Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021
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| Selected artist(s) | TBA | |||
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Poland will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Background
Prior to the 2021 Contest, Poland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-two times since its first entry in 1994.[1] Poland's highest placement in the contest, to this point, has been second place, which the nation achieved with its debut entry in 1994 with the song "To nie ja!" performed by Edyta Górniak. Poland has only, thus far, reached the top ten on two other occasions, when Ich Troje performing the song "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic" finished seventh in 2003 and when Michał Szpak performing the song "Color of Your Life" finished eighth in 2016. Between 2005 and 2011, Poland failed to qualify from the semi-final round six out of seven years with only their 2008 entry, "For Life" performed by Isis Gee, managing to take the nation to the final during that period. After once again failing to qualify to the final in 2011, the country withdrew from the contest during 2012 and 2013. Since returning to the contest in 2014, Poland managed to qualify to the final with both their 2014 entry, "My Słowianie - We Are Slavic" performed by Donatan and Cleo, their 2015 entry "In the Name of Love" performed by Monika Kuszyńska, their 2016 entry "Color of Your Life" performed by Michał Szpak and their 2017 entry "Flashlight" performed by Kasia Moś. In 2018, Poland was represented by Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer with the song "Light Me Up", which placed fourteenth in the semi-final with 81 points, marking the first time Poland failed to qualify to the final since their return in 2014. In 2019, Poland was represented by Tulia with the song "Fire of Love (Pali się)" which placed eleventh in the semi-final with 120 points, missing the final by two points. That was the second time Poland did not qualify since 2014.
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. For the 2021 contest, the semi-final allocation draw held for 2020 which was held on 28 January 2020, will be used for 2021 contest. Poland was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[2]
References
- ^ "Poland Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ Groot, Evert (17 November 2020). "2020 Semi-Final line-up to stay for 2021". eurovision.tv. Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.