Portugal was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "", written by Aurora Pinto, Bernardo Espinho, João Direitinho, and Miguel Cristovinho, and performed by Inês Gonçalves. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, (RTP), selected its artist for the contest through The Voice Kids Portugal (Season 6) and the song internally.
Background
Prior to the 2025 contest, Portugal participated in the contest nine 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. Portugal returned in and participated until . Portugal provisionally confirmed their participation in the contest, but ultimately withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their best result came in 2024, when Victoria Nicole finished second with her song "Esperança"; winning the televote with 117 points and coming fourth with the juries receiving 96 points. Before Junior Eurovision
The Voice Kids 6
RTP confirmed its intention to participate in the 2025 contest on 8 Marxch 2025, also confirming that it would use the sixth season of the talent show The Voice Kids, hosted by Catarina Furtado, to select its entry, and opened the submission process for interested artists aged between eight and fourteen. The coaches of the series were Diogo Piçarra, Nena, Miguel Cristovinho and Cuca Roseta.
Final The final took place on 13 July 2025. The winner was selected through two rounds of voting. In the first round of voting, four artists were selected to proceed to the second round by their respective coaches, i.e. one from each team. In the second round, the public vote selected Inês Gonçalves of team Cristo as the winner.
Key: Winner +FinalSecond round13 July 2025ArtistSong 1 Lara Martins "Pie Jesu" 2 Maria Vinagre "Anyone" 3 Inês Gonçalves "" 4 Matilde Azevedo ""
Song selection The song that was to be performed by Gonçalves was confirmed to be "" and it was released on 7 November 2025, with and acompannying music video. The song was written by Aurora Pinto, Bernardo Espinho, João Direitinho and Miguel Cristovinho.
At Junior Eurovision The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at the Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City in Tbilisi, Georgia on 13 December 2025. On 4 November 2025, an allocation draw was held to determine the running order of the contest, ahead of which each song was classified into a different category based on its musical style and tempo. Portugal was drawn to perform in position 13, following the entry from the and before the entry from .
Voting
Victoria Nicole who represented them in 2024 was announced to be their spokesperson for the final. Portugal finished 13th in the contest with 73 points; 32 from the jury and 41 from the online voting
+Points awarded to PortugalScoreCountry12 points10 points8 points 7 points6 points5 points4 points3 points2 points1 pointPortugal received 41 points from the online vote
+Points awarded by PortugalScoreCountry12 points10 points8 points7 points6 points5 points4 points3 points2 points1 point
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