Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Poland
Member station	TVP
National selection events	Krajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji (2003-2004) Piosenka dla Europy (2006-2009) Krajowe Eliminacje (2010-2011)
Appearances
Appearances	16 (10 finals)
First appearance	1994
Last appearance	2011
Best result	2nd: 1994
Worst result	Last: 2011 SF
External links
TVP page
Poland's page at Eurovision.tv

Poland first competed in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994. The country has taken part in most years since then, most recently at the 2011 event. Although Poland did not become a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) until 1993, earlier Contests had often been broadcast on Telewizja Polska (TVP), the Polish broadcaster - even if delayed.^{[citation needed]}

History

The first ever performance by Poland was at the 1994 contest: Edyta Górniak's song was also by far the most successful for Poland to date, winning 166 points and second place. Poland was almost disqualified that year though, as Edyta sang the chorus in English in the rehearsals.

Subsequent Polish entries were less successful, placing between 11th and 20th. Poland did not compete in 2002. For the 2003 contest Poland organized its first a public selection of its entry, and then it was no surprise when the group Ich Troje won the public vote ahead of Blue Café, finishing 7th in the final. Blue Café finished 17th in 2004 with "Love Song".

However, since 2005 Poland has reached the final only once, in 2008. Even then, its song ("For Life", sung by Isis Gee) placed a lowly 24th.

In 2005 TVP went back to an internal selection, picking "Czarna dziewczyna", a multilingual song performed in Polish and Russian. The song just missed out on a place in the final, coming 11th in the semi-final, as did Poland's 2006 entry. With the comeback of the public vote on TVP, Ich Troje were chosen again in 2006, but could not repeat their 7th place from 2003. Poland's 2007 entry, "Time To Party", sung by The Jet Set, only finished 14th in the semi-final.

Members of the Polish OGAE have said at their annual convention that they would like Edyta Górniak to represent Poland for a second time. It is unknown if Górniak would enter Eurovision again.

In December 2011, it was announced that Poland would not compete at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku. The Polish broadcaster stated that having to organize the European Football Championship 2012 (hosted by Poland and Ukraine) was a major factor in their withdrawal. TVP informed esctoday.com that their decision to abstain does not hamper their chances of being back in 2013, thus leaving the door open for a return. However, Poland confirmed on 22 November 2012, that it will not be participating in 2013.

Contestants

The Jet Set performing "Time To Party" at Helsinki (2007)

Isis Gee performing "For Life" at Belgrade (2008)

Marcin Mroziński performing "Legenda" at Bærum, Oslo (2010)

Year	Artist	Title	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1994	Edyta Górniak	"To nie ja!"	2	166	N/A	N/A
1995	Justyna Steczkowska	"Sama"	18	15
1996	Kasia Kowalska	"Chcę znać swój grzech..."	15	31
1997	Anna Maria Jopek	"Ale jestem"	11	54
1998	Sixteen	"To takie proste"	17	19
1999	Mietek Szcześniak	"Przytul mnie mocno"	18	17
2001	Andrzej Piaseczny	"2 Long"	20	11
2003	Ich Troje	"Keine Grenzen-Żadnych granic"	7	90
2004	Blue Café	"Love Song"	17	27	X	X
2005	Ivan & Delfin	"Czarna dziewczyna"	X	X	11	81
2006	Ich Troje feat. Real McCoy	"Follow My Heart"	X	X	11	70
2007	The Jet Set	"Time To Party"	X	X	14	75
2008	Isis Gee	"For Life"	24	14	10	42
2009	Lidia Kopania	"I Don't Wanna Leave"	X	X	12	43
2010	Marcin Mroziński	"Legenda"	X	X	13	44
2011	Magdalena Tul	"Jestem"	X	X	19	18

• XX on Semi Finals denotes auto-qualification. This could be due to two reasons. If a country won the previous year, they did not have to compete in Semi Finals, or back in the early 2005-2007 era, countries who done well did not have to compete in Semi Finals the following year. The top ten non-Big four along with the Big four countries automatically qualified, for example, if Germany and France placed inside the top 10, the 11th and 12th spots were advanced to next year's Grand Final along with everyone within the top 10.
• XX on Finals denotes an unsuccessful attempt to qualify to the final.

Voting history (1994-2011)

Poland has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Ukraine	77
2	Norway	54
3	Sweden	48
4	Estonia	45
=	Germany	45
5	France	39

Poland has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Germany	46
2	Austria	34
3	Lithuania	26
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25
5	France	22

NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals since 2004.

Since introducing the semi-finals in 2004

Poland has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Ukraine	67
2	Azerbaijan	38
3	Armenia	36
4	Russia	32
	Denmark	32
5	Norway	31
6	Greece	30
7	Finland	28
8	Lithuania	26
9	Serbia	24
10	Hungary	20

Poland has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Ireland	39
2	Germany	35
3	Ukraine	34
4	Lithuania	24
5	Russia	19
	France	19
7	Belarus	16
	Greece	16
	Spain	16
10	Moldova	16

NOTE: The tables with points from 2004 include points awarded in both finals and semi-finals where the highest point from the final/semi-final is picked.

Commentators and Spoksepersons

Year(s)	Comentator	Spokesperson
1994	Artur Orzech	Jan Chojnacki
1995
1996	Dorota Osman
1997	Artur Orzech
1998
1999
2000	Did not participate	Did not participate
2001	Artur Orzech	Maciej Orłoś
2002	Did not participate	Did not participate
2003	Artur Orzech	Maciej Orłoś
2004
2005
2006
2007		Radosław Brzózka
2008
2009
2010		Aleksandra Rosiak
2011		Odeta Moro-Figurska
2012	No broadcast	Did not participate
2013

See also

• Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
• Poland in the Eurovision Dance Contest

External links

• Points to and from Poland eurovisioncovers.co.uk