Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Country	Poland
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selected artist(s)	Anna Maria Jopek
Selected song	"Ale jestem"
Finals performance
Final result	11th, 54 points
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Poland was represented by Anna Maria Jopek, with the song "Ale jestem", at the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 3 May in Dublin. The song was chosen internally by broadcaster TVP.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Jopek performed 12th in the running order, following Germany and preceding Estonia. "Ale jestem" was the first uptempo Polish entry, and although in Eurovision terms it was still an unusual and rather avant-garde song in style and structure, it was held to be rather more accessible to a Europe-wide audience than Poland's previous two entries. At the close of voting "Ale jestem" had picked up 54 points (the highest an 8 from Austria), placing Poland 11th of the 25 entries, which remains the country's third highest Eurovision finish. The Polish jury awarded its 12 points to France.

Voting

Points awarded to Poland

Points Awarded to Poland

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Austria	Hungary Slovenia	Germany
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Denmark	Bosnia and Herzegovina Norway	Estonia France	Portugal Spain	Greece Italy Netherlands

Points awarded by Poland

12 points	France
10 points	United Kingdom
8 points	Italy
7 points	Ireland
6 points	Estonia
5 points	Hungary
4 points	Spain
3 points	Croatia
2 points	Slovenia
1 point	Austria

See also

• Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1997