Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest


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, a member of the European Broadcasting Union, 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, and returned in. Their worst result till date has been achieved by Rita Laranjeira with her song "Gosto de Tudo " in the Junior Eurovsion Song Contest 2018 where she placed 18th.

History

Portugal has sent four entries to the contest, first entering in. Portugal finished second-last in both 2006 and, and Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal withdrew after the 2007 contest, despite high viewing figures. On 28 July 2014, it was announced that Portugal would return in, but on 4 September 2014 it was announced that they ultimately would not participate. Portugal returned in and has participated every year since.

Participation

YearArtistSongLanguagePlacePoints
Pedro Madeira"Deixa-me sentir"Portuguese1422
Jorge Leiria"Só quero é cantar"Portuguese1615
Mariana Venâncio"Youtuber"Portuguese1454
Rita Laranjeira"Gosto de Tudo "Portuguese1842
Joana Almeida"Vem comigo ”Portuguese, English1643

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. 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.