Rita Laranjeira was chosen to represent Portugal at 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Minsk, Belarus by Portuguese broadcaster RTP.

Rita Laranjeira was born on 3rd March 2005 in Sintra, Portugal. The young singer is no stranger to singing on stage, as seen in her YouTube videos, which feature her many stage performances over the past year. Earlier in 2018 she also participated in the final of Kids Music Fest in Portugal.

At the live auditions, which took place earlier 2018, Rita performed covers of “Eu sei”, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, and “I Surrender”. The professional jury panel reviewed Rita and nine other artists’ performances before ultimately crowning the young singer as the winner. She sanged “Gosto de Tudo” in Minsk. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.