Poland

Poland has participated in the contest 36 times, debuting in the seventh edition, with their best position being first, achieving this at the twelfth edition and twenty-sixth 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 four-edition selection that selected one of their winning song so far which was "Electric bass" in the twelfth edition with 221 points. The second victory of the country came in the twenty-sixth edition with Christina Perri and her song "Human" which got just one more point than the first victory of the country, 222 points. The third victory of the country cam in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 40 with Sarsa and her single "Naucz mnie", which scored a total amount of 208 points.

Poland failed to qualify to the grand final nine times with one of them being a disqualification in the seventh edition. However the song which was disqualified, "Karuzela", participated again in the special edition where songs that had previously taken part were able to participate. Poland's best scored entry is their second victory which got two hundred and twenty two points.

Poland has hosted the contest three times; in the thirteenth, seventeenth edition and fortyfirst edition, with Warsaw, Kraków and Katowice being the host cities of the editions respectively. Jula, Liber and Isis Gee were the presenters of the thirteenth edition while Honorata Skarbek was the presenter in the seventeenth edition.

The contest has been broadcast in two different broadcasters; TVN and TVP. TVN was the broadcast from the seventh to the fourteenth edition where TVP replaced it. Andy Graham was the commentator in the seventh edition, when Poland debuted. After the disqualification and withdrawal of the country the commentator has changed and hassince then been Dimitris Ioannou. There have been several second commenatators in addition to the first like Artur Orzech who has been the second commentator for the most editions. Also, the spokesperson have been changing often with Sylwia Grzeszczak being one the most times.

History of Poland in the contest
TVP first showed interest in Own Eurovision Song Contest in the seventh edition, applying for that edition. Their first entry was internal selected as they didn't have time to host any national final. Poland has so far two victories, in the twelfth and twenty-sixth edition with "Electric bass" and "Human" respectively. Poland has also five non-qualifications including the diqualification at their debut.

OESC 7
TVP announced that they will be debuting in the seventh 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 seventh 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 eighth in the second semi-final and twenty-sixth in the final. Even though they took the fourth place in the semi-final, they weren't successful in the final as they achieved the eighteenth 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 fifteenth in the grand final and came sixteenth 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 ninth in the third semi-final and eighteenth 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 fifteenth edition. Poland performed eleventh in the first semi-final and nineteenth 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 nineteenth place with 101 points.

OESC 16
Honey who participated in the selection for the ninth edition was internally selected to represent the country in the sixteenth edition with Sabotage. Poland performed eleventh 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 seventh edition.

OESC 17
After the semi-final results of the sixteenth edition where Poland didn't manage to qualify for first time since the seventh 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 fifteenth in the second semi-final and nineteenth 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 eighteenth 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 fourteenth in the first semi-final. It got the tenth 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 eighteenth edition they decided to select their entry internal. As they did in the seventh 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 fifth 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 twelfth 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 nineteenth edition, TVP decided to take her as a representative for a later edition. The same song that was selected for the nineteenth edition was selected for the twenty-second 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. Poland voted in the third semi-final and performed seventeenth in the grand final. With one hundred and twenty-four points, Christina managed to get the twelfth place for Poland.

OESC 23
After participating in some of the national selections and being one of the possible Polish entrants, Jula was internally selected by TVP to represent Poland in the twenty-third edition. For the first time, TVP decided to let the artist decide the song, so Jula selected her newest single, "Ślad". Poland performed sixth in the second semi-final and qualified  from it with the eighth place and eighty-five points. In the final, Poland performed seventeenth and got the fourteenth place with one hundrend and sixteen points receiving the highest points from Egypt and Serbia (10).

OESC 24
TVP decided to select the entry through an internal selection, once again. However, the singer would be somehow selected by the fans; Ewelina Lisowska who was often requested to represent the country was selected to represent the country. TVP firstly announced "Jutra nie będzie" as the Polish entry. However, it was later decided that the song would be selected through a small national selection. The originally selected song, along with three more songs entered the selection. Two shows were held; a semi-final and a final. "Jutra nie będzie" and "W stronę słońca" qualified to the final where the latter won the selection. Poland performed fifteenth in the third semi-final and qualified from it with the second place and eighty-four points. In the final, Poland performed at the sixth place and got the sixth place with one hundred and sixty-three points, just three points behind the fifth placed, Croatia. Poland received six sets of 12 points in the final and three sets of 12 points in the semi-final.

OESC 25
As the edition was originally planned to be an international edition, Lady Gaga and "Applause" were internally selected to represent Poland. Even though Gaga accepted to represent the country, she later decided to withdraw herself due to her upcoming tour and album. TVP decided then to select Demi Lovato and the song through a small national selection as it was done in the previous edition. However, the admin of the contest announced that the selection would no longer be a special edition and TVP had to change plan. After the success of the country in the previous edition, TVP decided to host a national selection, again with songs by a certain artist. Ewa Farna, the Polish-Czech singer was selected as the Polish entrant. Four of her songs entered the selection A Song for Ewa. "Znak" won the selection and represented the country. Poland performed tenth in the second semi-final. Even though the song was selected through a national selection, Znak didn't manage to qualify. It got the sixteenth place with thirty-eight points with the highest points being from Malta (10).

OESC 26
Although a national selection was planned, after the non-qualification of the country in the twenty-fith edition, TVP decided to return to internal selections. Christina Perri, who would be a participant of the national selection, was internally selected to represent the country with her latest single, "Human". Poland performed tenth in the third semi-final. It got the first place, with one hundred and fourteen points, achieving the second highest score of the country in the semi-finals with the highest score of the country in the semi-finals being achieved by Christina Perri again, in the seventeenth edition. Even though Poland performed first in the final, Christina won the edition with two hundred and twenty-two points, just one point over the first victory of the country. "Human" achieved the second victory of the country with Marina and "Electric bass" being their first victor.

OESC 27
Right after the victory of the country, TVP started a national selection with two songs; "My słowianie" by Donatan and Cleo and "Consequences" by Edyta Górniak. More than twenty countries voted and highlight Edyta as the winner. Poland as a winner, will be a big 3 member and therefore an automatic qualifier. Poland will vote in one of the three semi-finals.

OESC 28
Even though the twenty-seventh edition hadn't start, TVP decided to select their next entry earlier this time. Dutch band, Within Temptation and Polish singer Piotr Rogucki, were selected to represent the country with the single of the band "Whole world is watching", which is included in the band's sixth studio album, Hydra (2014).

Contestants
Poland debuted in the seventh edition and has since then only missed one edition. There have been a total of twenty-two entries with six of them achieving a top 10 place including two victories in the twelfth and sixteenth edition. The country has failed to qualify seven times and was disqualified once.


 * Table key
 * Winner
 * Second place
 * Third place
 * Last place
 * Automatically qualified to the final
 * Did not qualify for the final or was disqualified
 * Did not compete or was relegated


 * Notes
 * 1. Altough ranked first 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 seventh 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