Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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Portugal
Portugal
Member stationRTP
National selection events
National final
  • Festival da Canção Junior
  • 2006–2007
  • Júniores de Portugal
  • 2017 (artist)
  • The Voice Kids Portugal
  • 2021 (artist)
Internal selection
  • 2017 (song)
  • 2018–2019
  • 2021 (song)
Participation summary
Appearances6
First appearance2006
Highest placement11th: 2021
External links
Portugal's page at JuniorEurovision.tv
Song contest current event.png For the most recent participation see
Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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), were responsible for the selection process of their participation. Portugal used a national selection format, broadcasting a show entitled "Festival da Canção Junior", for their participation at the contests. This was a junior version of Festival da Canção, the national music competition organised 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. Their worst result to date has been achieved by Rita Laranjeira with her song "Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)" in the Junior Eurovsion Song Contest 2018 where she placed 18th. Portugal withdrew from competing in 2008, and returned in 2017. They withdrew again in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but returned in 2021, where they achieved their best result as of 2021, 11th place.

History[]

Portugal has sent six 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]

Participation overview[]

Year Entrant Song Language Place Points
2006
 Pedro Madeira "Deixa-me sentir" Portuguese 14 22
2007
 Jorge Leiria "Só quero é cantar" Portuguese 16 15
2017
 Mariana Venâncio "Youtuber" Portuguese 14 54
2018
 Rita Laranjeira "Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)" Portuguese 18 42
2019
 Joana Almeida "Vem comigo (Come with Me)” Portuguese, English 16 43
2021
 Simão Oliveira "O Rapaz" Portuguese 11 101

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.[6] 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) Commentator Channel Spokesperson Ref.
2005 Eládio Clímaco RTP1 Did not participate
[7]
2006 Isabel Angelino Unknown Joana Galo Costa
2007 Clara Pedro
2017 Hélder Reis and Nuno Galopim Unknown Duarte Valença
[8]
2018 Nuno Galopim Nadezhda Sidorova
[9][10]
2019 RTP1
RTPi 		Zofia
[11][12][13]
2020 No broadcast Did not participate
2021 Nuno Galopim RTP1, RTPi, RTPi Asia
RTPi America 		TBA
[14][15]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Florindo, Luis (11 December 2007). "Portugal: high viewing figures for JESC 2007". ESCToday. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  2. ^ Granger, Anthony (28 July 2014). "Portugal: Return To Junior Eurovision". Eurovoix. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ^ Granger, Anthony (4 September 2014). "Portugal: Will Not Take Part In JESC 2014". Eurovoix. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ^ Granger, Anthony (13 August 2020). "Portugal: RTP Confirms Junior Eurovision 2020 Participation". Eurovoix. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  5. ^ "13 countries will 'Move the World' at Junior Eurovision 2020". junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  6. ^ Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision ng Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  7. ^ Rodrigues, André (11 December 2005). "RTP confirms participation 2006 Junior". esctoday.com. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  8. ^ Costa, Nelson (15 November 2017). "Portugal: Nuno Galopim junta-se a Hélder Reis nos comentários do Festival Eurovisão Júnior". escportugal.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  9. ^ Granger, Anthony (24 October 2018). "Portugal: Nuno Galopim Confirmed as Junior Eurovision Commentator". eurovoix. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  10. ^ Granger, Anthony (24 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision'18: Schoolchildren Revealed as Spokespersons For Nine Nations". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  11. ^ Granger, Anthony (20 November 2019). "Portugal: Nuno Galopim Confirmed as Junior Eurovision Commentator". eurovoix.com.
  12. ^ Granger, Anthony (17 November 2019). "Portugal: Junior Eurovision To Air On RTP 1 & Internationally". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  13. ^ Filippidou, Ifigeneia (24 November 2019). "These are the Junior Eurovision 2019 spokespersons". esc-plus.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  14. ^ Granger, Anthony (12 October 2021). "