Although there are 37 countries competing, only 26 will be in the final on Saturday, and judging by the average of several bookmakers, calculated by the website eurovisionworld.com, which specialises in the contest, Portugal will not be one of them.

In Tuesday's semi-final, in addition to Portugal, Iceland, Poland, Slovenia, Estonia, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Azerbaijan, San Marino, Albania, the Netherlands, Croatia, and Cyprus will also be competing.

Only ten will go through to the final, scheduled for Saturday, and on Friday afternoon, Portugal appeared in 14th place in the bets for the first semi-final. If it happens, it won't be the first time. In 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2019, Portugal missed out on a place in the final.

On Tuesday, in addition to Napa, another Portuguese singer will take to the stage: Iolanda, Portugal's representative last year, will perform at the invitation of the organisation.

In the second semi-final, on Thursday, another ten songs will be chosen from the 16.


On that day, the following will compete: Australia, Montenegro, Ireland, Latvia, Armenia, Austria, Greece, Lithuania, Malta, Georgia, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Israel, Serbia, and Finland.

In addition to the 20 countries chosen in the two semi-finals, the so-called ‘Big Five’ (France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and Italy) and the host country, Switzerland, which have direct entry, will also compete in the final.

Last year, in the 68th edition, which took place in Malmö, Sweden, Portugal came 10th in the Eurovision Song Contest, with Iolanda and the song “Grito”.

Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1964, having failed to participate in five editions (in 1970, 2000, 2002, 2013 and 2016).

In 2017, Portugal won the competition for the first and only time with the song “Amar pelos dois”, by Luísa Sobral, performed by Salvador Sobral.