PORTUGAL in the Eurovision Song Contest – Participation history

Portugal

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  • Emittente televisiva: RTP
  • Processo di Selezione: Selezione Nazionale (Festival da Canção 1964–1969, 1971–1999, 2001, 2003–2004, 2006–2012, 2014–2015, 2017–2020) | Selezione Interna ()
  • Organizzazione concorso – Paese ospite: 1 (ESC Lisbon 2018)
  • Numero di partecipazioni: 51 (42 finali)
  • Lingue:  Inglese ()
  • Prima partecipazione: ESC Copenhagen 1964: António Calvário | Oração
  • Miglior piazzamento: Top 5: FI:  | SF: 
  • Miglior piazzamento Top 10: FI: 
  • Peggior piazzamento (Bottom): FI: | SF: 19th (SF): 2006
  • Average place: 13,44
  • Qualificazioni per la Finale: 5 su 14 (dal 2004)
  • Numero di vittorie: 1 (ESC Kyiv 2017: Salvador Sobral | Amar Pelos Dois)
  • Nul points (Nil points): FI:1964, 1997| SF: 

Portugal joined the Eurovision family in 1964 and held the record for the most appearances in the Eurovision Song Contest without a win until 2017 when Salvador Sobral lifted the trophy in Kyiv.

Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, (RTP), is responsible for organising the Portuguese Eurovision Song Contest and uses Festival da Canção as its national selection. Over the years the format has changed to include semi-finals as well as different voting combinations.

Portugal is the most westerly country in mainland Europe and has only missed 5 contests since joining Eurovision; 1970, 2000, 2002, 2013 and 2016. In 2008, Portugal won the Marcel Bezençon Press Award with Vânia Fernandes and the song ‘Senhora do mar (Negras águas)’. In 2017 Salvador Sobral won the Marcel Bezençon Artistic Award and the Marcel Bezençon Composer Award with his song ‘Amar Pelos Dois’.

The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest was held in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon following Salvador Sobral’s victory in the 2017 competition.

Partecipazioni nel corso degli anni

Note: Edizione | # | Artista (i) | Canzone [Musica (m) / Texto (t)] | Lingua (Traduzione) | Punteggio | Posizione | Processo di Selezione

NOTE:

  • Se un paese vince l’edizione precedente, non deve competere nelle semifinali nell’edizione successiva.

Portugal’s average distribution of the given points (2010-2015)

# 2010 2010 SF1 2011 2011 SF1 2012 2012 SF2 2014 2014 SF1 2015 2015 SF2 Total Partici-
pations		 Average
1 Spain 12 X 12 X 12 X X 3 X 39 5 7,80
2 Netherlands X X X X X 10 12 X X 22 3 7,33
3 Sweden X X X 3 10 8 8 8 12 49 7 7,00
4 Bulgaria X X X X X 6 X X X X 6 1 6,00
5 Italy X X 10 X 2 X X 12 X 24 4 6,00
6 Israel X X X X X X X 7 10 17 3 5,67
7 Belgium 5 12 X X X X X 5 X 22 4 5,50
8 Moldova 6 8 5 X 6 X X X X 25 5 5,00
9 Slovakia X 5 X X X 4 X X X X 9 2 4,50
10 Greece 8 10 12 X X X 30 7 4,29
11 Estonia X 4 X 7 12 X 1 X 24 6 4,00
12 Austria X X X X X 12 X X 12 3 4,00
13 Russia 2 1 3 8 X 2 5 10 X 31 8 3,88
14 Romania 10 X X 4 X 1 X 4 X 19 5 3,80
15 Norway 3 X X 2 3 3 X 6 8 25 7 3,57
16 Latvia X X X X X X 3 2 7 12 4 3,00
17 Switzerland X X 5 X X 7 X X 12 4 3,00
18 Ukraine X 7 X 1 2 7 X X 17 6 2,83
19 Montenegro X X X X X X 6 5 11 4 2,75
20 Hungary X X X 6 10 X 16 6 2,67
21 Iceland 6 4 10 X 1 X 21 8 2,63
22 Azerbaijan X 8 7 X 2 3 20 8 2,50
23 Serbia 2 1 5 8 X X X 16 7 2,29
24 Denmark 4 X X X 5 X X X 9 4 2,25
25 Germany 1 X X 10 X X X 11 5 2,20
26 Lithuania X X 6 7 X X 13 6 2,17
27 Finland X 8 X X X X X 8 4 2,00
28 France 7 X 2 X X X X 9 5 1,80
29 Belarus 7 X X X X X X 7 4 1,75
30 Armenia X X X X 4 4 X 8 5 1,60
31 Ireland X 6 X X X X X 6 4 1,50
32 Cyprus X X X X X X 6 6 4 1,50
33 Czech Republic X X X X X X X X X 1 1 1 1,00
34 Bosnia & Herzegovina X 5 X X X X 5 5 1,00
35 Slovenia X X 1 X X X 4 5 5 1,00
36 Albania X 4 X X X 4 6 0,67
37 United Kingdom X 3 X X X X 3 5 0,60
38 Malta X 3 X X X 3 6 0,50
39 Poland X X X X X 2 2 5 0,40
40 Georgia X X 1 X X X 1 5 0,20

Portugal’s average distribution of the received points (2010-2015)

# Country 2010 2010 SF1 2011 2011 SF1 2012 2012 SF2 2014 2014 SF1 2015 2015 SF2 Total Partici-
pations		 Average
1 ES Spain 12 8 X 8 X X 16 6 2,67
2 FR France 8 X 8 5 X X 13 6 2,17
3 SK Slovakia 4 X 5 X X X X X 5 3 1,67
4 CH Switzerland X 4 X X 6 X 10 6 1,67
5 ME Montenegro X X X X 3 4 X 7 5 1,40
6 NL Netherlands X X 6 2 X X 8 6 1,33
7 BA Bosnia & Herzegovina 3 X 4 X X X X X 4 3 1,33
8 BE Belgium 4 X X 6 X X 6 5 1,20
9 SI Slovenia X X 3 X 4 X 7 6 1,17
10 AL Albania 5 4 X 1 X X 5 6 0,83
11 HR Croatia X 3 X X X X X 3 4 0,75
12 NO Norway X 5 X X 5 7 0,71
13 DE Germany 10 X 3 X 1 X 4 6 0,67
14 AM Armenia X X X 3 X X 3 5 0,60
15 DK Denmark X X X 3 X X 3 5 0,60
16 MD Moldova 5 X X 3 X X 3 5 0,60
17 GB United Kingdom X 3 X 1 X 4 7 0,57
18 SE Sweden X X 4 X 4 7 0,57
19 AZ Azerbaijan X X 1 3 X 4 7 0,57
20 GE Georgia X 2 X X X 2 6 0,33
21 TR Turkey X 1 X X X X X 1 4 0,25
22 GR Greece 1 X X X X 1 5 0,20
23 LT Lithuania X 1 X X 1 7 0,14