Portugal in the Home Composed Song Contest

Portugal first participated in the Home Composed Song Contest in 1997 and was most recently represented in the 2018 edition.

After many years of knocking on the door, including two podium finishes, Portugal recorded its first victory in 2018 thanks to the song "Direito à vida", performed by Micaela Abreu and submitted by Rogério Afonso.

Contestants

Year	Title	Performer	Position
1997	Ventos perdidos de amor	Nuno Rodrigues	4	(of 14)
2006	Am I Still	Rogério Afonso	12	(of 36)
2006	Make Me Believe	Nuno Val	30=	(of 36)
2007	Day And Night	Rogério Afonso	7	(of 28)
2007	Can't Stay Without You	Manel da Silva	13	(of 28)
2007	Ao sabor do vento	DaZeAnSilFreRoGeCa	19=	(of 28)
2007	All I Needed	Rogério Afonso	23	(of 28)
2007	4, 3, 2, 1 A-a-a-a Break! Yeah...	Manel da Silva	26=	(of 28)
2008	Somewhere In The World	Marco Daniel Nunes	6	(of 31)
2008	All Again	Heitor	11	(of 31)
2008	You've Got My Love	Enhanced Duo 7	14	(of 31)
2008	Livre ao sol	Heitor	22=	(of 31)
2008	Oxygen	Skin2Skin	24	(of 31)
2008	Devil Told You Lies	Skin2Skin	26	(of 31)
2009	I'm Sorry	Heitor	4=	(of 25)
2009	Tantas as noitas	Dário Gonçalves	6	(of 25)
2009	Longe de ti 99	Manel da Silva	16	(of 25)
2009	Direção	Heitor	21	(of 25)
2010	I Wanna Be There	Heitor	4	(of 19)
2011	Amanhecer	José Abreu	16=	(of 35)
2011	I Didn't Expect	Heitor	16=	(of 35)
2011	These People Are Very Crazy	Manel da Silva	33=	(of 35)
2012	Luz, o meu coraçao	Pavel	4	(of 22)
2012	Eu volto	Heitor	10	(of 22)
2013	This Love (Keeps Burning)	Petra Camacho	3	(of 25)
2013	Find The Light	Heitor	8	(of 25)
2013	No Strings	Pavel	12	(of 25)
2013	Libertação	Manel da Silva	21	(of 25)
2014	Liberate Your Inner Voice	Sweet Cristina	2	(of 18)
2015	Destiny	Rajah & Sapphire	8	(of 18)
2016	Tomorrow	Heitor	7	(of 14)
2018	Direito à vida	Micaela Abreu	1	(of 18)
2018	Vermelha	Heitor	10	(of 18)

Instrumental of the Year:

Year	Title	Performer	Position
2016	I Know Now	Rogério Afonso	3-	(of 6)