Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Portugal
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Member station	RTP
National selection events	Festival da Canção Junior (2006—2007)
Participation summary
Appearances	2
First appearance	2006
Last appearance	2007
Best result	14th: 2006
Worst result	16th: 2007
External links
	Portugal’s page at Eurovision.tv
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The participation of Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contestfirst began at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2006which 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 last place out of fifteen participating entries, achieving a score of twenty-two points. Portugal withdrew from competing in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2008, and have yet to make their return to the contest.

History[edit]

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 wouldn’t have taken part after all.^[3]

Participation[edit]

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

Broadcasts and voting[edit]

Commentators and spokespersons[edit]

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.