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Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017

On 9 August, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that Portugal would participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Tbilisi, Georgia. This was the first time that Portugal has participated in the contest since 2007, with Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) being responsible for the selection of their participant.[1]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Country Portugal
National selection
Selection process
  • Song: Internal Selection
  • Artist: Júniores de Portugal
Selection date(s)
  • Song: 29 September 2017
  • Artist: 5 October 2017
Selected artist(s)Mariana Venâncio
Selected song"Youtuber"
Selected songwriter(s)João Cabrita
Mariana Andrade
Finals performance
Final result14th, 54 points
Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2007 • 2017 • 2018►

Before Junior Eurovision

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Júniores de Portugal

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The singer who performed the Portuguese entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was selected through the singing competition Júniores de Portugal ("Juniors of Portugal").[2] 5 artists participated in a televised production named where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of both public vote and the votes of a jury invited by the production. The artists all performed a JESC song and a cover song. The competing song, titled "Youtuber", written by João Cabrita and Mariana Andrade, was revealed on 29 September 2017.[3] The jury members of Júniores de Portugal were:[4]

Final

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The final, hosted by Jorge Gabriel and Sónia Araújo, took place on 5 October 2017 in RTP Studios in Porto.[3] Filipa Ferreira and Mariana Venâncio was tied at 9 points each but since Mariana Venâncio received the most votes from the televoting she was declared the winner.

Final – 5 October 2017
Artist Draw JESC Song Draw Cover Jury Televote Total Place
Filipa Ferreira 1 "Youtuber" 6 "La Isla Bonita" 5 4 9 2
Mariana Venâncio 2 "Youtuber" 7 "A Máquina (Acordou)" 4 5 9 1
Matilde Leite 3 "Youtuber" 8 "O Amor é Assim" 3 2 5 4
Duarte Valença 4 "Youtuber" 9 "Loucos" 1 1 2 5
Margarida Lima 5 "Youtuber" 10 "Let It Be" 2 3 5 3

Artist and song information

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Mariana Venâncio

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Mariana Venâncio
Born (2006-10-04) 4 October 2006 (age 18)
Lisbon, Portugal
GenresPop
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active2013–present
  "Youtuber"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Mariana Venâncio
Language
Composer(s)
João Cabrita
Mariana Andrade
Lyricist(s)
João Cabrita
Entry chronology
◄ "Só quero é cantar" (2007)

Mariana Venâncio (born 4 October 2006 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese child singer. She represented Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Youtuber".

"Youtuber"

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"Youtuber" is a song by the Portuguese child singer Mariana Venâncio. It represented Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

At Junior Eurovision

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During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 20 November 2017, Portugal was drawn to perform in position 6 on 26 November 2017, following Belarus and preceding Ireland.

Voting

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In 2017, a new voting system was introduced, in which the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.[5]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 24 November 2017 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on 26 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs.[6] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

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Detailed voting results from Portugal[7]
Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Awarded
01   Cyprus 12 12 9 11 13 12
02   Poland 6 11 2 6 5 6 5
03   Netherlands 15 13 8 12 15 14
04   Armenia 3 1 6 5 8 3 8
05   Belarus 1 5 5 4 2 2 10
06   Portugal
07   Ireland 10 7 11 7 6 8 3
08   Macedonia 7 15 12 10 4 10 1
09   Georgia 4 4 1 9 7 4 7
10   Albania 9 14 13 15 11 13
11   Ukraine 8 8 10 8 3 7 4
12   Malta 13 10 14 14 14 15
13   Russia 2 2 3 3 1 1 12
14   Serbia 11 6 7 13 10 9 2
15   Australia 5 3 5 2 12 5 6
16   Italy 14 9 15 1 9 11

References

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  1. ^ "16 countries to dazzle on stage in Tbilisi in 2017!". European Broadcasting Union. 9 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Portugal: Representante na Eurovisão Júnior escolhido na tarde de 5 de outubro".
  3. ^ a b "Júniores de Portugal: 5 finalists to sing "YouTuber" in Thursday's Junior Eurovision selection". wiwibloggs. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. ^ "[Juniores de Portugal] Conheça o painel de jurados do concurso".
  5. ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
  6. ^ Farren, Neil (10 November 2017). "Voting in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017.
  7. ^ a b c "Results of the Final of Tbilisi 2017". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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