Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Country Portugal
National selection
Selection processFestival da Canção 2015
Selection date(s)Semi-finals:
3 March 2015
5 March 2015
Final:
7 March 2015
Selected artist(s)Leonor Andrade
Selected song"Há um mar que nos separa"
Selected songwriter(s)Miguel Gameiro
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (14th)
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Há um mar que nos separa" written by Miguel Gameiro. The song was performed by Leonor Andrade. The Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) organised the national final Festival da Canção 2015 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. After two semi-finals and a final which took place in March 2015, "Há um mar que nos separa" performed by Leonor Andrade emerged as the winner after receiving the most public televotes.

Portugal was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 21 May 2015. Performing during the show in position 7, "Há um mar que nos separa" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Portugal placed fourteenth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 19 points.