Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
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Portugal represented the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which took place on 24 November 2019 in Gliwice, Poland. The Portuguese broadcaster Radio and Television of Portugal (RTP) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Joana Almeida was internally selected on 26 September 2019 as the Portuguese representative.
Background
The participation of Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began at the 2006 contest which took place in Bucharest, Romania. Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), was responsible for the selection process of participants. Portugal used a national selection format to select contestants, broadcasting a show entitled "Festival da Canção Junior". This was a junior version of Festival da Canção, the national music competition organized 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 2008, and returned in 2017.
Artist and song information
Joana Almeida
Joana Almeida (born 27 April 2009) is a Portuguese child singer.
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