Which Eurovision winner scored the contest’s first victory for Portugal in 2017?

Salvador Sobral scored Portugal’s first Eurovision Song Contest victory in 2017.

Sobral performed “Amar pelos dois”, written by his sister Luísa Sobral, at the final in Kyiv, Ukraine. The song won both the jury vote and the combined overall ranking, giving Portugal its first victory since the country began competing in 1964.

Its win was notable because the entry used a restrained, intimate style rather than the large-scale staging often associated with Eurovision. The performance was sung in Portuguese, and its result showed that a quiet ballad could succeed in a highly varied field of musical styles.

Portugal had participated for decades without winning, despite several strong results. Salvador Sobral is therefore the correct performer answer, while Luísa Sobral is the songwriter. That distinction causes frequent confusion when the victory is discussed.