The Voice Kids (Portuguese TV series)
Portuguese TV series
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The Voice Kids is the junior version of The Voice Portugal, broadcast on RTP1, with competitors between the ages of seven and fourteen.[a][1] The first season premiered in 2014, and the show did not come back for a second season until 2021.[2] 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.
| The Voice Kids | |
|---|---|
| Created by | John de Mol Roel van Velzen |
| Presented by | |
| Judges | |
| Composer | Martijn Schimmer |
| Country of origin | Portugal |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 81 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Pedro Curto Piet-Hein Bakker |
| Running time | 60–150 mins |
| Production companies | Shine Iberia (2014, 2025–present) Talpa Media (2014) ITV Studios (2021–2024) |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTP1 |
| Release | 28 September – 14 December 2014 |
| Release | 10 January 2021 – 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, though it was only confirmed by RTP as the selection method in 2025.[3]
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 | ||||||||
| Anselmo Ralph | ||||||||
| Daniela Mercury | ||||||||
| Marisa Liz | ||||||||
| Carlão | ||||||||
| Carolina Deslandes | ||||||||
| Fernando Daniel | ||||||||
| Bárbara Tinoco | ||||||||
| Aurea | ||||||||
| Nininho Vaz Maia | ||||||||
| Cuca Roseta | ||||||||
| Diogo Piçarra | ||||||||
| Nena | ||||||||
| Miguel Cristovinho | ||||||||
| Host | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Mariana Monteiro | ||||||||
| Vasco Palmeirim | ||||||||
| Catarina Furtado | ||||||||
| Backstage host | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Rui Maria Pêgo | ||||||||
| Bárbara Lourenço | ||||||||
| Fábio Lopes | ||||||||
| Catarina Maia | ||||||||
| Maria Petronilho | ||||||||
Coaches' line-up
| Season | Year | Coaches | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 2014 | Raquel | Anselmo | Daniela | N/a |
| 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 | ||||
Gallery
- Coaches gallery
Raquel Tavares (1)
Anselmo Ralph (1)
Daniela Mercury (1)
Marisa Liz (2)
Carlão (2–5)
Carolina Deslandes (2–3)
Fernando Daniel (2–4)
Bárbara Tinoco (3–5)
Aurea (4)
Nininho Vaz Maia (5)- Cuca Roseta (5–present)
Diogo Piçarra (6–present)- Nena (6–present)
Miguel Cristovinho (6–present)
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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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Cristo | Team Cuca |
| Maria Vinagre Martim Ferreira Sofia Caeiro Beatriz Faria Diana Gracia Luca Monteiro |
Matilde Azevedo João Oliveira Bárbara Califórnia Isa Ferreira Filipa Nogueira Isabel Pereira |
Inês Gonçalves Rubén Correia Rafael Afonso Lucas Heitor Joana Lamela Maria Leonor Santos |
Lara Martins Carlos Abreu Laura Fernambuco Miguel Moura Luísa Pimentel Francisca Queiroz | |
| 7 | Salvador Rio Duarte Alves Maria Leonor Antunes Jorge Godinho Mariana Jorge Salomé Pinho |
Vitória Fernandes Maria Luíza Pinheiro Eva Moreira António & Vasco Martins Mia Ribeiro Giovanna Silva |
Ana Rita Torres Madalena Chaves Samuel Aguiar Martim Cabral Leonor Lopes |
Daniela Fontão Lara Ferreira Amarílys Câmara Maria Eduarda Lara Invêncio Carolina Rodrigues |
Series overview
Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.
| 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 |
| Season | Year | Winner | Finalists | Winning coach | Presenter(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2014 | Diogo Garcia | Carolina Leite | Filipa Ferreira | N/a | 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 | N/a | ||
| 4 | 2023 | Júlia Machado | Francisco Horta | Francisco Santos | Maria Pedro | Rodrigo Oliveira | ||
| 5 | 2024 | Victoria Nicole | Francisco Dias | Leonor Quinteiro | Maria Benedita | N/a | 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.
| 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.[4] Simão Oliveira from Team Fernando won the season, and eight months later, represented Portugal with the song "O Rapaz", placing 11th with 101 points.[5]
| Coaches | Artists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marisa Liz | ||||||
| Aurora Pinto | Maria Inês | Lívia Barros | Madalena Castro | Leonor Carvalheira | Ana Veríssimo | |
| 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 | |
| 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 Sá-Chaves | Mariana Leal | Fabiana Ferreira | Tomás Pascoal | |
| Júlia Ochôa | Margarida Cardoso | Tomás Esteves | Francisco Fernandes | Matilde Magalhães | ||
| 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.[6] 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.[7]
Season 4 (2023)
On 3 December 2022, applications for the fourth season of The Voice Kids opened.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]
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.[11]
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.[12]