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In the end, the songs ended up in the middle, like most Portuguese contributions before, with places 15 and 18. In 2011, the Portuguese contribution was then clearly eliminated in the semi-finals and only took the penultimate place. After all, most of the contributions were sung in the national language, Portuguese, even in times of free choice of language. So far, almost all Portuguese entries have been determined through the annual Festival da Canção. Only in 2002, 2013 and 2016, when Portugal voluntarily decided not to take part, and in 2005, when the entry was selected internally, did the festival not take place. In 1964 and 2014, the ESC took place in Copenhagen. In all three years the competition took place in Sweden. In 2013, the country withdrew from the competition for the first time in eleven years. This tournament was first held in Canada in 2002. Through Portugal's voluntary withdrawal in 2002, Latvia received the vacated starting place. But even when they returned in 2001, it was only enough for 17th place. In 2002, Portugal voluntarily decided not to take part, but without giving any further reasons. This success was followed in 1997 by a setback. No other participating country had to wait so long for the great success.

There was no penalty shoot-out in the knockout rounds. There was still no tournament victory. In 2007, the singer Sabrina reached 11th place in the semi-finals and thus just missed qualifying for the final. In 2019, Portugal had to take part in the semi-finals again and ended up third from last. The unemployment rate was 5.8% in 2019, slightly below the EU average. On February 24, 2020, the number of cases diagnosed was 18, on the 25th there were 26. On February 26, 2020, the first death was recorded in the region, a Lombard patient admitted to a hospital in Parma in treatment was. 2021 is the first year in which Portugal will broadcast a contribution to Eurovision entirely in English. Retrieved 14 May 2023 (English). 11 June 2020, retrieved 12 June 2020 (English). In: OSEN. Retrieved January 17, 2021 (Korean). This page was last edited on May 6, 2021 at 7:15 p.m.

This page was last edited on June 23, 2023 at 18:12. In 2023 Portugal made it to the finals again. In 2012, Portugal missed out on qualifying for the final and was eliminated in the semi-finals with 13th place. In the semi-finals, Portugal awarded the maximum number of points to 13 different countries, including four to Moldova. Since the introduction of the twelve-point system in 1975, Portugal has awarded the maximum number of points to 22 different countries, nine of them to Spain. The most exciting duel of the quarter-finals developed between England and Italy. In the final, however, they got the worst result in the country since 2021 with place 23 out of 26. Finishing 9th in the final is Portugal's best result since winning in 2017. Because in 2006 Finland and the band Lordi only managed to win at their 38th participation. Moreover, it was only in its 49th participation that the country managed to win, equaling Finland's record. In contrast, there is only the successful victory of 2017 and the quite successful years after the victory.

In 2017, the singer Salvador Sobral represented Portugal with his song Amar pelos dois. However, the country returned in 2017 and had its most successful moment in its Eurovision history. In 2003, however, the country returned to competition. Accordingly, Portugal is one of the less successful countries in the competition. That's why we're presenting the 32 home jerseys of all countries in the order of their group affiliation. There, however, the Portuguese contribution Foi magia by singer Sofia Vitória only took 12th place, which meant that the country was already eliminated in the semi-finals. Because of this poor placement, the country then had to take part in the newly introduced semi-finals in 2004. The best finish for a Portuguese entry had previously been a 6th place in 1996. She qualified for the final and finished 12th, a good mid-table finish for Portugal. In the semi-finals, the entry then took second place, which meant that Portugal qualified for the final for the first time via the semi-finals. Without players like Platini, Genghini or Giresse, the team was only worth half and above all the disappointment of the bitter elimination in the semi-finals did the rest that the team didn't have much to counter against Poland.