Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024
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Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "Grito" performed by Iolanda. The Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) organised the national final Festival da Canção 2024 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the contest.
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Country | Portugal | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Festival da Canção 2024 | |||
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Selected entrant | Iolanda | |||
Selected song | "Grito" | |||
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (8th, 58 points) | |||
Final result | 10th, 152 points | |||
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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, "Grito" 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.