti,que eute seidou]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |18 13
|align style="text-align:center;" |9 33
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19861984}}
| [[DoraMaria (singer)|DoraGuinot]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Não sejasSilêncio maue paratanta mimgente]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |14 11
|align style="text-align:center;" |28 38
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19871985}}
| [[Adelaide Ferreira|Adelaide]]
|[[Nevada (Portuguese band)|Nevada]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[NestePenso em barcoti, àeu velasei]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" | 18
|align style="text-align:center;" |15 9
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19881986}}
| [[Dora (singer)|Dora]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[VoltareiNão sejas mau para mim|Não sejas mau p'ra mim]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |18 14
|align style="text-align:center;" |5 28
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19891987}}
| [[Da VinciNevada (Portuguese band)|Da VinciNevada]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[ConquistadorNeste (Dabarco Vincià song)|Conquistadorvela]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |16 18
|align style="text-align:center;" |39 15
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19901988}}
| Dora
|[[Nucha (singer)|Nucha]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Há sempre alguémVoltarei]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |20 18
|align style="text-align:center;" |9 5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19911989}}
| [[DulceDa PontesVinci (band)|DulceDa Vinci]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[LusitanaConquistador paixão(Da Vinci song)|Conquistador]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |8 16
|align style="text-align:center;" |62 39
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19921990}}
| [[DinaNucha (singer)|DinaNucha]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[AmorHá d'águasempre frescaalguém]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |17 20
|align style="text-align:center;" |26 9
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19931991}}
| [[Anabela BrazDulce PiresPontes|AnabelaDulce]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[A cidade (até serLusitana dia)paixão]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |10 8
|align style="text-align:center;" |60 62
|colspan="2" data-sort-value="-9999" {{N/A|[[Kvalifikacija za Millstreet]]}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19941992}}
| [[SaraDina Tavares(singer)|Dina]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[ChamarAmor ad'água músicafresca]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |8 17
|align style="text-align:center;" |73 26
|rowspan="2" colspan="2" data-sort-value="99999" {{N/A|No semi-finals}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19951993}}
| [[Anabela Braz Pires|Anabela]]
|[[Tó Cruz]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[BaunilhaA cidade (até ser dia)|A cidade até eser chocolatedia]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |21 10
|align style="text-align:center;" |5 60
| colspan="2" {{N/A|{{lang|sl|[[Kvalifikacija za Millstreet]]}}}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19961994}}
| [[LúciaSara MonizTavares|Sara]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[O meu coração nãoChamar tema cormúsica]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |6 8
|align style="text-align:center;" |92 73
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" {{N/A|No semi-finals}}
|align=center|18
|align=center|32
|-bgcolor="#fe8080"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{Escyr|1997}}
|Célia Lawson
|"{{lang|pt|[[Antes do adeus]]|i=unset}}"
|Portuguese
|align=center|24 ◁
|align=center|0
|rowspan="5" colspan="2" data-sort-value="99999" {{N/A|No semi-finals}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19981995}}
| [[AlmaTó LusaCruz]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Se eu teBaunilha pudessee abraçarchocolate]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |12 21
|align style="text-align:center;" |36 5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|19991996}}
| [[Lúcia Moniz]]
|Rui Bandeira
| "{{lang|pt|[[ComoO meu coração não tudotem começoucor]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |21 6
|align style="text-align:center;" |12 92
| style="text-align:center;" | 18
| style="text-align:center;" | 32
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|20011997}}
| [[Célia Lawson]]
|MTM
| "{{lang|pt|[[Só sei serAntes felizdo assimadeus]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 24 ◁
|align=center|17
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 0
