| Eurovision Song Contest 2022 | ||||
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| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Festival da Canção 2022 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 5 March 2022 7 March 2022 Final: 12 March 2022 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Maro | |||
| Selected song | "Saudade, saudade" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (4th, 208 points) | |||
| Final result | 9th, 207 points | |||
| Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with "Saudade, saudade" performed by Maro. The Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) organised the national final Festival da Canção 2022 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 2022 contest. After two semi-finals and a final which took place in March 2022, "Saudade, saudade" performed by Maro 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 10 May 2022. Performing during the show in position 10, "Saudade, saudade" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Portugal placed fourth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 208 points. In the final, Portugal performed in position 3 and placed ninth out of the 25 participating countries with 207 points.