Rita Guerra (born Rita Maria de Azevedo Mafra Guerra on 22 October 1967) is a Portuguese singer. 　　Born and raised in Lisbon, she has been very successful in her home country of Portugal. She has long competed in the Portuguese national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. She first participated in 1992, making it to the national finals. With the song "Meu amor inventado em mim," she reached second place. She finally sang in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003,in Riga, Latvia, where she finished 22nd with 13 points. For Rita it was very difficult to sing this night because at the day before the contest her brother died with cancer.