Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Portugal in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Participating broadcasterRádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP)
Country Portugal
Selection processFestival da Canção 2017
Selection date5 March 2017
Competing entry
Song"Amar pelos dois"
ArtistSalvador Sobral
SongwritersLuísa Sobral
Placement
Semi-final resultQualified (1st, 370 points)
Final result1st, 758 points
Participation chronology
◄2015 2017 2018►

Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Amar pelos dois", written by Luísa Sobral and performed by Salvador Sobral. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), organised the national final Festival da Canção 2017 in order to select its entry for the contest. In August 2016, RTP announced that it would be returning to the contest after a one-year absence following its withdrawal in 2016 due to poor results in previous contests and the broadcaster's insufficient promotion of music-related content. After two semi-finals and a final which took place in February and March 2017, "Amar pelos dois" performed by Salvador Sobral emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from seven regional juries and a public televote.

Portugal was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 9, "Amar pelos dois" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May. It was later revealed that Portugal placed first out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 370 points. In the final, Portugal performed in position 11 and placed first out of the 26 participating countries, winning the contest with a record total of 758 points. This was Portugal's first win in the Eurovision Song Contest since it began participating in 1964.