Poland

Poland has participated in the contest sixteen times, debuting in the 7th edition, with their best position being 1st, achieving this at the 12th edition. Their  most entries were selected through internal selection. However they have also hosted several selections with four of them being under the name of Polska Piosenka, the fourth-edition selection that selected their only winning song so far which was "Electric bass" in the 12th edition. They failed to qualify to the grand final four times with one of them being a disqualification in the 7th edition. However the song which was disqualified, "Karuzela", participated again in the special edition where old songs participated. Poland's best scored entry is their winning entry which got two hundred and twenty two points.

History of Poland in the contest
TVP first showed interest in Own Eurovision Song Contest in the 7th edition, applying for that edition. Their first entry was internal selected as they didn't have time to host any national final.

OESC 7
TVP announced that they will be debuting in the 7th edition, as many people requested it. Sylwia, a very popular singer in Poland was rumoured to represent the country. TVP confirmed the rumours some weeks before the contest started. The song was set to be presented on 19 July 2012. Karuzela was the first Polish entry. Poland did not cast their votes in both semi-final and final, therefore they were disqualified even though they were the winners of the semi-final with 97 points.

OESC 9
TVP announced that they will select their entry through a national selection. Eight songs were selected to compete in the selection. Four duels were held with two songs in each. Four songs qualified, one from each duel. Then the four songs were merged in two semi-finals. Sylwia Grzeszczak was once again selected to represent the country in the contest. Poland performed in the second semi-final from where they qualified getting the fourth place in the final. Sylwia performed sixth in the semi-final and twenty-fifth in the final.

OESC 10
As in this edition, only songs from past editions could participate, TVP decided to give a second chance to Karuzela which was disqualified in the 7th edition. Poland as a member of big 5, they automatic qualified. Sylwia performed sixteenth in the final where she got the thirteenth place with ninety points.

OESC 11
TVP announced that they will be selecting their entrant internally. Many artists were included in the possible list but only one was selected to represent the country. On 20 September, TVP announced that Alexandra (Aleksandra Jabłonka) was selected to represent the country. Alexandra performed the song, which was named Poplyniemy daleko on 25 September. Poland performed 8th in the second semi-final and 26th in the final. Even though they took the 4th place in the semi-final, they weren't successful in the final as they achieved the 18th place.

OESC 12
TVP decided to start hosting a national final for the contest. Polska Piosenka would be the official selection of the country for several editions. Marina Łuczenko was internally selected to perform ten songs in the national final. Juries from many countries voted in the selection. Electric bass won the selection, with 76 points. Poland performed last in the first semi-final but didn't qualify. However it managed to take the wildcard. In the final it performed sixth. Poland became the first wildcard to win the contest. It managed to collect 221 points, which was a record until that edition.

OESC 13
TVP held another edition of their selection Polska Piosenka. This edition, unlike the previous, included songs by various artists. Patricia Kazadi with Go crazy won the second edition of the selection. Poland, as the last edition's winner, hosted the contest, and therefore automatically qualified for the final. They voted in all the semi-finals. Patricia Kazadi performed 15th in the grand final and came 16th with a total of 104 points.

OESC 14
TVP had announced that Poland would withdraw from the contest since it was hard to find a Christmas song for the edition. At the end they found some artists that would perform a Christmas song and they chose one of them to do so. On 10 December it was revealed that the American-Polish singer, Isis Gee would represent Poland in the Christmas edition. Isis' song was Christmas angel, which was presented on 12 December. Poland performed 9th in the third semi-final and 18th in the final. They got the fifth place in the semi-final getting 100 points. In the final they didn't reach the top 10 as they finished fourteenth with 101 points.

OESC 15
TVP decided to give a second chance to songs from previous national selections so they selected some songs that finished in the top. The songs were selected from the first and second edition of Polska Piosenka. Magdalena Tul was selected to represent Poland in the 15th edition. Poland performed 11th in the first semi-final and 19th in the final. They achieved the first place in the semi-final getting 103 points. However, they didn't manage to reach the top in the final while they got the 19th place with 101 points.

OESC 16
Honey who participated in the selection for the 9th edition was internally selected to represent the country in the 16th edition with Sabotage. Poland performed 11th in the first semi-final. They didn't manage to qualify by getting the fourteenth place with 43 points. It was their first time that they failed to qualify excluding their disqualification in the 7th edition.

