Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
CountryFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
National selection
Selection process
  • Artist:Juniores de Portugal 2018
  • Song: Internal Selection
Selection date(s)
  • Artist: 28 September 2018
  • Song: 17 October 2018
Selected entrantRita Laranjeira
Selected song"Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)"
Selected songwriter(s)João Só
Finals performance
Final result18th, 42 points
Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Portugal participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which took place on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest.

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Background

The participation of Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 which took place in Bucharest, Romania. Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), was responsible for the selection process of participants. Portugal used a national selection format to select contestants, broadcasting a show entitled "Festival da Canção Junior". This was a junior version of Festival da Canção, the national music competition organized by broadcaster RTP to choose the Portuguese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The first representative to participate for the nation at the 2006 contest was Pedro Madeira with the song "Deixa-me sentir", which finished in second-last place out of fifteen participating entries, achieving a score of twenty-two points. Portugal withdrew from competing in 2008, and returned in 2017.

Before Junior Eurovision

Júniores de Portugal 2018

The singer who performed the Portuguese entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was again selected through the singing competition Júniores de Portugal ("Juniors of Portugal"). Between 1 September and 15 September 2018, children between the ages of 9 and 14 could submit a video of themselves singing online to try to participate in Junior Eurovision that year. [1] Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) received over 70 submissions and selected 10 finalists. They took part in live auditions and the winner of the event was decided by a jury. [2] The panel consisted of Nuno Galopim (Portuguese commentator for Eurovision and Junior Eurovision), Pedro Madeira (Portuguese representative in Junior Eurovision 2006), Carla Bugalho (Head Of Delegation for Portugal in Eurovision and Junior Eurovision), Fernando Martins and Sílvia Alberto (Eurovision 2018 host). Although the auditions were not published, it is known that Rita Laranjeira performed 3 songs: "Eu sei", "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "I Surrender”. [3]

Finalists of Juniores de Portugal 2018 [2]
  • Carolina Teixeira
  • Eva Stuart
  • Júlia Ochoa
  • Lara Matos Ferreira
  • Malia Afonso
  • Mariana Chaves
  • Matilde Cepeda
  • Nuno Siqueira
  • Rita Laranjeira
  • Sara Monteiro

Song selection

After Rita Laranjeira's selection, it was announced Portuguese broadcaster RTP had invited a composer to come forward with one or several songs that capture the essence of ”diversity, empathy and modernity”. [4] On 12 October, the song title was announced to be "Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)". [3] [5] The song itself was released on 17 October 2018. [6] The song is about “the way teenagers relate today with the world through social media.” The song was written and composed by João Só who was selected by RTP to write the Portuguese entry. [7] João Só has previously competed as a songwriter in the Portuguese Eurovision selection Festival da Canção in both 2012 and 2016. [7]

Artist and song information

Rita Laranjeira
Rita Laranjeira at JESC 2018.jpg
Background information
Birth nameRita Laranjeira
Born (2005-03-03) 3 March 2005 (age 19)
Sintra, Portugal
Origin Portugal
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals, violin, piano
Flag of Portugal.svg "Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Rita Laranjeira
Language
Finals performance
Final result
18th
Final points
42
Entry chronology
◄ "Youtuber" (2017)
"Vem comigo (Come With Me)" (2019) ►

Rita Laranjeira

Rita Laranjeira (born 3 March 2005) is a Portuguese child singer from Sintra, Portugal. She attends the Sintra Music Conservatoire in the disciplines violin, orchestra, musical training and choir. [8] [9] In 2018, she participated in the MEO Kids Music Fest and Junior Eurovision Song Contest, [10] and in 2020 in The Voice Portugal. [11]

Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)

"Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)" is a song by Portuguese singer Rita Laranjeira. It represented Portugal at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Portugal was drawn to perform second on 25 November 2018, following Ukraine and preceding Kazakhstan. [12]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten. [13]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 25 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs. [14] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

In the contest, Portugal received no points from the professional juries; they received 42 points from the online vote. [15]

Points awarded by Portugal [15]
ScoreCountry
12 pointsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
10 pointsFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
8 pointsFlag of Malta.svg  Malta
7 pointsFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
6 pointsFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
5 pointsFlag of France.svg  France
4 pointsFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
3 pointsFlag of Israel.svg  Israel
2 pointsFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
1 pointFlag of Russia.svg  Russia

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Portugal [15]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 142413247
02Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
03Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 718761311
04Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 16161910816
05Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6121059101
06Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 121512161015
07Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 101711171817
08Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 33673210
09Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1311914712
10Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 191416151418
11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 55841174
12Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 46224112
13Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 971531292
14Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1811719683
15Flag of France.svg  France 17419565
16Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 11314121713
17Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 81038156
18Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 151918181919
19Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 29511538
20Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 11813111614

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