| Year: | 2024 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Preselection: | Portuguese: [[Festival da Canção]]|i=no 2024 |
| Entrant: | Iolanda |
| Song: | Portuguese: [[Grito (song)|Grito]]|i=no |
| Sf Result: | Qualified (8th, 58 points) |
| Final Result: | 10th, 152 points |
Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "Portuguese: [[Grito (song)|Grito]]|i=no" performed by Iolanda. The Portuguese broadcaster Portuguese: [[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal]]|i=no (RTP) organised the national final Portuguese: [[Festival da Canção]]|i=no 2024 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the contest.
Portugal was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 7 May 2024 and was later selected to perform in position 14. At the end of the show, "Portuguese: [[Grito (song)|Grito]]|i=no" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and hence qualified to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Portugal placed eighth out of the fifteen participating countries in the semi-final with 58 points. In the final, Portugal performed in position 18 and placed tenth out of the 25 performing countries, scoring a total of 152 points.
See main article: Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest. Prior to the 2024 contest, Portugal had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 54 times since its first entry in 1964.[1] Portugal had won the contest on one occasion: in with the song "Portuguese: [[Amar pelos dois]]|i=no" performed by Salvador Sobral. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the, Portugal had featured in only eight finals. Portugal's least successful result had been last place, which it had achieved on four occasions, most recently in with the song "Portuguese: [[O jardim]]|i=no" performed by Cláudia Pascoal. Portugal had also received nul points on two occasions: in and . In, Portugal placed 23rd with the song "Portuguese: [[Ai coração]]|i=no" performed by Mimicat.[1]
The Portuguese national broadcaster, Portuguese: [[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal]]|i=no (RTP), broadcasts the event within Portugal and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. The broadcaster had traditionally selected the Portuguese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest via the music competition Portuguese: [[Festival da Canção]]|i=no, with exceptions in and when the Portuguese entries were internally selected. RTP confirmed Portugal's participation in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest on 7 August 2023, announcing the organization of the 58th Portuguese: Festival da Canção|i=no in order to select the 2024 Portuguese entry.[2]
To celebrate 60 years since the first edition of Portuguese: Festival da Canção|i=no, the shows featured as guests a number of past winners who went on to represent Portugal at Eurovision, namely António Calvário, Simone de Oliveira (and), Paulo de Carvalho (solo in and as part of Portuguese: [[Os Amigos]]|i=no in), Adelaide Ferreira, Anabela, Tó Cruz, Inês Santos (as part of Portuguese: [[Alma Lusa]]|i=no), Rita Guerra, Vânia Fernandes, Filipa Sousa, Suzy, Isaura, Elisa Silva, The Black Mamba and Mimicat ; as well as several former contestants or hosts of the festival, namely, Herman José, Portuguese: [[Delfins]]|i=no, António Sala,, Catarina Furtado,,, Eládio Clímaco, Milhanas,, Sílvia Alberto, Júlio Isidro,,, Sofia Morais,, Ana Paula Reis,,, Manuel Luís Goucha, Helena Coelho, Rui Drumond and António Victorino de Almeida;[7] in addition, Alex D'Alva Teixeira, and Luca Argel performed.[8] [9] [10]
RTP selected 14 entries by direct invitation of composers, and the remaining six from a record 809 entries received through an open submission window between 7 August and 15 October 2023; selected composers were then required to send the full versions of their entries by 30 November 2023.[3] [11]
On 6 November 2023, RTP announced the list of selected composers.[12] Their entries, which they would all also perform, were unveiled on 18 January 2024 during a presentation event at Musicbox in Lisbon.[13] [14]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Selection | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bispo | "Portuguese: Casa portuguesa|i=no" | Pedro Bispo | Invited by RTP | |
| Buba Espinho | "Portuguese: O farol|i=no" | Bernardo Espinho | ||
| Cristina Clara | "Portuguese: Primavera|i=no" | |||
| Filipa | "You Can't Hide" | Open call winner | ||
| Huca | "Portuguese: Pé de choro|i=no" | Invited by RTP | ||
| Iolanda | "Portuguese: [[Grito (song)|Grito]]|i=no" | |||
| João Borsch | "Portuguese: ...Pelas costuras|i=no" | João Santos Borges | ||
| João Couto | "Portuguese: Quarto para um|i=no" | João Couto | Open call winner | |
| Left. | "Portuguese: Volto a ti|i=no" | António Maciel Graça | ||
| Leo Middea | "Portuguese: Doce mistério|i=no" | Leo Middea | Invited by RTP | |
| Maria João | "Portuguese: Dia|i=no" | |||
| Mela | "Portuguese: Água|i=no" | Mariana Gonçalves | Open call winner | |
