Background
Portugal has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 41 times since its debut entry in 1964. It achieved its best result in 1996, when Lúcia Moniz came sixth with "O meu coração não tem cor", getting the maximum 12 points a country can give from both Cyprus and Norway and receiving 92 points in total. Portugal's least successful entries have been in 1964, 1974 and 1997 when Portugal placed last.
The Portuguese national broadcaster, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) broadcasts the event each year and organizes the selection process for the its entry. Many different selection processes have been used, however the most common is the Festival da Canção competition, having been held almost every year since Portugal joined the contest. At Festival da Canção, members of the public vote for the performance they want to represent them at the Contest. RTP again chose to use this format to select the 2008 Portuguese entry.
Read more about this topic: Portugal In The Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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