This evening, the Portuguese national selection for the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place. Mariana Venâncio was awarded the honour of representing Portugal in their Junior Eurovision comeback. She will perform the previously announced songYoutuber. Congratulations Mariana!
Five young talents battled it out
In this evening’s show, Juniores de Portugal, five talented young artists battled it out to win the right to sing Youtuber in Tbilisi. The song has been written by João Cabrita and Mariana Andrade. Furthermore, each act sang a second song of their own choice in order to try and win the votes from both the viewers and the jury.
The jury consisted of three Eurovision-connected musicians. These were previous Portuguese Eurovision representatives Carlos Mendes (1968 and 1972) and Inês Santos (1998) as well as this year’s Festival da Canção finalist Pedro Gonçalves.
Breakdown of results
The full results of this evening’s show were as follows:
| Place | Artist | Televote | Jury | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mariana Venâncio | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2nd | Filipa Ferreira | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 3rd | Margarida Lima | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4th | Matilde Leite | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5th | Duarte Valença | 1 | 1 | 2 |
As you can see, both Filipa and Mariana tied on nine points each when the two sets of points were combined. Therefore, the public vote took precedence. It was then the televoting winner, Mariana, who was awarded victory!
You can now watch the official Portuguese entry for the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest below. Let us know what you think!
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