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Portugal at Eurovision

Portugal first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964 and has entered 57 contests. It has won once, in 2017, with “Amar pelos dois” by Salvador Sobral. The contest has been held there once, in Lisbon in 2018.

57
contests
1
win
1
hosted
first song
1964
contests
57
wins
1 — 2017
last place
4 — 1964, 1974, 1997, 2018
nul points
1964, 1997
in the final
10 of 20 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
sung in
Portuguese (56), English (5)
hosted
Lisbon 2018
not in the line-up
1970, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2016

The win

Photos are stills from the contest’s own videos on YouTube. Each one opens that year’s story.

Every song

All 58 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.

Year Artist Song Result Points
2026 Vienna Bandidos do Cante “Rosa” Portuguese Out in semi-final 1 (12th of 15) 74
2025 Basel Napa “Deslocado” Portuguese 21st of 26 50
2024 Malmö Iolanda “Grito” Portuguese 10th of 26 152
2023 Liverpool Mimicat “Ai coração” Portuguese 23rd of 26 59
2022 Turin Maro “Saudade, saudade” English, Portuguese 9th of 25 207
2021 Rotterdam The Black Mamba “Love Is on My Side” English 12th of 26 153
2020 Rotterdam Elisa “Medo de sentir” Portuguese Contest cancelled —
2019 Tel Aviv Conan Osíris “Telemóveis” Portuguese Out in semi-final 1 (15th of 17) 51
2018 Lisbon Cláudia Pascoal “O jardim” Portuguese 26th of 26 39
2017 Kyiv Salvador Sobral “Amar pelos dois” Portuguese winner! 758
2015 Vienna Leonor Andrade “Há um mar que nos separa” Portuguese Out in semi-final 2 (14th of 17) 19
2014 Copenhagen Suzy “Quero ser tua” Portuguese Out in semi-final 1 (11th of 16) 39
2012 Baku Filipa Sousa “Vida minha” Portuguese Out in semi-final 2 (13th of 18) 39
2011 Düsseldorf Homens da Luta “A luta é alegria” Portuguese Out in semi-final 1 (18th of 19) 22
2010 Oslo Filipa Azevedo “Há dias assim” Portuguese 18th of 25 43
2009 Moscow Flor-de-Lis “Todas as ruas do amor” Portuguese 15th of 25 57
2008 Belgrade Vânia Fernandes “Senhora do mar (Negras águas)” Portuguese 13th of 25 69
2007 Helsinki Sabrina “Dança comigo” Portuguese Out in the semi-final (11th of 28) 88
2006 Athens Nonstop “Coisas de nada” Portuguese, English Out in the semi-final (19th of 23) 26
2005 Kyiv 2B “Amar” Portuguese, English Out in the semi-final (17th of 25) 51
2004 Istanbul Sofia Vitória “Foi magia” Portuguese Out in the semi-final (15th of 22) 38
