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Portugal has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 48 times since its debut in the 1964 contest. Since then, they have missed only five contests (1970, 2000, 2002, 2013 and 2016). Portugal has yet to win the contest and holds the record for most appearances in the contest without a win. In fact, the country has yet to reach the top five of any contest, with their best result being a sixth-place finish for Lúcia Moniz with the song "O meu coração não tem cor" in . The contest is broadcast in Portugal by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). Portugal's debut entry was António Calvário with "Oração", however it was not a successful debut for the country, with Calvário coming last in the contest. Since then Portugal has come last on two further occasions, in 1974, when Paulo de Carvalho sang "E depois do adeus", and in 1997 when Célia Lawson performed "Antes do adeus". Despite its last-place finish in the contest, "E depois do adeus" has since gained notability for being one of the two signals to begin the Carnation Revolution against the Estado Novo regime in the country. Prior to Moniz finishing sixth in 1996, Portugal's best result in the contest was two seventh-place finishes, for Carlos Mendes in and José Cid in . 1996 remains the last time that Portugal reached the top ten.Despite having some really weak results the 90's were the most successful decade for the country reaching the top 10 four times.Because of this success in the 90's the country only suffered the relegation method in the year of 2000 and 2002. Portugal was allowed to take part in the 2002 contest but refused; its place was taken by Latvia, which ended up winning the contest. Since semi-finals were introduced into the contest in 2004, Portugal has failed to reach the final eight times, including from 2004 to 2007. The country did reach the final from 2008 to 2010. In 2008, Vânia Fernandes finished 13th with the song "Senhora do mar (Negras águas)", Portugal's best finish since 1998. As of 2015, 2010 remains the last time Portugal participated in the Eurovision final, having failed to qualify from the semi-finals four more times, in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015. == Absences == Portugal has been absent from five contests since their first participation. The country's first absence was in 1970 where Portugal, along with four other countries, boycotted the contest due to the result of the previous year, when four countries were announced the winner.〔O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3〕 Portugal missed the 2000 contest due to their poor average results over the past five years. Despite being eligible to enter the 2002 contest, RTP declined to enter, and was replaced by eventual winner Latvia. The fourth absence was in 2013, when Portugal didn't participate for financial reasons. The fifth absence will be in 2016. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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