The Voice Kids is the junior version of The Voice Portugal, broadcast on RTP1, with competitors between the ages of seven and fourteen. The first season premiered in 2014, and the show did not come back for a second season until 2021. 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 , 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 .
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. The seventh season premiered on 19 April 2026 with, for the first time in the show's history, all coaches returning from the previous season.
Timeline of coaches and hosts Coach Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Raquel Tavares colspan="6" Anselmo Ralph colspan="6" Daniela Mercury colspan="6" Marisa Liz colspan="5" Carlão colspan="4" colspan="2" Carolina Deslandes colspan="2" colspan="4" Fernando Daniel colspan="3" colspan="3" Bárbara Tinoco colspan="2" colspan="3" colspan="2" Aurea colspan="3" colspan="3" Nininho Vaz Maia colspan="4" colspan="2" Cuca Roseta colspan="4,7” colspan="3" Diogo Piçarra colspan="5" colspan="2" Nena colspan="5" colspan="2" Miguel Cristovinho colspan="5" colspan="3" Host 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mariana Monteiro colspan="6" Vasco Palmeirim colspan="6" Catarina Furtado colspan="6" Backstage host 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rui Maria Pêgo colspan="6" colspan="5" colspan="2" colspan="4" Catarina Maia colspan="3" colspan="2" colspan="2" Maria Petronilho colspan="5" colspan="2"
Coaches' line-up
+ Coaches' line-up by chairs order Season Year Coaches 1 2 3 4 1 2014 Raquel Anselmo Daniela 2 2021 Marisa Carlão Carolina Fernando 3 2022 Fernando Bárbara Carlão Carolina 4 2023 Aurea Carlão Bárbara Fernando 5 2024 Bárbara Nininho Cuca Carlão 6 2025 Diogo Nena Cristo Cuca 7 2026
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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.
Season Coaches and contestants 1 Team Raquel Team Anselmo Team Daniela 2 Team Marisa Team Carlão Team Carolina Team Fernando 3 Team Fernando Team Bárbara Team Carlão Team Carolina 4 Team Aurea Team Carlão Team Bárbara Team Fernando 5 Team Bárbara Team Nininho Team Cuca Team Carlão 6 Team Diogo Team Nena Team Cristo Team Cuca 7
Series overview Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.
+ Teams color key 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
+ Portuguese The Voice Kids series overview Season Year Winner Finalists Winning coach Presenter(s) 2014 Diogo Garcia Carolina Leite Filipa Ferreira colspan="2" Daniela Mercury Mariana Monteiro, Vasco Palmeirim 2021 Simão Oliveira Aurora Pinto Rita Rocha Maria Inês Mia Benita Fernando Daniel Catarina Furtado 3 2022 Maria Gil Nicolas Alves Margarida Rodrigues Martim Helena 4 2023 Júlia Machado Francisco Horta Francisco Santos Maria Pedro Rodrigo Oliveira 5 2024 Victoria Nicole Francisco Dias Leonor Quinteiro Maria Benedita rowspan="3" Nininho Vaz Maia 6 2025 Inês Gonçalves Lara Martins Maria Vinagre Matilde Azevedo Miguel Cristovinho 7 2026 Salvador Rio Ana Rita Torres Daniela Fontão Vitória Fernandes Diogo Piçarra
Seasons' summary 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.
+ Coaching teams Coaches Artists Raquel Tavares Filipa Ferreira Salomé Silveira Ana Rita Coelho José Moreira Alicia Correia Carlos Pinheiro Inês Salgado Andreia Santos Carolina Mendes Ana M. Rodrigues Francisca Martins Lúcia Mosca Carolina Macieira Bárbara Pina João Pinto Mariana Aragão Mariana Oliveira Ariana Abreu Anselmo Ralph Carolina Leite Pedro Goulão Carolina Martins Marta Costa Bárbara Bandeira João Pereira Matilde Leite Isabel Schmidt Gonçalo Mendes Tiago Barbosa Bruna Rita Kevin Mariz Sara Vieira Marco Olival Sofia Maldonado Luana Velasques Benvinda de Jesus Inês Durão Daniela Mercury Diogo Garcia Bruna Guerreiro Ana Silva Juliana Ignácio Sara Monteiro João P. Gonçalves Joana Pereira Tatiana de Oliveira Íris da Silva Mariana Cardoso Lara Escoval Carina Rodrigues Diogo Santos João Prior Carolina Cardetas Maria Marques Sara Filipe Inês Araújo
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. Simão Oliveira from Team Fernando won the season, and eight months later, represented Portugal with the song "O Rapaz", placing 11th with 101 points.
+ Coaching teams Coaches Artists Marisa Liz Aurora Pinto Maria Inês Lívia Barros Madalena Castro Leonor Carvalheira Ana Veríssimo Madalena Guedes Nuno Siqueira Matilde Barriga Yasmin de Sousa Inês Carvalho Madalena Gil Carlota Amorim Maria Gil Rita Bakker Teresa Lobo Carlão Mia Benita Nuno Siqueira Marina Maranhão Afonso Silva Alexandre Caldeira Ísis Salgueiro Simão Oliveira Matilde Matias Yasmin Cruz Laura Franco Vítor Afonso João Esteves Nina Alves Leonor Barros Noah Lisboa Inês Vilela Carolina Deslandes Rita Rocha Rosa Antunes Madalena Guedes Rúben Martins Joana Lopes Manuel Duarte Juliana Campos Rita Cavaco Jaime Saavedra Violetta Gurskaya Carolina Silva Fabiana Casais Leonor Arroja Catarina Amorim Miguel Reis Lara Guedes Zoe & Jade Fernando Daniel Simão Oliveira Margarida Machado Leonor Mariana Leal Fabiana Ferreira Tomás Pascoal Ana Veríssimo Júlia Ochôa Margarida Cardoso Tomás Esteves Francisco Fernandes Matilde Magalhães Inês Monteiro Mara Marquitos Beatriz Melo Sandra Cró
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. 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.
Season 4 (2023)
On 3 December 2022, applications for the fourth season of The Voice Kids opened. 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. 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.
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.
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 represented Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025, finishing in thirteenth place.
Season 7 (2026)
On 1 April 2026, it was confirmed that Roseta, Piçarra, Cristovinho, and Nena would all return as coaches for the seventh season. This marks the first time since the series' inception that there has not been a panel change following the previous season. Furtado hosted the show for the sixth year in a row, while Maria Petronilho served as the backstage host for her second season. Salvador Rio from Team Diogo won the season and will represent Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026.
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