Portugal’s selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 continued on Sunday night with the tthird episode of The Voice Kids on RTP.

The Voice Kids continues in Portugal, as the nations’ search for Junior Eurovision commenced. Nena, Miguel Cristovinho, Diogo Piçarra and Cuca Roseta returned as the coaches for the latest series, Catarina Furtado returns as host, while Maria Petronilho is the Digital Presenter.

The results of the third episode of the Blind Auditions are as follows:

Ana Rita Torres – Nena and Cristo turned – Joined Cristo’s team
António & Vasco Martins – Diogo, Nena and Cristo turned, Diogo superblocked Cristo – Joined Nena’s team
Leonor Lopes – Diogo and Cristo turned – Joined Cristo’s team
Lara Baptista – No coaches turned
Jorge Godinho – Diogo turned – Joined Diogo’s team
Leonor Guimarães – No coaches turned
Mariana Jorge – Diogo and Cristo turned – Joined Diogo’s team
Tomás Gonçalves – No coaches turned
Luz Confino – Nena and Cristo turned – Joined Cristo’s team
José Guerreiro – No coaches turned
Maria Luiza Pinheiro – Nena turned – Joined Nena’s team
Matilde Custódio – No coaches turned (Diogo, Nena and Cristo have full teams)
Matilde Fonseca – No coaches turned (Diogo, Nena and Cristo have full teams)
Amarílys Câmara – Cuca turned – Joined Cuca’s team

The teams so far are:

Diogo Piçarra

Maria Leonor Antunes
Salvador Rio
Salomé Pinho
Duarte Alves
Jorge Godinho
Mariana Jorge

Nena

Mia Ribeiro
Eva Moreira
Giovanna Silva
VitĂłria Fernandes
AntĂłnio & Vasco Martins
Maria Luiza Pinheiro

Miguel Cristovinho

Madalena Chaves
Samuel Aguiar
Martim Cabral
Ana Rita Torres
Leonor Lopes
Luz Confino

Cuca Roseta

Carolina Rodrigues
Daniela FontĂŁo
Lara Ferreira
Maria Eduarda
Lara InvĂŞncio
Amarílys Câmara

The Voice Kids has been used to select the Portuguese representative since 2021. RTP used to select the highest placing eligible singer to compete in Junior Eurovision. Since 2025, the winner goes to the contest. The show is being broadcast on RTP 1 and RTP Mundo from 22:00 CET every Sunday.

Inês Gonçalves represented Portugal at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with “Para onde vai o amor?”. She finished 13th with 73 points.

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 for Portugal, its best-ever result in the contest.