Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

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Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Country Portugal
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal selection
Song: Canção para Eurovisão 2003
Selection date(s)Artist: 9 January 2003
Song: 2 March 2003
Selected entrantRita Guerra
Selected song"Deixa-me sonhar (só mais uma vez)"
Selected songwriter(s)Paulo Martins
Finals performance
Final result22nd, 13 points
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song "Deixa-me sonhar (só mais uma vez)" written by Paulo Martins. The song was performed by Rita Guerra, who was internally selected by the Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) on 9 January 2003 to represent the nation at the 2003 contest in Riga, Latvia. RTP returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their withdrawal in 2002 as one of the bottom six countries in the 2001 contest. The national final Canção para Eurovisão 2003 was organised in order to select the song that Rita Guerra would perform and the winning song was selected exclusively by public televoting. "Deixa-me sonhar (só mais uma vez)" emerged as the winning song with 75% of the votes.

Portugal competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 24 May 2003. Performing during the show in position 7, Portugal placed twenty-second out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 13 points.

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