Today rehearsals for Junior Eurovision 2024 continue in Madrid. Countries rehearsing on Day 2 include France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and San Marino. The eighth country to rehearse today is Portugal’s Victoria Nicole.
What did we learn about Victoria’s staging?
Disclaimer: Please note that the EBU has not released footage from the first rehearsals, and that the description detailed in this article is mainly based from the pictures and if available footage from the delegations themselves.
We see Victoria Nicole on stage with a turquoise, and a piano is on stage, and she will be alone on stage during the performance, with smoke and wind machine being used. The LED screen will also be used, which will have pink and blue background.
If you are interested in seeing more pictures from Victoria Nicole’s first rehearsal today, you can look through them right here.
Who is Victoria Nicole?
Victoria Nicole was born in Venezuela, and her family moved to Portugal in 2018. The 13-year-old won The Voice Kids Portugal this year with a rendition of Barbara Pravi’s “Voilà”, and got started singing because she loved ABBA–so she’s surely a natural fit for the Eurovision family. Victoria also enjoys playing the piano and ukulele, and assisted in the writing of her song “Esperança”.
Victoria Nicole won the right to represent Portugal at Junior Eurovision after triumphing on this year’s edition of The Voice Kids Portugal. Her song “Esperança” was released on 8th October.
Portugal’s Junior Eurovision Journey
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 song “Where I Belong”. Once the combined scores were revealed, 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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Photo Credit: Corinne Cumming/EBU
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