Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
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 Portugal
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| Selection process | Festival da Canção 2018 | |||
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Semi-finals: 18 February 2018 25 February 2018 Final: 4 March 2018 |
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Portugal will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. In addition to participating in the contest, the Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) will also host the event on 8, 10 and 12 May 2018, at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, after winning the competition in 2017 with the song "Amar Pelos Dois" performed by Salvador Sobral.
The Portuguese entry for the 2018 contest will be selected through a national final, the Festival da Canção. It will consist of two semi-finals on 18 and 25 February 2018, at RTP's studios in Lisbon, and a final on 4 March 2018, at the Pavilhão Multiusos in Guimarães.
Prior to the 2018 Contest, Portugal had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-nine times since its first entry in 1964. Since semi-finals were introduced into the contest in 2004, Portugal has failed to reach the final eight times. Portugal held the record for the most appearances in the contest without a win until 2017 when they won in Kiev, Ukraine, with Salvador Sobral's entry, "Amar pelos dois".
The Portuguese broadcaster for the 2018 Contest, who broadcasts the event in Portugal and organises the selection process for its entry, will be Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). Portugal has most commonly selected their entry through the national final Festival da Canção except between 2003 and 2005 where the broadcaster used internal selections and the talent competition Operação triunfo to select their entry. The broadcaster will organize the 2018 edition of Festival da Canção in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.
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