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

## 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 will premiere in April 2025 with only Roseta returning as a coach from the previous season. Diogo Piçarra, Miguel Cristovinho, and Nena will replace Carlão, Vaz Maia, and Tinoco as debuting coaches.

## Timeline of coaches and hosts

| Coach | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons |
| Coach | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Anselmo Ralph | | | | | | |
| Raquel Tavares | | | | | | |
| Daniela Mercury | | | | | | |
| Carlão | | | | | | |
| Fernando Daniel | | | | | | |
| Carolina Deslandes | | | | | | |
| Marisa Liz | | | | | | |
| Bárbara Tinoco | | | | | | |
| Aurea | | | | | | |
| Nininho Vaz Maia | | | | | | |
| Cuca Roseta | | | | | | |
| Diogo Piçarra | | | | | | |
| Miguel Cristovinho | | | | | | |
| Nena | | | | | | |
| Host | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Mariana Monteiro | | | | | | |
| Vasco Palmeirim | | | | | | |
| Catarina Furtado | | | | | | |
| Backstage host | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Rui Maria Pêgo | | | | | | |
| Bárbara Lourenço [pt] | | | | | | |
| Fábio Lopes [pt] | | | | | | |
| Catarina Maia | | | | | | |
| Maria Petronilho | | | | | | |

### Coaches' line-up

Coaches' line-up by chairs order :
| Season | Year | Coaches | Coaches | Coaches | Coaches |
| Season | Year | 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 | Miguel | Cuca |

## 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 | Coaches and contestants | Coaches and contestants | Coaches and contestants |
| 1 | Team Raquel | Team Anselmo | Team Daniela | |
| 1 | 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 | Team Marisa | Team Carlão | Team Carolina | Team Fernando |
| 2 | 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 | Team Fernando | Team Bárbara | Team Carlão | Team Carolina |
| 3 | 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 | Team Aurea | Team Carlão | Team Bárbara | Team Fernando |
| 4 | Maria Pedro Carolina Quintas Francisco Bessa Yasmin Alicia Santiago Hassam Vicente Oliveira | Francisco Horta Francisco Santos Isabel Silva Luísa Mascarenhas Lucas Machado Tatiana Francisco | Rodrigo Oliveira Martim d'Aires Rodrigo Rosa Sofia Silva Lavínia Guimarães Maria Leonor Pereira | Júlia Machado Matilde Abreu Francisca Rodrigues Valéria Guba Eva Alves Miguel Abreu |
| 5 | Team Bárbara | Team Nininho | Team Cuca | Team Carlão |
| 5 | Maria Benedita Simão Romão Constança Santos Diogo Serrano Gonçalo Quintela Victória Almeida | Victoria Nicole Alícia Espírito Santo Maria Verne Martim Costa Dinis Oliveira Maria Carolina Pinto | Leonor Quinteiro Leonor Vaz Dias Samuel Sousa Sofia Figueiredo Diogo Gante Sofia Salgado | Francisco Dias Duarte Antunes Eva Rocha Pedro Ribeiro Constança Soares Tiago Freitas |
| 6 | Team Diogo | Team Nena | Team Miguel | Team Cuca |
| Upcoming season ||||

## Series overview

Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.
Portuguese The Voice Kids series overview :
| Season | Year | Winner | Finalists | Finalists | Finalists | Finalists | Winning coach | Presenter(s) |
| 1 [pt] | 2014 | Diogo Garcia | Carolina Leite | Filipa Ferreira | — | — | Daniela Mercury | M. Monteiro, V. Palmeirim |
| 2 [pt] | 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 | — | Fernando Daniel | Catarina Furtado |
| 4 | 2023 | Júlia Machado | Francisco Horta | Francisco Santos | Maria Pedro | Rodrigo Oliveira | Fernando Daniel | Catarina Furtado |
| 5 | 2024 | Victoria Nicole | Francisco Dias | Leonor Quinteiro | Maria Benedita | — | Nininho Vaz Maia | Catarina Furtado |
| 6 | 2025 | Upcoming season | Upcoming season | Upcoming season | Upcoming season | Upcoming season | Upcoming season | | Catarina Furtado |

