Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Artist Song ( English translation ) Composer ( s )
Adelaide Ferreira Paz ( Peace ) Adelaide Ferreira
Diana Piedade Maldito tempo ( Damn time ) Carlos Massa
Filipa Baptista A noite inteira ( All night ) Augusto Madureira
Filipe Gonçalves Dança Joana ( Dance Joana ) Héber Marques
Gonçalo Tavares Tu tens uma mágica ( You have magic ) Gonçalo Tavares , José Cid
José Freitas Mal menor ( Ninguém me guia à razão ) ( Lesser evil ( No one guides me to reason ) ) Chukry ( Diogo Rodrigues )
Leonor Andrade Há um mar que nos separa ( There 's a sea that separates us ) Miguel Gameiro
Rita Seidi Lisboa , Lisboa ( Lisbon , Lisbon ) Sara Tavares , Kalaf
Rubi Machado Quando a lua voltar a passar ( When the moon passes again ) Sebastião Antunes
Simone de Oliveira À espera das canções ( Waiting for the songs ) Renato Júnior , Tiango Torres da Silva
Teresa Radamanto Um fado em Viena ( A fado in Vienna ) Fernando Abrantes , Jorge Mangorrinha
Yola Dinis Outra vez primavera ( Spring again ) Nuno Feist , Marques da Silva
Before Eurovision -- Festival da Canção 2015
The twelve competing entries were revealed on 19 February 2015 . Among the competing artists were former Eurovision Song Contest entrants Simone de Oliveira who represented Portugal twice , in the 1965 and 1969 contests , and Adelaide Ferreira who represented Portugal in the 1985 contest . The competing entries were :
Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song Há um mar que nos separa, written by Miguel Gameiro. The song was performed by Leonor Andrade. The Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) organised the national final Festival da Canção 2015 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. After 12 songs competed through two semi-finals and a final, Há um mar que nos separa performed by Leonor Andrade emerged as the winner, ultimately being selected through a public televote. In the second of the Eurovision semi-finals, Portugal failed to qualify to the final, placing fourteenth out of the 17 participating countries with 19 points.