Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song "", composed by José Niza, with lyrics by Manuel Alegre, and performed by Carlos do Carmo. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, (RTP), selected its entry at the 1976, after having previously selected the performer internally.

Before Eurovision

1976 (RTP) held the 1976 at its Lumiar studios in Lisbon on 7 March 1976, hosted by António Vitorino de Almeida, Ana Zanatti, and Eládio Clímaco. Eight songs took part in the final. Thilo Krasmann conducted all the songs.

For the first time, only one singer was chosen to perform all the songs: Carlos do Carmo, a highly respected fado singer, was invited to perform the eight songs, chosen by public contest.

The voting system was once again changed: for the first time, the public was invited to participate in the choosing of the song, casting votes via postcards until 3 March. On 22 February, the eight compositions were presented to the general public, on RTP1 and on the 23rd on RTP2, although the respective authors and composers were not yet known. On 7 March, and after the votes of the Portuguese people were scrutinized, the eight songs are again presented from 8th to 1st place, where the authors of each theme and the percentage of votes obtained for each song were revealed.

+ - 7 March 1976 Song Percentage Place 1 "Onde é que tu moras" 4.70% 7 2 "Estrela da tarde" 9.29% 6 3 "Os lobos e ninguém" 9.84% 5 4 "Novo fado alegre" 23.97% 2 5 "No teu poema" 13.24% 3 6 "Maria-criada, Maria-senhora" 3.58% 8 7 "Cantiga de Maio" 10.13% 4 8 "Uma flor de verde pinho" 25.25% 1

At Eurovision On the night of the final, Carmo performed 15th in the running order, following Austria and preceding Monaco. At the close of the voting the song had received 24 points, coming 12th in the field of 18 competing countries. The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Thilo Krasmann.

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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