|align=center|18
| rowspan="5" colspan="2" {{N/A|No semi-finals}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|20031998}}
| [[RitaAlma GuerraLusa]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Deixa-meSe sonhareu (sóte mais uma vez)|Deixa-mepudesse sonharabraçar]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese, [[English language|English]]
|align style="text-align:center;" |22 12
|align style="text-align:center;" |13 36
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|20041999}}
| Rui Bandeira
|[[Sofia Vitória]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[FoiComo tudo magiacomeçou]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
| style="text-align:center;" | 21
|colspan="2" rowspan="4" {{N/A|Failed to qualify}}
|align style="text-align:center;" |15 12
|align=center|38
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|20052001}}
| MTM
|[[2B (band)|2B]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[AmarSó (song)|Amarsei ser feliz assim]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|Portuguese, English
|align style="text-align:center;" | 17
|align style="text-align:center;" |51 18
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|20062003}}
| [[NonstopRita (band)|NonstopGuerra]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[CoisasDeixa-me de nadasonhar (Gonnasó Makemais Youuma Dancevez)|Coisas deDeixa-me nadasonhar]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese, English
|align style="text-align:center;" |19 22
|align style="text-align:center;" |26 13
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|20072004}}
| [[Sofia Vitória]]
|[[Sabrina (Portuguese singer)|Sabrina]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Dança comigo (vem ser feliz)|DançaFoi comigomagia]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|Portuguese{{Efn|Also contains phrases in [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].}}
| colspan="2" rowspan="4" {{N/A|Failed to qualify}}
|align=center|11
|align style="text-align:center;" |88 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 38
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|20082005}}
| [[Vânia2B Fernandes(band)|2B]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Senhora do marAmar (negras águassong)|Amar]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese, English
|align style="text-align:center;" |13 17
|align style="text-align:center;" |69 51
|align=center bgcolor="silver"|2
|align=center bgcolor="silver"|120
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|20092006}}
| [[Nonstop (band)|Nonstop]]
|[[Flor-de-Lis]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[TodasCoisas asde ruasnada (Gonna Make You Dance)|Coisas dode amornada]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese, English
|align style="text-align:center;" |15 19
|align style="text-align:center;" |57 26
|align=center|8
|align=center|70
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|20102007}}
| [[Sabrina (Portuguese singer)|Sabrina]]
|[[Filipa Azevedo]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[HáDança diascomigo (vem ser feliz)|Dança assimcomigo]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |18 11
|align style="text-align:center;" |43 88
|align=center|4
|align=center|89
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|20112008}}
| [[Homens daVânia LutaFernandes]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[ASenhora do lutamar é(negras alegriaáguas)]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
|colspan="2" rowspan="4" {{N/A|Failed to qualify}}
|align style="text-align:center;" |18 69
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 2
|align=center|22
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 120
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|20122009}}
| [[Filipa SousaFlor-de-Lis]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[VidaTodas as ruas do minhaamor]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |13 15
|align style="text-align:center;" |39 57
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| style="text-align:center;" | 70
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|20142010}}
| [[SuzyFilipa (singer)|SuzyAzevedo]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[QueroHá serdias tuaassim]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" |11 18
|align style="text-align:center;" |39 43
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 89
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|20152011}}
| [[LeonorHomens da AndradeLuta]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Há um marA queluta nosé separaalegria]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
| colspan="2" rowspan="4" {{N/A|Failed to qualify}}
|align=center|14
|align style="text-align:center;" |19 18
| style="text-align:center;" | 22
