Portugal in the OTI Festival
# Portugal in the OTI Festival

Portugal and its OTI member station Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) was one of the founding members of the OTI Festival and debuted at the first contest in 1972 in Madrid. It participated 22 times and hosted the 1987 contest in Lisbon.

## Contestants

### Table key

| Year | Artist | Song | Conductor | Place | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1972 | Tonicha | "Glória, glória, aleluia" | Augusto Algueró | 6 | 5 |
| 1973 | Paco Bandeira | "Poema de mim" | Ivan Pablo | 12 | 2 |
| 1974 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1975 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1976 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1977 | Paulo de Carvalho | "Amor sem palavras" | Thilo Krasmann [pt] | 14 | 1 |
| 1978 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1979 | José Cid | "Na cabana junto à praia" | Jorge Machado | 3 | 32 |
| 1980 | Simone de Oliveira | "À tua espera" | Fernando Correia Martins | 14 | 9 |
| 1981 | José Cid | "Uma lágrima" | Mike Sergeant | 10 | 14 |
| 1982 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1983 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1984 | Adelaide Ferreira | "Vem no meu sonho" | José Calvário | 2 | - |
| 1985 | Jorge Fernando [pt] | "Um ano depois" | Segundo Galarza | - | - |
| 1986 | Carlos Pedro | "Adeus à praia" | Thilo Krasmann | - | - |
| 1987 | Teresa Mayuco | "Não me tirem este mar" | Fernando Correia Martins | 6 | - |
| 1988 | Luis Filipe | "Vivo a vida cantando" | Jaime Oliveira | 7 | 6 |
| 1989 | Marco Paulo [pt] | "Rosa morena" | Thilo Krasmann | 5 | - |
| 1990 | Dora | "Quero acordar" | Thilo Krasmann | 6 | - |
| 1991 | Dulce Pontes | "Ao sul da América" | Thilo Krasmann | 5 | - |
| 1992 | Cristina Roque | "Uma avenida inteira de saudade" | Jaime Oliveira | 5 | - |
| 1993 | Anabela | "Onde Estás?" | Thilo Krasmann | 3 | - |
| 1994 | Mafalda Sacchetti [pt] | "Eu quero um planeta azul" | Thilo Krasmann | 7 | 6 |
| 1995 | Pedro Migueis | "Vem lá bem" | Ramón Galarza | - | - |
| 1996 | Elaisa | "A minha ilha" | Jony Galvao | - | - |
| 1997 | Ágata [pt] | "Abandonada" | Víctor Salasar | - | - |
| 1998 | Beto | "Quem espera, desespera" | José Marinho | 3 | - |
| 2000 | Lena D'Água | "Mar Portugal" | José Marinho | 5 | - |

## Hosted

| Year | City | Venue | Hosts |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1987 | Lisbon | Teatro São Luiz | Ana Zanatti and Eládio Clímaco |
