| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Festival da Canção 2017 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 19 February 2017 26 February 2017 Final: 5 March 2017 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Salvador Sobral | |||
| Selected song | "Amar pelos dois" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Luísa Sobral | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (1st, 370 points) | |||
| Final result | 1st, 758 points | |||
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Portugal participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Amar pelos dois" written by Luísa Sobral. The song was performed by Salvador Sobral. In August 2016, the Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) announced that they would be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their withdrawal in 2016 due to poor results in previous contests and the broadcaster's insufficient promotion of music-related content. RTP organised the national final Festival da Canção 2017 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. 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.