|-bgcolor="gold"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{Escyr|2017}}
|[[Salvador Sobral]]
|"{{lang|pt|[[Amar pelos dois]]|i=unset}}"
|Portuguese
|align=center|1
|align=center|758
|align=center|1
|align=center|370
|-bgcolor="#fe8080"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{Escyr|2018}}
|[[Cláudia Pascoal]]
|"{{lang|pt|[[O jardim]]|i=unset}}"
|Portuguese
|align=center|26 ◁
|align=center|39
|colspan="2" data-sort-value="-9999" {{N/A|Host country}}{{efn|name=note3|If a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year.}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|20192012}}
| [[ConanFilipa OsírisSousa]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[TelemóveisVida minha]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
|colspan="2" {{N/A|Failed to qualify}}
|align style="text-align:center;" |15 39
|-
|align=center|51
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2014}}
|-bgcolor="#A4EAA9"
| [[Suzy (singer)|Suzy]]
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{Escyr|2020}}
| "{{lang|pt|[[Quero ser tua]]|i=unset}}"
|[[Elisa Silva|Elisa]]
| Portuguese
|"{{lang|pt|[[Medo de sentir (Elisa song)|Medo de sentir]]|i=unset}}"
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
|Portuguese
| style="text-align:center;" | 39
|colspan="4" {{N/A|Contest cancelled}}{{Efn|The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].}} '''X'''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2015}}
| [[Leonor Andrade]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Há um mar que nos separa]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:center;" | 19
|- style="background-color:#FFD700;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2017}}
| [[Salvador Sobral]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Amar pelos dois]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 758
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 370
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2018}}
| [[Cláudia Pascoal]]{{efn|Performance contains uncredited live vocals from [[Isaura (singer)|Isaura]]}}
| "{{lang|pt|[[O jardim]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 26 ◁
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 39
| colspan="2" {{N/A|Host country}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2019}}
| [[Conan Osíris]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Telemóveis]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
| colspan="2" {{N/A|Failed to qualify}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 51
|- style="background-color:#A4EAA9;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2020}}
| [[Elisa Silva|Elisa]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Medo de sentir (Elisa song)|Medo de sentir]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
| colspan="4" {{N/A|Contest cancelled}}{{Efn|The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].}} '''X'''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2021}}
| [[The Black Mamba (band)|The Black Mamba]]
| "[[Love Is on My Side]]"
| English
|align style="text-align:center;" | 12
|align style="text-align:center;" | 153
|align style="text-align:center;" | 4
|align style="text-align:center;" | 239
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2022}}
| [[Maro (Portuguese singer)|Maro]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Saudade, saudade]]|i=unset}}"
| English, Portuguese
|align style="text-align:center;" | 9
|align style="text-align:center;" | 207
|align style="text-align:center;" | 4
|align style="text-align:center;" | 208
|-
|- style="background:#ddddff;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2023}}
| [[Mimicat]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Ai coração (Mimicat song)|Ai coração]]|i=no}}"
| Portuguese
| style="text-align:center;" | 23
| colspan="2" {{TBA|Upcoming '''†'''}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 59
| colspan="2"{{TBA|TBA 9 May 2023 '''†'''}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 74
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2024}}
| [[Iolanda (singer)|Iolanda]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Grito (song)|Grito]]|i=no}}"
| Portuguese
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" | 152
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| style="text-align:center;" | 58
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2025}}
| colspan="7" {{TBA|Confirmed intention to participate '''†'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.escportugal.pt/2024/05/portugal-rtp-pondera-protesto-formal.html |title=Portugal: RTP pondera "protesto formal" acerca do atraso da divulgação da atuação de Iolanda |trans-title= Portugal: RTP considers "formal protest" over delay in broadcasting Iolanda's performance |date=2024-05-12 |access-date=2024-05-13 |work=ESC Portugal | language=pt}}</ref>}}
