| Eurovision Song Contest 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Festival da Canção 2020 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 22 February 2020 29 February 2020 Final: 7 March 2020 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Elisa | |||
| Selected song | "Medo de sentir" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Marta Carvalho | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | Contest cancelled | |||
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Portugal originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Medo de sentir" written by Marta Carvalho. The song was performed by Elisa. The Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) organised the national final Festival da Canção 2020 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. After two semi-finals and a final which took place in February and March 2020, "Medo de sentir" performed by Elisa 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 second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2020. However, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.