| Portugal | |
| Contest: | JESC |
| Broadcaster: | Portuguese: [[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal]]|i=unset (RTP) |
| Apps: | 9 |
| Highest: | 2nd: |
| Current: | 2024 |
The participation of Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest started in, when the Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place in Bucharest, Romania, and includes a total of nine appearances. The country was not represented at the contest between 2008 and 2016, their longest absence run, and in 2020. Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the national public broadcaster and a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), have been responsible for the selection process of their participating artists and entries. Portugal's first representative was Pedro Madeira with the song "Deixa-me sentir", which finished in second-last place out of fifteen entries. Their worst result to date came in 2018 when Rita Laranjeira placed 18th out of 20 entries with the song "Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)". The country's current best result is a second place obtained by Victoria Nicole with the song "Esperança" at the edition, held in Madrid, Spain.
Portugal has sent eight entries to the contest, first entering in . Portugal finished second-last in both 2006 and, and Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) withdrew after the 2007 contest, despite high viewing figures.[1] On 28 July 2014, it was announced that Portugal would return in,[2] but on 4 September 2014 it was announced that they ultimately would not participate.[3] Portugal returned in and has participated until 2019. Portugal provisionally confirmed their participation in the contest,[4] but did not appear on the final list of participants,[5] because covid-19.[6] Portugal returned in 2021 with Simão Oliveira, who came 11th, giving Portugal their best result up to that point. This achievement was then surpassed in 2022, when Portugal came 8th with Nicolas Alves and the song ‘Anos 70’, which was also the first entry sung entirely in Brazilian Portuguese dialect. The following year, Portuguese-American singer Júlia Machado came 13th out of 16 with 75 points, achieving Portugal's third-best result in Junior Eurovision.
In 2024, Portugal achieved their best result to date, with Victoria Nicole and the song Esperança placing 2nd, with 213 points.
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| 2 | Second place | |
| 3 | Third place | |
| ◁ | Last place | |
| X | Entry selected but did not compete--> | |
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| Year | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Madeira | "Portuguese: Deixa-me sentir|i=unset" | Portuguese | 14 | 22 | ||
| Jorge Leiria | "Portuguese: Só quero é cantar|i=unset" | Portuguese | 16 | 15 | ||
| Mariana Venâncio | "Youtuber" | Portuguese | 14 | 54 | ||
| Rita Laranjeira | "Portuguese: Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)|i=unset" | Portuguese | 18 | 42 | ||
| Joana Almeida | "Portuguese: Vem comigo (Come with Me)|i=unset" | Portuguese, English | 16 | 43 | ||
| Simão Oliveira | "Portuguese: O rapaz|i=unset" | Portuguese | 11 | 101 | ||
| Nicolas Alves | "Portuguese: Anos 70|i=unset" | Portuguese | 8 | 121 | ||
| Júlia Machado | "Where I Belong" | Portuguese, English | 13 | 75 | ||
| Victoria Nicole | "Esperança" | Portuguese, Spanish | 2 | 213 |
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.[7] 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) | Channel | Commentator | Spokesperson | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTP1 | Eládio Clímaco | ||||
| Joana Galo Costa | |||||
| Clara Pedro | |||||
| – | |||||
| and | Duarte Valença | ||||
| Nuno Galopim | Nadezhda Sidorova | ||||
| RTP1, RTPi | Zofia | ||||
| RTP1, RTPi, RTPi Asia, RTPi America | Nuno Galopim | Manon | |||
| RTP1, RTPi | Nuno Galopim and Iolanda Ferreira | Emily Alves | |||
| RTP1, RTPi, Portuguese: [[RTP África]]|i=unset | Chloé Baldakar | ||||
| RTP1, RTP África, RTP Internacional | Carina Jorge and Nuno Galopim | Júlia Machado | |||