|}
 
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|Press Award
| "{{lang|pt|[[Senhora do mar (negras águas)]]|i=unset}}"
|[[Andrej Babić]], Carlos Coelho
| [[Vânia Fernandes]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 13
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===Commentators and spokespersons===
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{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:90%;"
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!Year
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|-
!scope="row"|{{Escyr|1963}}
|{{N/A|Unknown}}Federico Gallo ||rowspan="9" {{N/A|Unknown}} ||{{N/A|Did not participate}} ||
|-
!scope="row"|{{Escyr|1964}}
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|-
!scope="row"|{{Escyr|1966}}
|rowspan="23" |[[Fialho Gouveia]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|{{Escyr|1967}}
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|-
!scope="row"|{{Escyr|1968}}
|
|[[Fialho Gouveia]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|{{Escyr|1969}}
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|-
!scope="row"|{{Escyr|2023}}
| rowspan="2" | José Carlos Malato, Nuno Galopim || [[Maro (Portuguese singer)|Maro]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.escportugal.pt/2023/04/portugal-nuno-galopim-e-jose-carlos.html|title=Portugal: Nuno Galopim e José Carlos Malato comentam a Eurovisão 2023 na RTP1|last=Diogo|first=João|date=26 April 2023|work=ESC Portugal|language=pt}}</ref>}}
| José Carlos Malato, Nuno Galopim || {{TBA}}
|-
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.escportugal.pt/2023/04/portugal-nuno-galopim-e-jose-carlos.html|title=Portugal: Nuno Galopim e José Carlos Malato comentam a Eurovisão 2023 na RTP1|last=Diogo|first=João|date=26 April 2023|work=ESC Portugal|language=pt}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{Escyr|2024}}
|{{N/A|No radio broadcast}} || [[Mimicat]] || {{center|<ref>{{cite web |title=Portugal: RTP Revealed Commentators for Eurovision 2024 |url=https://eurovoix.com/2024/04/28/portugal-rtp-revealed-commentators-for-eurovision-2024/ |work=Eurovoix |access-date=28 April 2024 |date=28 April 2024 |first=Davide |last=Conte}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ESC2024: Mimicat é a porta-voz do júri de Portugal na Final da Eurovisão 2024 |trans-title=ESC2024: Mimicat is the spokesperson for Portugal's jury in the Eurovision 2024 Final |url=https://www.escportugal.pt/2024/05/esc2024-mimicat-e-porta-voz-do-juri-de.html |website=ESC Portugal |access-date=9 May 2024 |language=pt-PT |date=9 May 2024}}</ref>}}
|}
 
==Comedy Photo gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed">
In the late 1990s the English actor and comedian [[Steve Coogan]] created the character ''"Tony Ferrino"'' for his television comedy series. ''"Tony Ferrino"'' is supposedly a Portuguese singer and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest; he is a stereotype based on singers and entertainers often seen on European television programmes in the 1970s and 1980s. The [[BBC]] produced a one-off programme ''The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon'' in 1997.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
File:Eurovision Song Contest 1965 - Simone de Oliveira.jpg|[[Simone de Oliveira]] in Naples ({{Escyr|1965}})
File:JoseCidEurovision.jpg|[[José Cid]] in The Hague ({{Escyr|1980}})
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File:ESC2019-Portugal.jpg|[[Conan Osíris]] in Tel Aviv ({{Escyr|2019}})
File:Eurovision 2022 - Semi-final 1 - Portugal - Maro.jpg|[[Maro (Portuguese singer)|Maro]] in Turin ({{Escyr|2022}})
File:Eurovision 2023 - Jury Semi-final 1 - Portugal - Mimicat (02).jpg|[[Mimicat]] in Liverpool ({{Escyr|2023}})
File:Iolanda Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Final Malmö dress rehearsal semi 1 03.jpg|[[Iolanda (singer)|Iolanda]] in Malmö ({{Escyr|2024}})
</gallery>
 
==See also==
* [[Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest]] &ndash; Junior version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
* [[Portugal in the Eurovision Dance Contest]] &ndash; Dance version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
* [[Portugal in the Eurovision Young Dancers]] &ndash; A competition organised by the EBU for younger dancers aged between 16 and 21.
* [[Portugal in the Eurovision Young Musicians]] &ndash; A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged 18 years and younger.
* [[Portugal in the OTI Festival]] &ndash; A competition organised by {{lang|es|[[Organización de Telecomunicaciones de Iberoamérica|Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana]]|i=no}} (OTI) between 1972 and 2000.
 
==Notes==
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