Inês Gonçalves has won The Voice Kids Portugal and will represent Portugal at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Tbilisi.
The final of The Voice Kids Portugal took place tonight in RTP Studios in Lisbon. The final was held over two rounds. In the first round, all eight finalists performed,. The coaches then selected one singer from each of their team to progress to the second round. In the second round, the final four finalists performed again and the winner was chosen.
The results of the first round were as follows (qualifiers in bold):
- Carlos Abreu
- Martim Ferreira
- Rubén Correia
- Matilde Azevedo
- Inês Gonçalves
- Maria Vinagre
- Lara Martins
- João Oliveira
The results of the second round are as follows:
- Matilde Azevedo
- Inês Gonçalves – Winner
- Maria Vinagre
- Lara Martins
The song that Inês will perform in Tbilisi will be chosen at a later date.
Victoria Nicole represented Portugal at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with “Esperança”. She finished 2nd in the final with 213 points. Portugal was 4th with the jury scoring 96 points and 1st with the online vote scoring 117 points.
Image source: RTP
Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Portugal debuted at the 2006 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Bucharest. The country placed second-last in 2006 and 2007 and withdrew in 2008. They did not return until 2017, when they were represented by Mariana Venâncio, who placed 14th with her song “YouTuber”. In 2024, Victoria Nicole finished 2nd in the competition for Portugal, its best-ever result in the contest.
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Posted by:Neil Farren
Neil is from Ireland but has lived in several countries around Europe. He has has been an editor for Eurovoix since May 2017. He has been following the Eurovision Song Contest since 2005 and attended every contest as press since 2019. He also follows other Eurovision contests, such as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which he has watched since the very first edition in 2003.