Portugal has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 41 times since its debut entry in 1964. It achieved its best result in 1996, when Lúcia Moniz came sixth with "O meu coração não tem cor", getting the maximum 12 points a country can give from both Cyprus and Norway and receiving 92 points in total. Portugal's least successful entries have been in 1964, 1974 and 1997 when Portugal placed last.