Portugal was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Anos 70", written by Carolina Deslandes and Agir, and performed by Nicolas Alves. The Portuguese participating broadcaster (RTP), selected Alves after being the runner-up on the third season of The Voice Kids, due to the actual winner Maria Gil would be over the age limit at the time of the contest. The song was internally selected.
Background
Prior to the 2022 contest, Portugal participated in the contest five times, first entering in . Portugal finished second-last in both 2006 and , and Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) withdrew after the 2007 contest, despite high viewing figures. It returned in and participated until . RTP provisionally confirmed its participation in the contest, but ultimately withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2021 contest, Simão Oliveira represented Portugal with the song "O Rapaz". He finished in 11th place with 101 points, and gained the best result in the history of the country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
Before Junior Eurovision
Artist selection
RTP once again used the format The Voice Kids to select its representative for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Due to the fact that the age range to participate in the show differs from the Junior Eurovision participation age range, the winner wasn't automatically confirmed to be the Portuguese representative in the contest. In the final, held on 31 July 2022, Maria Gil emerged as the winner of the season, marking Fernando Daniel's second consecutive win as a coach. However, Gil could not represent Portugal due to being over the age limit at the time of the contest in Yerevan. On 10 August, RTP confirmed that one of the runners-up, Nicolas Alves, was selected to represent Portugal, as he received the second biggest number of votes to win the competition.
At Junior Eurovision After the opening ceremony, which took place on 5 December 2022, it was announced that Portugal would perform thirteenth on 11 December 2022, following United Kingdom and preceding Serbia.
Voting
+ Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Portugal received 70 points from the online vote.
+ Points awarded by Portugal Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Detailed voting results + Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 10 7 12 13 6 11 02 13 11 11 9 7 12 03 12 15 15 15 15 15 04 15 14 9 14 14 14 05 2 6 10 12 4 5 6 06 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 07 11 12 3 11 9 10 1 08 4 2 2 2 5 2 10 09 7 4 7 5 13 7 4 10 14 13 14 10 11 13 11 5 10 13 6 8 9 2 12 9 5 8 4 12 8 3 13 14 3 8 4 7 10 6 5 15 6 9 5 8 2 4 7 16 8 3 6 3 3 3 8
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