Portugal in EuroMusic Song Contest

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.