Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Portugal is set to compete in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France on 19 December. Portuguese broadcaster RTP is responsible for the participation, and selected Simão Oliveira to represent the country, after he won the second season of The Voice Kids Portugal.[1]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country Portugal
National selection
Selection processArtist: The Voice Kids
Song: Internal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 18 April 2021
Song: 12 November 2021
Selected entrantSimão Oliveira
Selected song"O Rapaz"
Selected songwriter(s)
Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2019 • 2021

The country is to return to the competition after an absence of one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background
Main article: Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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]

Artist and song information

Simão Oliveira
Simão Oliveira
Birth nameSimão Oliveira
Born (2007-05-11) 11 May 2007
Arouca, Portugal
OriginPortugal
GenresFado, traditional pop
InstrumentsVocals, clarinet
LabelsUniversal Music Portugal

Simão Oliveira (born 11 May 2007)[5] is a fado singer from Arouca, Portugal. He started singing at the age of four, and also plays clarinet.[6] He participated in the second season of The Voice Kids Portugal, airing from 10 January 2021. After his blind audition, he joined Team Carlão, but during the battles he was saved by another coach, Fernando Daniel. Oliveira went on to win the final of the competition on 18 April 2021, receiving the most votes through televoting.[7] A few moments before he was announced as the winner, presenter Catarina Furtado announced that the winner of the show will also represent the country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.[8] He also won a record contract with Universal Music Portugal.[9]

O Rapaz

On 27 October 2021, RTP revealed that the country's entry is called "O Rapaz", written by Fernando Daniel and Diogo Clemente.[10] The song was released on 12 November 2021.[11]

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw, which both took place on 13 December 2021, Portugal was drawn to perform nineteenth (last) on 19 December 2021, following North Macedonia.[12]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition will be used, where the results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting.

The online voting consists of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances is shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting will end on Sunday 19 December at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and begin right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers will be able vote for a maximum of three songs.[13] They will also be able to vote for their own country's song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.


References
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  8. Otto, Melanie (19 April 2021). "Simão Oliveira will represent Portugal at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021". ESCUnited. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021.
  9. Pinto, Alexandre (21 April 2021). "The Voice Kids winner Simão Oliveira will represent Portugal at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021". Eurovoxx. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021.
  10. Matias, Bernardo (27 October 2021). "Simão Oliveira defende Portugal com o tema 'O Rapaz' na Eurovisão Júnior 2021" [Simão Oliveira represents Portugal at the Junior Eurovision with the song 'O Rapaz']. e-FestivalPT (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 October 2021.
  11. Herbert, Emily (1 November 2021). "🇵🇹 Portugal: "O Rapaz" To Be Revealed On November 12th". Eurovoix.
  12. "Junior Eurovision: Running order revealed… 🇫🇷". Junioreurovision.tv. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
  13. "You can vote on the winner of Junior Eurovision! 🗳". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020.
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