Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Portugal
Portugal
Member station RTP
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances 3
First appearance 2006
Best result 14th: 2006, 2017
Worst result 16th: 2007
External links
Portugal's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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. Portugal withdrew from competing in 2008, and returned in 2017.

History

Portugal has sent two entries to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, first entering in 2006. Both Portuguese entries finished second-last, and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the Portuguese broadcaster, withdrew after the 2007 Contest, despite high viewing figures.[1] On 28 July 2014, it had been announced that Portugal would return in Marsa, Malta,[2] but on 4 September 2014 it was announced that they would not take part after all.[3] It returned in 2017 and will participate in 2018.

Participation

Table key

 1st place   2nd place   3rd place   Last place 

Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2006 Pedro Madeira "Deixa-me sentir" Portuguese 14 22
2007 Jorge Leiria "Só quero é cantar" Portuguese 16 15
Did not participate between 2008 and 2016
2017 Mariana Venâncio "Youtuber" Portuguese 14 54
2018 Rita Laranjeira "Gosto de Tudo (Já Não Gosto de Nada)"

Broadcasts and voting

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.[4] 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 Spokesperson
2005 Eládio Clímaco Portugal did not participate
2006 Isabel Angelino Joana Galo Costa
2007 Clara Pedro
Did not participate between 2008 to 2016
2017 Hélder Reis and Nuno Galopim Duarte Valença
2018 TBD TBD

Voting history

The tables below shows Portugal's top-five voting history rankings up until their most recent participation in 2017:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Florindo, Luis (2007-12-11). "Portugal: high viewing figures for JESC 2007". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  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. ↑ Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision ng Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
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