| Mila Dores | "Portuguese: Afia a língua|i=no" | Invited by RTP | ||
| Nena | "Portuguese: Teorias da conspiração|i=no" | Nena Marques | ||
| Noble | "Memory" | |||
| No Maka Ana Maria | "Portuguese: Aceitar|i=no" | |||
| Portuguese: Perpétua|i=no | "Portuguese: Bem longe daqui|i=no" | |||
| Rita Onofre | "Portuguese: Criatura|i=no" | Rita Onofre | Open call winner | |
| "Portuguese: Pontos finais|i=no" | Rita Rocha | |||
| Silk Nobre | "Change" | Invited by RTP |
The semi-finals took place on 24 February and 2 March 2024,[15] [16] the first hosted by Tânia Ribas de Oliveira and José Carlos Malato and the second by Sónia Araújo and Jorge Gabriel.[5] [17] [18] In each show, 10 entries competed, with 6 advancing to the final. The voting occurred in two rounds: a 50/50 combination of votes from an expert jury and a public televote determined the first five qualifiers, and a second round of televoting determined the sixth and final qualifier.[3] The jury consisted of Gisela João, Benjamim, Lia Pereira, Miguel Esteves Cardoso, Lura, Pedro Oliveira and Mimicat.[19]
Key:
Jury and televote round qualifier
Televote-only round qualifier
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | ||||||||
| 1 | Nena | "Portuguese: Teorias da conspiração|i=no" | 10 | 9.03% | 5 | 15 | 3 | |
| 2 | Portuguese: Perpétua|i=no | "Portuguese: Bem longe daqui|i=no" | 6 | 17.08% | 12 | 18 | 2 | |
| 3 | Mela | "Portuguese: Água|i=no" | 4 | 4.20% | 3 | 7 | 8 | |
| 4 | Mila Dores | "Portuguese: Afia a língua|i=no" | 3 | 2.12% | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| 5 | Left. | "Portuguese: Volto a ti|i=no" | 1 | 3.04% | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| 6 | Rita Rocha | "Portuguese: Pontos finais|i=no" | 7 | 14.90% | 7 | 14 | 5 | |
| 7 | Noble | "Memory" | 2 | 15.73% | 8 | 10 | 6 | |
| 8 | João Borsch | "Portuguese: ...Pelas costuras|i=no" | 8 | 9.68% | 6 | 14 | 4 | |
| 9 | Iolanda | "Portuguese: [[Grito (song)|Grito]]|i=no" | 12 | 16.47% | 10 | 22 | 1 | |
| 10 | Bispo | "Portuguese: Casa portuguesa|i=no" | 5 | 7.75% | 4 | 9 | 7 | |
| Artist | Song | Televote | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bispo | "Portuguese: Casa portuguesa|i=no" | 23.42% | 2 | |
| Left. | "Portuguese: Volto a ti|i=no" | 7.43% | 4 | |
| Mela | "Portuguese: Água|i=no" | 15.37% | 3 | |
| Mila Dores | "Portuguese: Afia a língua|i=no" | 6.33% | 5 | |
| Noble | "Memory" | 47.45% | 1 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | ||||||||
| 1 | Buba Espinho | "Portuguese: O farol|i=no" | 7 | 11.52% | 7 | 14 | 4 | |
| 2 | Cristina Clara | "Portuguese: Primavera|i=no" | 10 | 5.63% | 2 | 12 | 5 | |
| 3 | Leo Middea | "Portuguese: Doce mistério|i=no" | 12 | 9.48% | 5 | 17 | 1 | |
| 4 | Filipa | "You Can't Hide" | 1 | 3.04% | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| 5 | João Couto | "Portuguese: Quarto para um|i=no" | 4 | 10.08% | 6 | 10 | 7 | |
| 6 | Huca | "Portuguese: Pé de choro|i=no" | 6 | 6.77% | 3 | 9 | 9 | |
| 7 | No Maka Ana Maria | "Portuguese: Aceitar|i=no" | 5 | 14.47% | 10 | 15 | 2 | |
| 8 | Maria João | "Portuguese: Dia|i=no" | 8 | 7.47% | 4 | 12 | 6 | |
| 9 | Rita Onofre | "Portuguese: Criatura|i=no" | 2 | 12.59% | 8 | 10 | 8 | |
| 10 | Silk Nobre | "Change" | 3 | 18.95% | 12 | 15 | 3 | |
| Artist | Song | Televote | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filipa | "You Can't Hide" | 12.08% | 5 | |
| Huca | "Portuguese: Pé de choro|i=no" | 20.82% | 4 | |
| João Couto | "Portuguese: Quarto para um|i=no" | 21.70% | 2 | |
| Maria João | "Portuguese: Dia|i=no" | 21.68% | 3 | |
| Rita Onofre | "Portuguese: Criatura|i=no" | 23.72% | 1 |
The final took place on 9 March 2024[16] and was hosted by Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim.[4] The winner was selected based on the 50/50 combination of votes from seven three-member regional juries (one for each of the regions of Portugal) and from a public televote open throughout the week preceding the show; in the event of a tie, the public voting would take precedence.[3] [23]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Points | |||||||
| 1 | Silk Nobre | "Change" | 43 | 7 | 7.64% | 5 | 12 | 4 | |
| 2 | Rita Onofre | "Portuguese: Criatura|i=no" | 32 | 5 | 3.12% | 0 | 5 | 8 | |
| 3 | Noble | "Memory" | 18 | 1 | 7.81% | 6 | 7 | 7 | |
| 4 | Buba Espinho | "Portuguese: O farol|i=no" | 46 | 8 | 7.06% | 2 | 10 | 6 | |
| 5 | Nena | "Portuguese: Teorias da conspiração|i=no" | 24 | 3 | 5.82% | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| 6 | Iolanda | "Portuguese: [[Grito (song)|Grito]]|i=no" | 80 | 12 | 16.29% | 10 | 22 | 1 | |
| 7 | No Maka Ana Maria | "Portuguese: Aceitar|i=no" | 14 | 0 | 7.60% | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| 8 | Cristina Clara | "Portuguese: Primavera|i=no" | 22 | 2 | 2.38% | 0 | 2 | 12 | |
| 9 | Rita Rocha | "Portuguese: Pontos finais|i=no" | 30 | 4 | 8.51% | 7 | 11 | 5 | |
| 10 | Leo Middea | "Portuguese: Doce mistério|i=no" | 57 | 10 | 9.17% | 8 | 18 | 3 | |