## 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 winner.
Coaching teams :
| Coaches | Artists | Artists | Artists | Artists | Artists | Artists |
| Raquel Tavares | | | | | | |
| Raquel Tavares | Filipa Ferreira | Salomé Silveira | Ana Rita Coelho | José Moreira | Alicia Correia | Carlos Pinheiro |
| Raquel Tavares | Inês Salgado | Andreia Santos | Carolina Mendes | Ana M. Rodrigues | Francisca Martins | Lúcia Mosca |
| Raquel Tavares | Carolina Macieira | Bárbara Pina | João Pinto | Mariana Aragão | Mariana Oliveira | Ariana Abreu |
| Anselmo Ralph | | | | | | |
| Anselmo Ralph | Carolina Leite | Pedro Goulão | Carolina Martins | Marta Costa | Bárbara Bandeira | João Pereira |
| Anselmo Ralph | Matilde Leite | Isabel Schmidt | Gonçalo Mendes | Tiago Barbosa | Bruna Rita | Kevin Mariz |
| Anselmo Ralph | Sara Vieira | Marco Olival | Sofia Maldonado | Luana Velasques | Benvinda de Jesus | Inês Durão |
| Daniela Mercury | | | | | | |
| Daniela Mercury | Diogo Garcia | Bruna Guerreiro | Ana Silva | Juliana Ignácio | Sara Monteiro | João P. Gonçalves |
| Daniela Mercury | Joana Pereira | Tatiana de Oliveira | Íris da Silva | Mariana Cardoso | Lara Escoval | Carina Rodrigues |
| Daniela Mercury | 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 | Artists | Artists | Artists | Artists | Artists |
| Marisa Liz | | | | | | |
| Marisa Liz | Aurora Pinto | Maria Inês | Lívia Barros | Madalena Castro | Leonor Carvalheira | Ana Veríssimo |
| Marisa Liz | Madalena Guedes | Nuno Siqueira | Matilde Barriga | Yasmin de Sousa | Inês Carvalho | Madalena Gil |
| Marisa Liz | Carlota Amorim | Maria Gil | Rita Bakker | Teresa Lobo | | |
| Carlão | | | | | | |
| Carlão | Mia Benita | Nuno Siqueira | Marina Maranhão | Afonso Silva | Alexandre Caldeira | Ísis Salgueiro |
| Carlão | Simão Oliveira | Matilde Matias | Yasmin Cruz | Laura Franco | Vítor Afonso | João Esteves |
| Carlão | Nina Alves | Leonor Barros | Noah Lisboa | Inês Vilela | | |
| Carolina Deslandes | | | | | | |
| Carolina Deslandes | Rita Rocha | Rosa Antunes | Madalena Guedes | Rúben Martins | Joana Lopes | Manuel Duarte |
| Carolina Deslandes | Juliana Campos | Rita Cavaco | Jaime Saavedra | Violetta Gurskaya | Carolina Silva | Fabiana Casais |
| Carolina Deslandes | Leonor Arroja | Catarina Amorim | Miguel Reis | Lara Guedes | Zoe & Jade | |
| Fernando Daniel | | | | | | |
| Fernando Daniel | Simão Oliveira | Margarida Machado | Leonor Sá-Chaves | Mariana Leal | Fabiana Ferreira | Tomás Pascoal |
| Fernando Daniel | Ana Veríssimo | Júlia Ochôa | Margarida Cardoso | Tomás Esteves | Francisco Fernandes | Matilde Magalhães |
| Fernando Daniel | Inês Monteiro | Mara Marquitos | Beatriz Melo | Sandra Cró | | |
| Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names scratched through within former teams). |||||||

### 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 will host the show for the fifth year in a row, while Maria Petronilho will be in charge of hosting the backstage.