Portugal was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Deixa-me sentir", written by Telmo Falcão and Pedro Madeira, and performed by Madeira himself. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), selected its entry through a national final called Festival da Canção Júnior 06. This was the first-ever entry from Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
Before Junior Eurovision
Festival da Canção Júnior 06 Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) opened the submission window for Festival da Canção 06 from 17 June until 4 August 2006 and by the end of the submission window, 72 songs were received. A jury consisting of Ramon Galarza, Fernando Martins and Inês Santos narrowed the list down to 14. Then another jury consisting of young experts chose the 10 participants which were announced on 1 September 2006. Sara Afonso Gonçalves’ song “Folhas de Vento” was disqualified and was replaced by João Ferreira.
The final was held on 29 September 2006 at Tivoli Theater, Lisbon and was broadcast on RTP1 and RTP Internacional. The hosts of the final were Jorge Gabriel and Helena Coelho. The final results were chosen by televoting. Interval acts featured Doce Juniors, Mega 7 and Grupo de Danca do BCM. The top 3 results were revealed in percentages during the live show and some time later the full results were revealed. + Final – 29 September 2006 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Votes Place 1 Mariana António "Só eu sei (O que quero)" 2,7178 2 União Verbal "HRP (Historía e Rapugrafia de Portugal)"3,3666 3 Trio da Pop "Ouve o teu coração e canta"1,34110 4 Tiago Batista "Só quero um Mundo melhor"2,8877 5 Pedro Madeira "Deixa-me sentir"9,3601 6 Marisa Almeida "Há sempre uma canção"4,6065 7 Ana Rita Ribeiro "Uma canção fora de moda"5,1173 8 Daniela Pinto "Tudo o que penso"4,6684 9 Bárbara Pinho "Nas noites de Paris"7,5382 10 João Ferreira "Sonho de Verão"1,6599
At Junior Eurovision At the running order draw on 17 October 2006, Portugal was drawn to perform first on 2 December 2006, preceding Cyprus.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Portugal Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Portugal Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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