Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest explained

Portugal
Contest:JESC
Broadcaster:Portuguese: [[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal]]|i=unset (RTP)
Apps:8
Highest:8th:
Current:2023

The participation of Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 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 Eurovision Song Contest 2018 where she placed 18th. Portugal withdrew from competing in, and returned in . They withdrew again in due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Portugal returned in, where they achieved 11th place, their best result up to that point. In 2022 the country surpassed this record and reached 8th place.

History

Portugal has sent eight entries to the contest, first entering in . Portugal finished second-last in both 2006 and, 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,[2] but on 4 September 2014 it was announced that they ultimately would not participate.[3] Portugal returned in and has participated until 2019. Portugal provisionally confirmed their participation in the 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.

Participation overview

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YearArtistSongLanguagePlacePoints
Pedro Madeira"Portuguese: Deixa-me sentir|i=unset"Portuguese1422
Jorge Leiria"Portuguese: Só quero é cantar|i=unset"Portuguese1615
Mariana Venâncio"Youtuber"Portuguese1454
Rita Laranjeira"Portuguese: Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)|i=unset"Portuguese1842
Joana Almeida"Portuguese: Vem comigo (Come with Me)|i=unset"Portuguese, English1643
Simão Oliveira"Portuguese: [[O Rapaz|O rapaz]]|i=unset"Portuguese11101
Nicolas Alves"Portuguese: Anos 70|i=unset"Portuguese8121
Júlia Machado"Where I Belong"Portuguese, English1375
Víctoria Nicole[7]

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.[8] 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)ChannelCommentatorSpokesperson
RTP1Eládio Clímaco
Isabel AngelinoJoana Galo Costa
Clara Pedro
Hélder Reis and Nuno GalopimDuarte Valença
Nuno GalopimNadezhda Sidorova
RTP1
RTPi
Zofia
RTP1, RTPi, RTPi Asia
RTPi America
Nuno GalopimManon
RTP1, RTPiNuno Galopim and Iolanda FerreiraEmily Alves
RTP1, RTPi, Portuguese: [[RTP África]]|i=unsetChloé Baldakar

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Portugal: high viewing figures for JESC 2007. Florindo. Luis. 2007-12-11. ESCToday. 2009-06-10.
  2. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Portugal: Return To Junior Eurovision. Eurovoix. 28 July 2014. 28 July 2014.
  3. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Portugal: Will Not Take Part In JESC 2014. Eurovoix. 4 September 2014. 4 September 2014.
  4. Web site: Portugal: RTP Confirms Junior Eurovision 2020 Participation. 2020-08-13. 2020-09-08. Eurovoix. Anthony. Granger.
  5. Web site: 13 countries will ‘Move the World’ at Junior Eurovision 2020. 2020-09-08. 2020-09-08. junioreurovision.tv. EBU.
  6. Web site: Ferreira . Bernardo . 2020-09-08 . Portugal fica de fora da Eurovisão Júnior 2020 . 2024-07-09 . Espalha-Factos . pt-PT.
  7. festivaldacancao.rtp, @rtppt. C9I9WYbtsup. Portugal está oficialmente confirmado no Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 E temos o prazer de anunciar que a nossa representante será Victoria Nicole, a grande vencedora do The Voice Kids 2024! Preparados para torcer por Portugal em Madrid?. 2024-07-08. Portugal is officially confirmed for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 And we're delighted to announce that our representative will be Victoria Nicole, the big winner of The Voice Kids 2024! Are you ready to cheer on Portugal in Madrid?. pt.
  8. Web site: Tonight: Junior Eurovision ng Contest 2015!. Fisher. Luke James. Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. 21 November 2015. 21 November 2015.