Portugal’s Victoria Nicole will release her entry for Junior Eurovision 2024, “Esperança” on Tuesday the 8th of October.
About “Esperança”
In July, RTP confirmed that Victoria Nicole would represent Portugal at Junior Eurovision 2024 after she won the fifth series of The Voice Kids Portugal. In September, it was revealed that she would sing “Esperança” at the contest, a song written by Nininho Vaz Maia, Bárbara Tinoco and Victoria herself. On Instagram, RTP confirmed that the song will be released on Tuesday the 8th of October.
Portugal’s Junior Eurovision History
Portugal first took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2006, with Pedro Madeira singing his song “Deixa-me sentir”. At the close of voting, Portugal finished 14th in a field of 15 participants with a total of 22 points. Portugal participated once more in 2007, before taking a 10 year break and returning to the Contest in 2017. Since then, Portugal has participated a total of eight times.
Portugal’s most recent participation came in 2023 when Júlia Machado represented the nation in Nice with the song “Where I Belong”. At the end of the show, Portugal finished in 13th place with 75 points. 45 of Portugal’s points came from the online vote, whilst the remaining 30 came from professional juries.
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News Source: RTP
Photo Credit: RTP
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