As Portugal had not qualified for the final in the previous Contest, the song was performed in the semi-final. Here, it was performed seventeenth, following the Czech Republic's Kabát with "Malá dáma" and preceding Macedonia's Karolina with "Mojot svet". At the close of voting, it had received 88 points, placing 11th in a field of 28 and missing out on qualifying for the final by only 3 points. The result was Portugal's best finish since the introduction of the semi-final in 2004 and in fact resulted in the country, typically known for finishing well out of contention, becoming the most successful Western European entrant in the semi-final.