Portugal in EuroMusic Song Contest

Member station
 Appearances
 First appearances
 Worst result

**Portugal** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. Their first participation was in the third edition of the contest. RTP is responsible for the particiaptions.

## History

Portugal debuted in the third edition, in Nicosia. Normally, they would début at the second edition, but the RTP announced that they would delay their first participation, because of financial difficulties. With the Portuguese song Quero ser tua, they finished at the 9th place with 40 points, were 10 points came from Spain. In the next two years, Portugal was not able to ended in the top 10. In Dublin, they received 16 points and became last. The RTP decided to withraw because of the disappointing results. Probably, also the financial difficulties were a part of the decision.

The Portuguese broadcaster announced to return to the contest for the ninth edition in Sweden, were they finished 15th. For the tenth edition they decided to hold a national selection, where they decided to select the version in English and Portuguese. They reached the fourth place in the semi final. With 63 points, they finished 11th in the final. In Germany, they finished last in their semi final. Also in the next two editions, they failed to qualify for the final. Because of the bad results, the Portuguese broadcaster decided to withdraw from the competition.

The broadcaster from Portugal announced that the country would return to the nineteenth edition of the contest. They failed to qualify in Stockholm. In Baku, they qualified for the final, where they finished at the 7th place. In Sofia, they qualified again and finished at the 11th place in the final. In Glasgow, they failed to qualify. Portugal did not appear on the list of participants published by the EBU for the 23rd edition. They returned for the 27th edition hosted in Warsaw. They finished at the 16th place. In Baku, they obtained a 15th place. They finished in Geneva at the seventh place. In Iceland, they finished at the 20th place. Portugal finished at the last place in the semi final in the 32nd edition. Portugal selected Catarina Miranda to take part in Malta. She qualified for the final and finished there at the 10th place. Because of their result, the country was automatically qualified for the final in the 34th edition. Portugal finished at the 13th place. The same place was obtained in the next edition.

Portugal selected in the 36th edition a song in the English language. It was the first time since the 21st edition that Portugal performed a song fully in the English language. They finished at the third place in the semi final. However their high expectations, the country finished at the eighth place in the grand final. It was still one of the best Portuguese results so far in the history of the contest. Another success was achieved in the next edition where Portugal was able to equalise their best result with their seventh place. Portugal failed to qualify in the 38th edition. In the next edition, they finished at the 8th place in the final. In the 40th edition, Portugal again qualified for the final where they finished at the 11th place. In Cyprus the country failed to qualify.

## See also

* Portugal in EuroMusic Dance Contest
* Portugal in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest