The Voice Kids (Portuguese TV series)

The Voice Kids is the junior version of The Voice Portugal, broadcast on RTP1, with competitors between the ages of seven and fifteen. The first season premiered on 28 September 2014, with Daniela Mercury, Anselmo Ralph, and Raquel Tavares as coaches, and was presented by Mariana Monteiro and Vasco Palmeirim. In April 2019, RTP1 announced a reboot for the kids' version.[1] Starting in 2021, the second season features 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 will premiere 9 April 2023 with Aurea replacing Deslandes, and Carlão, Daniel, and Tinoco will continue as coaches.

The Voice Kids
Created byJohn de Mol
Roel van Velzen
Presented by
Judges
ComposerMartijn Schimmer
Country of originPortugal
Original languagePortuguese
No. of seasons4
Production
Executive producersPedro Curto
Piet-Hein Bakker
Running time60–150 mins
Production companiesShine Iberia (2014)
ITV Studios (2021–present)
Release
Original networkRTP1
Original release28 September 2014 (2014-09-28) –
present
Related
The Voice Portugal

Since 2021, the competition has been used to select the artist that represents Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Timeline of coaches and hosts
Coach Seasons
1234
Anselmo Ralph
Raquel Tavares
Daniela Mercury
Carlão
Fernando Daniel
Carolina Deslandes
Marisa Liz
Bárbara Tinoco
Aurea
Host1234
Mariana Monteiro
Vasco Palmeirim
Catarina Furtado
Backstage host1234
Rui Maria Pêgo
Bárbara Lourenço
Fábio Lopes
Catarina Maia

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 Raquel Tavares Anselmo Ralph Daniela Mercury
Filipa Ferreira
Salomé Silveira
Ana Rita Coelho
José Moreira
Alicia Correia
Carlos Pinheiro		 Carolina Leite
Pedro Goulão
Carolina Martins
Marta Costa
Bárbara Bandeira
João Pereira		 Diogo Garcia
Bruna Guerreiro
Ana Silva
Juliana Ignácio
João Pedro Gonçalves
Sara Monteiro
2 Marisa Liz Carlão Carolina Deslandes Fernando Daniel
Aurora Pinto
Maria Inês
Lívia Barros
Madalena Castro
Leonor Carvalheira
Ana Veríssimo		 Mia Benita
Nuno Siqueira
Marina Maranhão
Afonso Silva
Alexandre Caldeira
Ísis Salgueiro		 Rita Rocha
Rosa Antunes
Madalena Guedes
Rúben Martins
Joana Lopes
Manuel Duarte		 Simão Oliveira
Margarida Machado
Leonor Sá-Chaves
Mariana Leal
Fabiana Ferreira
Tomás Pascoal
3 Fernando Daniel Bárbara Tinoco Carlão Carolina Deslandes
Maria Gil
Madalena Dias
Lúcia Vicente
Noa Rangel
Dinis Reis
Íris Fernandes		 Margarida Rodrigues
Rita Serrano
Juliana Matado
Rúben Antunes
Alice Fonseca
Joana Santos		 Martim Helena
Bia Antunes
Laura Pereira
Margarida Oliveira
Maria Correia
Maria R. Andrade		 Nicolas Alves
Beatriz Silva
Andreia Santos
Salvador Palmela
Clara Gonzalez
Rita Sales
4 Aurea Carlão Bárbara Tinoco Fernando Daniel

Series overview

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Teams color key
      Artist from Team Daniela                                     Artist from Team Carlão                                     Artist from Team Marisa
      Artist from Team Anselmo                                     Artist from Team Carolina                                     Artist from Team Bárbara
      Artist from Team Raquel                                     Artist from Team Fernando                                     Artist from Team Aurea


Portuguese The Voice Kids series overview
Season Year Winner Runners-up Third place Winning coach Presenter(s)
1 2014 Diogo Garcia Carolina Leite Filipa Ferreira — Daniela Mercury Mariana Monteiro,
Vasco Palmeirim
2 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 Current season

Seasons' summary

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 the 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.[2] Simão Oliveira from Team Fernando won the season, and eight months later, represented Portugal with the song "O Rapaz", placing 11th with 101 points.[3]

Season 3 (2022)
Main article: The Voice Kids (Portuguese season 3)

The third season of the series had Carlão, Deslandes, Daniel, and Bárbara Tinoco as coaches. Premiering on 8 May 2022, Furtado returned as the host for the season and Lopes as the backstage host. On 31 July, 14-year-old Maria Gil from Team Fernando won the season.[4] 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 2007.[5]

Season 4 (2023)

On 3 December 2022, applications for the fourth season of The Voice Kids opened.[6] 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 continue as coaches.[7] Furtado is set to host the show one season more, while Catarina Maia is in charge of hosting the backstage. The season commences on 9 April 2023.

References
  1. "Talpa Strikes Multiple TV Format Deals in Spain, Portugal".
  2. Otto, Melanie (19 April 2021). "Simão Oliveira will represent Portugal at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021". ESCUnited. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021.
  3. Herbert, Emily (1 November 2021). "🇵🇹 Portugal: "O Rapaz" To Be Revealed On November 12th". Eurovoix.
  4. "Famalicense Maria Gil vence The Voice Kids". Rádio Alto Ave (in Portuguese). 1 August 2022.
  5. Ferreira, Tiago. "Nicolas Alves representa Portugal no Festival da Eurovisão Júnior" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  6. @thevoiceportugal (3 December 2022). "As inscrições para o The Voice Kids estão abertas! ⭐️ Descobre tudo através do link na bio. #thevoicept" (in European Portuguese) – via Instagram.
  7. @thevoiceportugal (10 January 2023). "Estão revelados os quatro mentores que farão parte da nova edição do The Voice Kids! 😍 #thevoicept #rtp" (in European Portuguese) – via Instagram.
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