OESC 17
After the semi-final results of the 16th edition where Poland didn't manage to qualify for first time since the 7th edition, TVP announced that Christina Perri would represent Poland in the edition. It was posted in Polish group that Jar of hearts would be the song for Poland. Poland performed 15th in the second semi-final and 19th in the final. They achieved the first place in the semi-final getting 103 points. In the final they got the second place with 176 points, being as successful as in the semi-final. The entry in this edition, was Poland's tenth entry and their second best result since their debut.

OESC 18
TVP decided to return at hosting Polska Piosenka. The third edition was held for the 18th edition. Patricia Kazadi and Matt Pokora were the winners, with Patricia Kazadi being a winner for second time. With the song Wanna feel you now they represented the country in the contest. Poland performed 14th in the first semi-final. It got the 10th place and qualified to the Second chance where it competed against Kosovo and Slovenia, the tenth places of the other two semi-finals. However Poland didn't manage to win the second chance since it got the 35,7% of the votes, making it the second time Poland fails to qualify.

OESC 19
TVP was planning to hold a fourth edition of Polska Piosenka. However after their fail in the 18th edition they decided to select their entry internal. As they did in the 17th edition, they selected Christina Perri to represent the country with the song A thousand years. On 8 May 2013, it was announced that the entry would be selected through Polska Piosenka 4, which had new songs. The old songs were moved for the 5th edition of Polska Piosenka. The quarter finals were held on 8 and 9 May 2013, the semi-final on 10 May 2013 and the final on 11 May 2013. Poland will perform in one of the three upcoming semi-finals for a place in the final. With the voting being close, Honey became the fourth winner of the selection. Poland performed twelfth in the second semi-final and twenty-third in the final. They got the ninth place in the semi-final with sixty-two points. Following the not so successful result at the semi-final, Poland got the twenty-third place at the final with seventy points, the lowest score of the country at the finals.

OESC 20
TVP had decided months before the edition started that Magdalena Tul would represent the country in the Eurovision-themed edition with her song Jestem. Later they decided to make a selection for the entry. The winner was the previously internally selected, Magdalena Tul. Poland will performed twelfth in the third semi-final. As in the Eurovision, Magdalena failed to qualify scoring lower than 12th with 33 points. It was the third time that Poland failed to qualify, excluding the disqualification at their debut.

OESC 21
TVP had announced that they would select their entry through the fifth edition of Polska Piosenka. However later, on 31 May 2013 it was announced that the selection is cancelled and that Sylwia Grzeszczak will represent the country with the song "Flirt". Poland performed sixteenth in the third semi-final and seventeenth in the grand final. They managed to get the fourth place in the semi-final getting one hundred and one points with high points from Croatia and San Marino. In the grand final, they achieved the third place, Poland's third best result. Flirt, with the score of one hundred and eighty two points became Poland's second best scored entry after "Electric bass" which collected two hundred and twenty two points.

OESC 22
It was announced that finally Christina Perri would return at the contest. After announcing her as an internal selection for the 19th edition, TVP decided to take her as a representative for a later edition. The same song that was selected for the 19th edition was selected for the 22nd edition. "A thousand years" became the the fifteenth Polish entry. It was later decided that big 3 would return for the edition and Poland was a member of it due to the top 3 placing in the twenty-first edition.

Contestants

 * XX on Semi Finals denotes auto-qualification. This could be due to the fact that the country ended up in the top five in previous contest or one of the country in top five in previous edition withdraws.
 * XX on Finals denotes an unsuccessful attempt to qualify to the final.

Notes
 * 1. Altough ranked 1st in the semi-final, the country was disqualified for not voting.
 * 2. The country won the wildcard.

Voting history (07-21)
Poland didn't cast their votes in the 7th edition, however they received points and they are counted in the tables below. Also Poland was a member of the automatic qualifiers (big 3 or 5) in the tenth, thirteenth and twenty-second editions and they voted in the semi-finals of the editions (1 semi-final in the tenth, 3 semi-finals in the thirteenth and 1 semi-final in the twenty-second).

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Marcel Bezençon Awards
Best lyrics

Best female artist

One Year Anniversary

 * Further information: One Year Anniversary