Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

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Portugal in the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
CountryFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Selection processInternal selection
Announcement date26 September 2019
Competing entry
Song"Vem comigo (Come With Me)"
ArtistJoana Almeida
SongwritersJoão Pedro Coimbra
Placement
Final result16th, 43 points
Participation chronology
◄201820192021►

Portugal represented the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which took place on 24 November 2019 in Gliwice, Poland. The Portuguese broadcaster Radio and Television of Portugal (RTP) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Joana Almeida was internally selected on 26 September 2019 as the Portuguese representative. [1] [2]

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Background

The participation of Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began at the 2006 contest 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.

Artist and song information

Joana Almeida
Joana Almeida 2019.jpg
Background information
Born (2009-04-27) 27 April 2009 (age 16)
Gouveia, Portugal
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Flag of Portugal.svg "Vem Comigo (Come With Me)"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Joana Almeida
Languages
Portuguese, English
Composer(s)
João Pedro Coimbra
Lyricist(s)
João Pedro Coimbra
Finals performance
Final result
16th
Final points
43
Entry chronology
◄ "Gosto de Tudo (Já Não Gosto de Nada)" (2018)

Joana Almeida

Joana Almeida (born 27 April 2009) is a Portuguese child singer. She represented Portugal at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Vem comigo (Come With Me)".

Vem comigo (Come With Me)

"Vem comigo (Come With Me)" is a song by Portuguese singer Joana Almeida. It represented Portugal at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, Portugal was drawn to perform sixteenth on 24 November 2019, following Armenia and preceding Italy.

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 participating broadcaster assembled 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. [3]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 22 November 2019 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 24 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. [4] 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 43 points from the online vote. [5]

Points awarded by Portugal [5]
ScoreCountry
12 pointsFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
10 pointsFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
8 pointsFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
7 pointsFlag of France.svg  France
6 pointsFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
5 pointsFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
4 pointsFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
3 pointsFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
2 pointsFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
1 pointFlag of Italy.svg  Italy

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Portuguese jury: [6]

Detailed voting results from Portugal [5]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror ERankPoints
01Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8171591215
02Flag of France.svg  France 33173547
03Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 188281892
04Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 911112210
05Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 516111138
06Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 11183151712
07Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 6159171314
08Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 121318181517
09Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 171416131618
10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 105621056
11Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4956665
12Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 71047983
13Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1512751111
14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 12843112
15Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 271414474
16Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
17Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 13410108101
18Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 161112121416
19Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1461316713

References

  1. Farren, Neil (26 September 2019). "Portugal: Joana Almeida to Junior Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  2. García, Belén (26 September 2019). "Official: Joana Almeida to sing "Vem Comigo (Come With Me)" for Portugal at Junior Eurovision 2019". ESCplus. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  3. Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
  4. "How to vote for your favourites in Junior Eurovision 2019". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "Results of the Final of Gliwice-Silesia 2019". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  6. Granger, Anthony (23 November 2019). "Portugal: RTP Reveal Junior Eurovision 2019 Jury Members". Eurovoix. Retrieved 6 April 2025.