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The Voice Kids (Portuguese TV series)
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The Voice Kids is the junior version of The Voice Portugal, broadcast on RTP1, with competitors between the ages of seven and fourteen.[a][1] The first season premiered in 2014, and the show did not come back for a second season until 2021.[2] In April 2019, RTP1 announced a reboot of the show, which was set to premiere in 2020, but ended up being postponed due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
Since 2021, the competition has been used to select the artist that represents Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, though it was only confirmed by RTP as the selection method in 2025.[3]
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History
The first season premiered on 28 September 2014, with Daniela Mercury, Anselmo Ralph, and Raquel Tavares as coaches, and presented by Mariana Monteiro and Vasco Palmeirim. In April 2019, RTP1 announced a reboot for the kids' version. Starting in 2021, the second season featured a new host, Catarina Furtado, and a coaching panel of four new coaches: Carlão, Fernando Daniel, Carolina Deslandes, and Marisa Liz. The third season premiered on 8 May 2022 with Bárbara Tinoco replacing Liz, while Carlão, Daniel, and Deslandes continued on the show as coaches. The fourth season premiered on 9 April 2023 with Aurea replacing Deslandes. The fifth season premiered on 14 April 2024 with Cuca Roseta and Nininho Vaz Maia replacing Aurea and Daniel, while Carlão and Tinoco continued as coaches. The sixth season premiered on 6 April 2025 with only Roseta returning as a coach from the previous season. Diogo Piçarra, Miguel Cristovinho, and Nena replaced Carlão, Vaz Maia, and Tinoco as debuting coaches.
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Timeline of coaches and hosts
Coaches' line-up
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Coaches' teams and their artists
- These are each of the coaches' teams throughout the seasons' live shows. Winners are in bold and finalists in italic.
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Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.
| Artist from Team Daniela | Artist from Team Fernando | Artist from Team Nininho | |||||||||||||
| Artist from Team Anselmo | Artist from Team Marisa | Artist from Team Diogo | |||||||||||||
| Artist from Team Raquel | Artist from Team Bárbara | Artist from Team Cristo | |||||||||||||
| Artist from Team Carlão | Artist from Team Aurea | Artist from Team Nena | |||||||||||||
| Artist from Team Carolina | Artist from Team Cuca |
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Seasons' summary
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| Color key | ||
| Winner | Eliminated in the Live shows | |
| Runner-up | Saved by another coach in the Battles | |
| Third place | Eliminated in Battles | |
| Eliminated in the Final |
Season 1 (2014)
The first season of the series had three coaches: Anselmo Ralph, fadista Raquel Tavares, and internationally-known Brazilian singer, Daniela Mercury. Premiering on 28 September 2014, Mariana Monteiro and Vasco Palmeirim were the hosts for the season and Rui Maria Pêgo was the backstage host. On 14 December, the season ended with Diogo Garcia from Team Daniela declared as winner.
Season 2 (2021)
The second season of the series had Marisa Liz, hip hop singer Carlão, pop singer Carolina Deslandes, and adults' season four winner Fernando Daniel as coaches. Premiering on 10 January 2021, Catarina Furtado was the host for the season and actress Bárbara Lourenço was the backstage host for the auditions and battles. For the live shows, digital influencer Fábio Lopes replaced Lourenço. During the season finale, on 18 April, Furtado confirmed that the winner would represent Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021.[4] Simão Oliveira from Team Fernando won the season, and eight months later, represented Portugal with the song "O Rapaz", placing 11th with 101 points.[5]
Season 3 (2022)
The third season of the series had Carlão, Daniel, Deslandes, and debutant Bárbara Tinoco as coaches. Premiering on 8 May 2022, Furtado returned as host and Lopes as the backstage host. On 31 July, 14-year-old Maria Gil from Team Fernando won the season.[6] On 10 August, RTP announced that runner-up Nicolas Alves would represent Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022, due to Gil being born in November 2007.[7]
Season 4 (2023)
On 3 December 2022, applications for the fourth season of The Voice Kids opened.[8] On 8 January 2023, during a live show of The Voice Portugal's tenth season, it was revealed that Aurea would replace Deslandes on the coaching panel, while Carlão, Daniel, and Tinoco would return.[9] Furtado hosted the show for the third year in a row, while Catarina Maia was in charge of hosting the backstage. American-born Júlia Machado from Team Fernando won the season and represented Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023.[10]
Season 5 (2024)
On 15 January 2024, it was confirmed that Carlão and Tinoco would return as coaches for the fifth season. At the same time, it was confirmed that Cuca Roseta and Nininho Vaz Maia would replace Aurea and Daniel. Furtado hosted the show for the fourth year in a row, while Catarina Maia returned for her second year in charge of hosting the backstage. Victoria Nicole from Team Nininho won the season and represented Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024. She finished in second place, Portugal's highest ever score.[11]
Season 6 (2025)
On 21 January 2025, it was confirmed that of the coaches from the previous season, only Roseta would return. At the same time, it was revealed that Diogo Piçarra, who formerly served as a coach on the adult version of the show, would debut as a coach alongside Miguel Cristovinho and Nena. Furtado hosted the show for the fifth year in a row, while Maria Petronilho debuted as the backstage host. Inês Gonçalves from Team Cristo won the season and will represent Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
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