Portugal will participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which will take place on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The Portuguese broadcaster Radio and Television of Portugal (RTP) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Rita Laranjeira was internally selected on 28 September 2018 as the Portuguese representative.[1]
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 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.
Rita Laranjeira
Rita Laranjeira (born 3 March 2005) is a Portuguese child singer. She will represent Portugal at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018.
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 Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest |
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2010 to 2016- Mariana Venâncio
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- "Deixa-me sentir"
- "Só quero é cantar"
2008 to 2009
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(Note: Entries scored out are when Portugal did not compete) |