Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 | ||||
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| Country |  Portugal | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: The Voice Kids Portugal Song: Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 10 August 2022 Song: TBA | |||
| Selected entrant | Nicolas Alves | |||
| Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Portugal will compete in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Armenia, which will be held on 11 December 2022 in Yerevan. Portuguese broadcaster RTP is responsible for the participation, and selected Nicolas Alves to represent the country, after he placed runner-up on the third season of The Voice Kids Portugal.[1]
Background
Prior to the 2021 contest, Portugal participated in the contest five times, first entering in 2006. Portugal finished second-last in both 2006 and 2007, and Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) withdrew after the 2007 contest, despite high viewing figures.[2] Portugal returned in 2017 and participated until 2019. Portugal provisionally confirmed their participation in the 2020 contest,[3] but ultimately withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] In the 2021 contest in Paris, France, Simão Oliveira represented the Portugal with the song "O Rapaz". He finished in 11th place with 101 points, and gained the best result in the history of the country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
Before Junior Eurovision
Artist selection
Portuguese broadcaster RTP once again used the format The Voice Kids Portugal to select its representative for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.[1] Due to the fact that the age range to participate in the show differs from the Junior Eurovision participation age range, the winner wasn't automatically confirmed to be the Portuguese representative in the contest. In the final, held on 31 July 2022, Maria Gil emerged as the winner of the season, marking Fernando Daniel's second consecutive win as a coach.[5] However, Gil could not represent Portugal due to being over the age limit at the time of the contest in Yerevan.[1] On 10 August, RTP confirmed that one of the runners-up, Nicolas Alves, was selected to represent Portugal, as he received the second biggest amount of votes to win the competition.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Ferreira, Tiago. "Nicolas Alves representa Portugal no Festival da Eurovisão Júnior" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ Florindo, Luis (11 December 2007). "Portugal: high viewing figures for JESC 2007". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (13 August 2020). "Portugal: RTP Confirms Junior Eurovision 2020 Participation". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (9 September 2020). "Portugal: RTP Withdrew From Junior Eurovision 2020 Due To COVID-19". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
- ^ López, José David (1 August 2022). "Maria Gil wins The Voice Kids Portugal! Will she wave the Portuguese flag at Junior Eurovision 2022?". ESCplus. Retrieved 10 August 2022.