| 11 | Portuguese: Perpétua|i=no | "Portuguese: Bem longe daqui|i=no" | 7 | 0 | 7.60% | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
| 12 | João Borsch | "Portuguese: ...Pelas costuras|i=no" | 33 | 6 | 17.00% | 12 | 18 | 2 | |
| Draw | Song | North | Central | Lisbon | Alentejo | Algarve | Madeira | Azores | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Change" | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 43 | |
| 2 | "Portuguese: Criatura|i=no" | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 32 | ||
| 3 | "Memory" | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | ||
| 4 | "Portuguese: O farol|i=no" | 8 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 46 | |
| 5 | "Portuguese: Teorias da conspiração|i=no" | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 24 | ||
| 6 | "Portuguese: [[Grito (song)|Grito]]|i=no" | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 80 | |
| 7 | "Portuguese: Aceitar|i=no" | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | "Portuguese: Primavera|i=no" | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | |||
| 9 | "Portuguese: Pontos finais|i=no" | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | ||
| 10 | "Portuguese: Doce mistério|i=no" | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 57 | |
| 11 | "Portuguese: Bem longe daqui|i=no" | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| 12 | "Portuguese: ...Pelas costuras|i=no" | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 33 | |
| Members of the jury[25] | ||||||||||
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| RTP | RTP1 | All shows | ||||
| Portuguese: [[RTP África]]|i=no | ||||||
| Portuguese: [[RTP Internacional]]|i=no | ||||||
| Portuguese: [[Antena 1 (Portugal)|Antena 1]]|i=no | ||||||
| RTVE | RTVE Play | Final | Daniel Borrego Escot and Marina Segovia |
| Air date | Average viewership | Average share (%) | Peak viewership | Peak share (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-final 1 | 437,000 | 11% | 653,500 | 13.7% | [26] | ||
| Semi-final 2 | 424,300 | 10.3% | 704,500 | 14.3% | [27] | ||
| Final | 486,900 | 12% | 18.3% | [28] |
As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Iolanda attended the PrePartyES in Madrid on 30 March 2024.[29] In addition, she performed at the Eurovision Village in Malmö on 4 May 2024.[30]
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[31] Portugal was scheduled for the second half of the first semi-final.[32] The shows' producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Portugal was set to perform in position 14.[33]
In Portugal, all three shows were broadcast on RTP1, with the broadcast of the second semi-final starting delayed; commentary was provided by José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim. In addition, RTP aired the contest internationally through Portuguese: [[RTP Internacional]]|i=no and Portuguese: [[RTP África]]|i=no as well as on its streaming platform .[34] [35] [36] [37]
Iolanda took part in technical rehearsals on 28 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May.[38] For her performance of "Portuguese: Grito|i=no" at the contest, she was joined on stage by five dancers; the colour white dominated the staging and costumes.[39]
Portugal performed in position 14, following the entry from and before the entry from .[33] At the end of the show, the country was announced as a qualifier for the final. It was later revealed that Portugal placed eighth out of the fifteen participating countries in the first semi-final with 58 points.
Following the semi-final, Portugal drew "producer's choice" for the final, meaning that the country will perform in the half decided by the contest's producers.[40] Portugal will perform in position 18, following the entry from and before the entry from .[41] Iolanda once again took part in dress rehearsals on 10 and 11 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show on 11 May. She performed a repeat of her semi-final performance during the final on 11 May. Portugal placed tenth in the final, scoring 152 points; 13 points from the public televoting and 139 points from the juries.
See also: Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest. Below is a breakdown of points awarded by and to Portugal in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public.[42] The Portuguese jury consisted of Joaquim Albergaria, Inês Henriques, Edmundo Inácio, Rafaela e Ribas dos Santos da Silva Rodrigues, and Patrícia Silveira.[43] In the first semi-final, Portugal placed 8th with 58 points, receiving maximum twelve points from and marking the country's fourth consecutive qualification to the final. In the final, Portugal placed 10th with 152 points, receiving twelve points in the jury vote from,, and the . Over the course of the contest, Portugal awarded its 12 points to in the first semi-final, and to (jury) and (televote) in the final.[44] [45]
The spokesperson for the Portuguese jury at the final was Mimicat, who represented .[46]
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