Portugal

Portugal has participated in the Worldvision Song Contest 7 times since making its debut in the very first edition - Q4-2022. The contest is broadcast in Portugal by RTP.

Portugal
Member station	RTP
National selection events	None (Q4-2022, Q4-2023) Portugal: Selects Song to Manchester (Q1-2023) Portugal: Selects Song to Melbourne (Q2-2023) Portugal: Selects Song to Cologne (Q3-2023) Neoni: Selects Song to Beirut (Q1-24)
Participation summary
Appearances	7 (7 finals)
Host	1 (Q2-2024)
First appearance	Q4-2022
Highest placement	1st: (Q1-2024)
Nul points	None
Medals

Portugal has started it's debut at Q4-2022 quite successfully with becoming a runner-up and leaving only United Kingdom ahead. Two seasons later, at Q2-2023 they have achieved another great result by finishing third.

However, their best result has been achieved in Q1-2024 by Neoni, who has won the competition with the song Darkside which brought the country's first victory and the right to host the next edition. Also, this was the first participation when Portugal has competed in the Semi-Finals. The next contest Q2-2024 has been held in Guimarães, Portugal.

Portugal is also notable for their active IECO activity. The country curator Denis Vorobyov is also a supervisor and a founder of Special Melody contest, one of the IECO constant projects.

Participation overview

Table key

	First place
	Second place
	Third place
	Upcoming

Year	Entrant	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi Final	Points
Q4-2022	Gryffin & Kyle Reynolds	Best Is Yet To Come	English	2	151	No semi-finals
Q1-2023	Joel Corry & Mabel	I Wish	English	17	101
Q2-2023	Ofenbach & Ella Henderson	Hurricane	English	3	178
Q3-2023	Galantis & Lucas & Steve & Ilira	Alien	English	17	106	Top 11 in Q2-2023
Q4-2023	Tungevaag	In My Zone	English	21	89	By rating
Q1-2024	Neoni	Darkside	English	1	286	5	90
Q2-2024				Upcoming		Host Country