[OUTDATED] Top 10 ESC Songs Ever: Portugal | Best Portuguese Eurovision Songs

These are the top 10 Eurovision Songs from Portugal ranked by percentage of achievable points.

Eurovision has used some wildly different voting systems over the years. Most are easily comparable, some are not quite. So please keep this in mind: Because of the voting system from 1971 to 1973, the entries from these years are better off in percentage terms compared to other years. Also, songs from 1957 to 1970 and 1974 have generally worse percentage values when compared to other years.

How did I calculate?
I looked for every song how many points it could have made at max in the semi and in the grand final. Then I put this maximal score in relation to the actual received points in semi and grand final.
When a song didn't participate in the semi (e.g. Big 5) I obviously considered the points from the grand final only.

Corrigendum:
The entry 2008 should be on 9th place with 25,0% of the possible points (189/756).

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[zondergezicht]

i find them extremly underrated and classy

[irankeurovisionstuff]

How many points do you want
Portugal 2017: Yes

[paulojrneto]

Portugal really benefited from the 1971-1973 voting system, it was the only time the country had three consecutive top 10 placements.

[nacht]

1972 is the best song from Portugal, imo 👏👏

[Kobi]

Wow that 1971-1973 voting system really distort the picture...Great series of videos otherwise!

[bulgaria]

Top 5 highest points ever:
5. Italy 🇮🇹 2021 - 524 Points - Winner
4. Israel 🇮🇱 2018 - 529 Points - Winner
3. Ukraine 🇺🇦 2016 - 534 Points - Winner
2. Bulgaria 🇧🇬 2017 - 615 Points - Runner Up
1. Portugal 🇵🇹 2017 - 758 Points - Winner

[alejandrodanielmoreno]

Dulce-(Lusitana Paixao)
Sara Tavares-(Chamar a Musica)
Anabela -(A Cidade)in ESC Millstreet(Ireland) 1993.
Salvador Sobral-(Amar Pelos Dois)
💚❤💚❤💚❤💚❤💚❤💚❤💚
Saludos desde Espanha❤❤❤

[Cleeves]

since 1971-1973, no one could receive 0 points, but got at least the minimum 2×(n-1), n being the number of participants, you should deduce these from your calculations... otherwise, all songs in those years will come off slightly better than they were

[daydani]

Falta Carlos Paião, Paulo de Carvalho, Anabela, Doce, Adelaide Ferreira, Simone Oliveira, Madalena Iglesias, Flor de Lis, Maro

[tonyoliveira]

What are you talking about more like top 10 worse Portuguese songs thanks for wasting my time