She first participated in 1992, making it to the national finals with the song "Meu amor inventado em mim," reaching second place.

Guerra's brother died of cancer the day previous to the contest, which she found out immediately after her performance.

"Pormenores sem a mínima importância" was her debut album, featuring Rui Veloso, a famous rock singer and composer, and the group Taxi.

Approaching ethnic music in the album "Da Gama", Rita Guerra got the help of maestro Pedro Osório and Paulo de Carvalho, Portuguese representative at ESC 1974.

Rita has also regularly worked in the Portuguese soundtrack of animated films such as "Hercules", "The Lion King", "Prince of Egypt", "The Little Mermaid" and others.