Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "", written by Guilherme Inês, Zé Da Ponte, and Luís Manuel de Oliveira Fernandes, and performed by Dora. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, (RTP), selected its entry at the 1986.

Before Eurovision

1986 (RTP) held the 1986 at its studios in Lisbon on 22 March 1986, hosted by Henrique Mendes and Maria Helena Fialho Gouveia, who hosted the very first Portuguese national final in 1964.

Mendes and Fialho Gouveia introduced and made light commentary on the songs, which were taped in advance for the television audience. Each television region in Portugal (Ponta Delgada, Funchal, Porto, and Lisbon) submitted three songs for this year's Festival. An expert jury decided the winner, and only the placement of the top three songs were made public.

The winning entry was one of the songs from Lisbon, "Não sejas mau para mim", performed by Dora and composed by Guilherme Inês, Zé Da Ponte, and Luís Manuel de Oliveira Fernandes. + Final – 22 March 1986 Artist Song Place 1Grupo Rimanço"No vapor da madrugada"2 2Carlos Alberto Moniz and A Banda"Canção para José da Lata" 3Luís Bettencourt"Cais de encontro" 4Luís Filipe"Tango da meia-noite" 5Paulo Ferraz"Um amor, uma ilha" 6Sérgio Borges"Quebrar a distância" 7Né Ladeiras"Dessa juras que se fazem" 8Trabalhadores do Comércio"Tigres de bengala"2 9Gabriela Schaaf"Cinzas e mel" 10Lara Li"Rápidamente" 11Dora"Não sejas mau para mim"1 12Fá"Uma balada de amor"

At Eurovision Dora was the twentieth and last performer on the night of the contest, following Finland. At the close of the voting the song had received 28 points, placing 14th in a field of 20 competing countries. Despite its low placing, it would be the highest rank Portugal would receive in the Contest between 1985 and 1990.

Voting

+ Points awarded to Portugal Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

+ Points awarded by Portugal Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

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