Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2023 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) | |||
| Country | Portugal | |||
| Selection process | Festival da Canção 2023 | |||
| Selection date | 11 March 2023 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Ai coração" | |||
| Artist | Mimicat | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 74 points) | |||
| Final result | 23rd, 59 points | |||
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Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Ai coração" performed by Mimicat. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), organised the national final Festival da Canção 2023 in order to select its entry for the contest. After two semi-finals and a final which took place in February–March 2023, "Ai coração" 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 2023. Performing during the show in position 5, "Ai coração" was announced as one of the top 10 entries and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May. In the final, Portugal performed in position 2 and placed 23rd out of the 26 countries with 59 points (43 from the jury vote and 16 from the public vote).