| Portugal | |
|---|---|
| Member station | RTP |
| National selection events | Festival da Canção |
| Appearances | |
| Appearances | 45 |
| First appearance | 1964 |
| Best result | 6th: 1996 |
| Worst result | Last: 1964, 1974, 1997 |
| External links | |
| RTP page | |
| Portugal's page at Eurovision.tv | |
Portugal has entered the Eurovision Song Contest 45 times since its debut in the 1964 contest. Portugal has missed only three contests since the country's debut in 1964.
Portugal's debut entry was António Calvário with "Oração", however it was not a successful debut for the country, with Calvário coming last in the contest. Since then Portugal has come last another two times, in 1974 when Paulo de Carvalho sang "E depois do adeus" and in 1997 when Célia Lawson performed "Antes do adeus". Despite its last-place finish in the contest, "E depois do adeus" has since gained notability for being one of the two signals to begin the Carnation Revolution against the Estado Novo regime in the country.
Portugal has never won the contest, being the longest country in the contest without a win. Their best place was at the 1996 contest, when Lúcia Moniz came sixth for Portugal with the song "O meu coração não tem cor". As such, Portugal has never finished in the top five of any contest.
Since semi-finals were introduced into the contest in 2004 Portugal could not proceed from the semi-final from 2004 to 2007, achieving a best place of 11th place at Helsinki, 3 points away from qualifying. However, in 2008, Vânia Fernandes became the first Portuguese artist to qualify to the final when she came second with "Senhora do mar (Negras águas)". In the final she came 13th with 69 points, Portugal's best place since 1998. Portugal again qualified to the final in 2009, represented by Flor-de-Lis with "Todas as ruas do amor", where Portugal eventually finished 15th with 57 points. And again in 2010 qualified to the final with Filipa Azevedo. In the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Portugal failed to qualify for the Final for the first time in 3 years when they achieved 18th place with 22 points.
The contest is broadcast in Portugal by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP).
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Portugal has been absent from three contests since their first participation. The country's first absence was in 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.[1]
Portugal missed the 2000 contest due to their poor average results over the past five years. Despite being eligible to enter the 2002 contest, RTP declined to enter, and was replaced by eventual winner Latvia.[2]
Festival da Canção (sometimes referred to as "Festival RTP da Canção") is the Portuguese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, organized by RTP, and is normally held in February/March of the year of the contest. It is one of the longest-running Eurovision selection methods. Previously a number of regional juries selected the winner, however recently the winner has been selected through televoting. In 2009 and 2010, a 50-50 system between district juries and televote (like in the ESC) has benn used.
Despite Portugal being absent from the contest on three occasions, the Festival da Canção has mostly gone on regardlessly. In 1970, when Portugal boycotted the contest, Festival da Canção 1970 went on ahead, the same occurring in 2000. The only time that Festival da Canção has not been held was in 2002.
Portugal has given the most points to...
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 156 |
| 2 | Italy | 152 |
| 3 | Germany | 147 |
| 4 | Spain | 138 |
| 5 | France | 113 |
| = | Israel | 113 |
| = | Ireland | 113 |
Portugal has received the most points from...
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 136 |
| 2 | Spain | 117 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 66 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 52 |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 51 |
NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals since 2004.
Portugal has given the most points to...
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 68 |
| 3 | Romania | 57 |
| 4 | Moldova | 50 |
| 5 | Iceland | 38 |
| 6 | Greece | 33 |
| 7 | Sweden | 28 |
| 8 | Belgium | 26 |
| 9 | Latvia | 24 |
| 10 | Russia | 22 |
Portugal has received the most points from...
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 65 |
| 2 | Andorra | 58 |
| 3 | France | 56 |
| 4 | Spain | 55 |
| 5 | Germany | 33 |
| Belgium | 33 | |
| 6 | Iceland | 25 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 16 |
| 8 | Romania | 15 |
| Albania | 15 | |
| Belarus | 15 |
NOTE: The tables with points from 2004 include points awarded in both finals and semi-finals where the highest point from the final/semi-final is picked.
Since the introduction of televoting and the semi-finals at the 2004 contest, Portugal has frequently awarded relatively high marks to Spain, Ukraine, Romania and Moldova:
Portugal has frequently been awarded relatively high marks by Spain, France, Switzerland and Andorra:
(since 2009, votes have been decided by a combination of 50% televoting results and 50% national jury, but the splits were revealed for 2009 so the televoting results for 2009 is written.)
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