Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Participating broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP)
Participation summary
Appearances9
First appearance 2006
Highest placement2nd: 2024
Participation history
External links
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Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024

The participation of Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest started in 2006, when the Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place in Bucharest, Romania, and includes a total of nine appearances. The country was not represented at the contest between 2008 and 2016, their longest absence run, and in 2020. Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the national public broadcaster and a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), have been responsible for the selection process of their participating artists and entries. Portugal's first representative was Pedro Madeira with the song "Deixa-me sentir", which finished in second-last place out of fifteen entries. Their worst result to date came in 2018 when Rita Laranjeira placed 18th out of 20 entries with the song "Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)". The country's current best result is a second place obtained by Victoria Nicole with the song "Esperança" at the 2024 edition, held in Madrid, Spain.

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History

Portugal has sent eight entries to the contest, first entering in 2006. Portugal finished second-last in both 2006 and 2007, and Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) withdrew after the 2007 contest, despite high viewing figures. [1] On 28 July 2014, it was announced that Portugal would return in 2014, [2] but on 4 September 2014 it was announced that they ultimately would not participate. [3] Portugal returned in 2017 and has participated until 2019. Portugal provisionally confirmed their participation in the 2020 contest, [4] but did not appear on the final list of participants, [5] because covid-19. [6] Portugal returned in 2021 with Simão Oliveira, who came 11th, giving Portugal their best result up to that point. This achievement was then surpassed in 2022, when Portugal came 8th with Nicolas Alves and the song ‘Anos 70’, which was also the first entry sung entirely in Brazilian Portuguese dialect. The following year, Portuguese-American singer Júlia Machado came 13th out of 16 with 75 points, achieving Portugal's third-best result in Junior Eurovision.

In 2024, Portugal achieved their best result to date, with Victoria Nicole and the song Esperança placing 2nd, with 213 points.

Participation overview

Table key
2Second place
†Upcoming event
YearArtistSongLanguagePlacePoints
2006 Pedro Madeira "Deixa-me sentir" Portuguese 1422
2007 Jorge Leiria"Só quero é cantar"Portuguese1615
2017 Mariana Venâncio"Youtuber"Portuguese1454
2018 Rita Laranjeira"Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)"Portuguese1842
2019 Joana Almeida"Vem comigo (Come with Me)"Portuguese, English1643
2021 Simão Oliveira"O rapaz"Portuguese11101
2022 Nicolas Alves"Anos 70"Portuguese [a] 8121
2023 Júlia Machado"Where I Belong"Portuguese, English1375
2024 Victoria Nicole"Esperança"Portuguese, Spanish 2213

Commentators and spokespersons

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov. [7] The Portuguese broadcaster, RTP, sent their own commentators to the contest in order to provide commentary in the Portuguese language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Portugal. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2005.

Year(s)ChannelCommentatorSpokespersonRef.
2005 RTP1 Eládio Clímaco Did not participate
[8]
2006 Un­known Isabel Angelino  [ pt ]Joana Galo Costa
2007 Clara Pedro
2008–2016 No broadcastDid not participate
2017 Un­known Hélder Reis  [ pt ] and Nuno Galopim  [ pt ]Duarte Valença
[9]
2018 Nuno GalopimNadezhda Sidorova
2019 RTP1, RTPi Zofia
2020 No broadcastDid not participate
2021 RTP1, RTPi, RTPi Asia, RTPi AmericaNuno GalopimManon
2022 RTP1, RTPiNuno Galopim and Iolanda FerreiraEmily Alves
2023 RTP1, RTPi, RTP África Chloé Baldakar
2024 RTP1, RTP África, RTP Internacional Carina Jorge and Nuno Galopim Júlia Machado

See also

Notes

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