page_title: Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
section_title: At Eurovision
hierarchical_section_title: Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 / At Eurovision
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Португальський співак Сальвадор Собрал на пісенному конкурсі Євробачення 2017 у Києві
context_page_description: Portugal participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Amar pelos dois", written by Luísa Sobral and performed by her brother Salvador Sobral. Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal organised the national final Festival da Canção 2017 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine. After 16 songs competed through two semi-finals and a final, "Amar pelos dois" performed by Salvador Sobral emerged as the winner, collecting the most points from a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury made up of music professionals and a public televote.
  Portugal was drawn to compete alongside 17 other songs in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 May. "Amar pelos dois" placed first with 370 points, securing its place among 25 other songs in the final on 13 May. In Portugal's Portugal, "Amar pelos dois" became the 65th song to win the Eurovision Song Contest, receiving a record total of 758 points and full marks from 18 national juries and 12 national televotes. This was Portugal's first win in the contest since it began participating in 1964.
context_section_description: According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 31 January 2017, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Portugal was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 9 May 2017, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.
  Once all the competing songs for the 2017 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Portugal was set to perform in position 9, following the entry from Azerbaijan and before the entry from Greece.
caption: Salvador Sobral during the opening ceremony of Eurovision 2017
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