2003 Riga Rita Guerra “Deixa-me sonhar” Portuguese, English 22nd of 26 13
2001 Copenhagen MTM “Só sei ser feliz assim” Portuguese 17th of 23 18
1999 Jerusalem Rui Bandeira “Como tudo começou” Portuguese 21st of 23 12
1998 Birmingham Alma Lusa “Se eu te pudesse abraçar” Portuguese 12th of 25 36
1997 Dublin Célia Lawson “Antes do adeus” Portuguese 24th of 25 0
1996 Oslo Lúcia Moniz “O meu coração não tem cor” Portuguese 6th of 23 92
1995 Dublin Tó Cruz “Baunilha e chocolate” Portuguese 21st of 23 5
1994 Dublin Sara “Chamar a música” Portuguese 8th of 25 73
1993 Millstreet Anabela “A cidade até ser dia” Portuguese 10th of 25 60
1992 Malmö Dina “Amor d'água fresca” Portuguese 17th of 23 26
1991 Rome Dulce “Lusitana paixão” Portuguese 8th of 22 62
1990 Zagreb Nucha “Há sempre alguém” Portuguese 20th of 22 9
1989 Lausanne Da Vinci “Conquistador” Portuguese 16th of 22 39
1988 Dublin Dora “Voltarei” Portuguese 18th of 21 5
1987 Brussels Nevada “Neste barco à vela” Portuguese 18th of 22 15
1986 Bergen Dora “Não sejas mau p'ra mim” Portuguese 14th of 20 28
1985 Gothenburg Adelaide “Penso em ti, eu sei” Portuguese 18th of 19 9
1984 Luxembourg City Maria Guinot “Silêncio e tanta gente” Portuguese 11th of 19 38
1983 Munich Armando Gama “Esta balada que te dou” Portuguese 13th of 20 33
1982 Harrogate Doce “Bem bom” Portuguese 13th of 18 32
1981 Dublin Carlos Paião “Playback” Portuguese 18th of 20 9
1980 The Hague José Cid “Um grande, grande amor” Portuguese 7th of 19 71
1979 Jerusalem Manuela Bravo “Sobe, sobe, balão sobe” Portuguese 9th of 19 64
1978 Paris Gemini “Dai li dou” Portuguese 17th of 20 5
1977 London Os Amigos “Portugal no coração” Portuguese 14th of 18 18
1976 The Hague Carlos do Carmo “Uma flor de verde pinho” Portuguese 12th of 18 24
1975 Stockholm Duarte Mendes “Madrugada” Portuguese 16th of 19 16
1974 Brighton Paulo de Carvalho “E depois do adeus” Portuguese 14th of 17 3
1973 Luxembourg City Fernando Tordo “Tourada” Portuguese 10th of 17 80
1972 Edinburgh Carlos Mendes “A festa da vida” Portuguese 7th of 18 90
1971 Dublin Tonicha “Menina do alto da serra” Portuguese 9th of 18 83
1969 Madrid Simone de Oliveira “Desfolhada portuguesa” Portuguese 15th of 16 4
1968 London Carlos Mendes “Verão” Portuguese 11th of 17 5
1967 Vienna Eduardo Nascimento “O vento mudou” Portuguese 12th of 17 3
1966 Luxembourg City Madalena Iglésias “Ele e ela” Portuguese 13th of 18 6
1965 Naples Simone de Oliveira “Sol de inverno” Portuguese 13th of 18 1
1964 Copenhagen António Calvário “Oração” Portuguese 13th of 16 0

Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.

Sent more than once

The three acts Portugal has sent to more than one contest.

Hosting

The one contest held in Portugal.

On air at home

The channels that carried the contest in Portugal, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.

  1. 2026
    • RTP1, RTP Mundo Nuno Galopim and José Carlos Malato
  2. 2025
    • RTP1, RTP Internacional José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim
  3. 2024
    • RTP1, RTP Internacional José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim
    • RTP África (semi-final 1, final) José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim
  4. 2023
    • RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim
  5. 2022
    • RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África Nuno Galopim
  6. 2021
    • RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim
  7. 2019
    • RTP1, RTP Internacional José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim
  8. 2018
    • RTP1, RTP Internacional Hélder Reis and Nuno Galopim
    • Antena 1, RDP África, RDP Internacional (final) Noémia Gonçalves, António Macedo and Tozé Brito
  9. 2017
    • RTP1, RTP Internacional José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim
  10. 2016
    • RTP1 Hélder Reis and Nuno Galopim
  11. 2015
    • RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África Hélder Reis and Ramon Galarza
  12. 2014
    • RTP1 Sílvia Alberto
  13. 2013
    • RTP1 Sílvia Alberto
  14. 2012
    • RTP1 Pedro Granger
  15. 2011
    • RTP1, RTP HD, RTP Internacional Sílvia Alberto
  16. 2010
    • RTP1 Sérgio Mateus
  17. 2009
    • RTP1, RTP Internacional Hélder Reis
  18. 2008
    • RTP1 Isabel Angelino
  19. 2007
    • RTP1, RTP Internacional Isabel Angelino and Jorge Gabriel
    • RTP África (final) Isabel Angelino and Jorge Gabriel
  20. 2006
    • RTP Eládio Clímaco
  21. 2005
    • RTP1 Eládio Clímaco
  22. 2004
    • RTP Eládio Clímaco
  23. 2003
    • RTP1 Margarida Mercês de Melo
  24. 2002
    • RTP1 Eládio Clímaco
  25. 2001
    • RTP1 Eládio Clímaco
  26. 2000
    • RTP1 Eládio Clímaco
  27. 1999
    • RTP1 Rui Unas
  28. 1998
    • RTP1 Rui Unas
  29. 1997
    • RTP1
  30. 1996
    • RTP1
  31. 1995
    • RTP Canal 1 Ana do Carmo
  32. 1994
    • RTP Canal 1 Eládio Clímaco
  33. 1993
    • RTP Canal 1
  34. 1992
    • RTP Canal 1 Eládio Clímaco
  35. 1991
    • RTP Canal 1
  36. 1990
    • RTP Canal 1
  37. 1989
    • RTP Canal 1 Ana Zanatti
  38. 1988
    • RTP1
  39. 1987
    • RTP1
  40. 1986
    • RTP1
  41. 1985
    • RTP1 Eládio Clímaco
  42. 1984
    • RTP1
    • Antena 1
  43. 1983
    • RTP1 Eládio Clímaco
    • Antena 1
  44. 1982
    • RTP1 Fialho Gouveia
  45. 1981
    • RTP1
    • Antena 1
  46. 1980
    • RTP1
    • RDP Programa 1
  47. 1979
    • RTP1 Fialho Gouveia
    • RDP Programa 1
  48. 1978
    • I Programa Eládio Clímaco
    • RDP Programa 1
  49. 1977
    • I Programa
  50. 1976
    • I Programa
  51. 1975
    • I Programa
  52. 1974
    • I Programa Artur Agostinho
    • Emissora Nacional Programa 1
  53. 1973
    • I Programa Artur Agostinho
  54. 1972
    • I Programa
  55. 1971
    • I Programa Henrique Mendes
    • Emissora Nacional Programa 1
  56. 1969
    • I Programa, II Programa Henrique Mendes
  57. 1968
    • RTP
  58. 1967
    • RTP
  59. 1966
    • RTP
  60. 1965
    • RTP
  61. 1964
    • RTP
  62. 1963
    • RTP Federico Gallo

In our contest stories

Lines about Portugal from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.

  • 1964 Who was missing, and who was new

    Portugal took its place in the sixteen, competing for the first time. It did not go well: Portugal became the first country to score nothing on its debut.

  • 1964 The man with the banner

    Switzerland had just finished singing when a man walked onto the stage holding up a banner. It read "Boycot Franco & Salazar" — the dictators of Spain and Portugal, both of whose countries were competing that night.

  • 1967 Seventeen

    Portugal's Eduardo Nascimento was the first black male singer to take part.

  • 1969 One empty place

    Simone de Oliveira was back for Portugal, Louis Neefs for Belgium and Kirsti Sparboe, for the third time, for Norway.

  • 1970 The boycott

    Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden all stayed at home.

  • 1971 Everyone comes back

    Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden all returned, and so did Austria after two years away.

  • 1972 The same eighteen

    Sweden sent the Family Four for the second year running, and Portugal brought back Carlos Mendes.

  • 1972 The result

    Portugal's seventh place was its best yet.

  • 1974 The song that started a coup

    Portugal's entry, "E depois do adeus" by Paulo de Carvalho, got three votes and shared last place.

  • 1974 The song that started a coup

    The Carnation Revolution ended the dictatorship, and with it Portugal's colonial wars.

  • 1975 Rehearsal oddities

    Yugoslavia and Portugal both sang in English at the dress rehearsal, and in Slovene and Portuguese on the night.

  • 1977 Eighteen, and a country that never arrived

    Portugal's group, Os Amigos, included Paulo de Carvalho — the man whose 1974 entry had been used as a signal for a revolution.

  • 1997 The result

    At the bottom, Norway and Portugal both scored nothing.

  • 2017

    Portugal first entered the contest in 1964.

  • 2018

    Portugal had needed 53 years to win the contest and earn the right to host it.

  • 2018 All aboard

    During the second semi-final they showed a short documentary about Portugal's entry of 1974 — the song that was used as the signal for the Carnation Revolution.

Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Portugal was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.