Polska Piosenka

Polska Piosenka (English: Polish song) is a music competition organised by Polish broadcasters Telewizja Polska (TVP) and Polskie Radio (PR). Through the competition the country's representative for the Own Eurovision Song Contest is decided. It has so far selected two entrants for the contest, one being the winner of the contest in the 12th edition.

About
The first edition was held for the 12th edition of OESC. It included only songs by the singer Marina. The second edition had songs by various artists and it will be continued in the next editions. TVP announced that the 3rd edition will be held for OESC 18. It started together with OESC 17.



1st edition
The first edition was held for Own Eurovision Song Contest 12. Its theme was A song for Marina and it included only songs from the singer. The voting system was the basic OESC voting system. The national juries awarded 12 to their favourite song, 10 the their second favourite and so on. The winner was "Electric bass" which represented the country in the contest. In the contest, Poland didn't manage to qualify but it luckily got the wildcard. Even if it was a wildcard qualifier, Poland became the winner of the edition being the first wildcard to win the contest. It received a total of 221 points which was another record for the contest until that edition.

2nd edition
During the 12th edition, the second edition of the selection was held. The winning song represented the country in the 13th edition. In this edition there wasn't any theme and there were songs by various artists. Once again Sylwia Grzeszczak was the host. This time she was joined by Liber. There were eight participants divided into two quarter finals from where two qualified from each to the semi-finals and from there to the final. Patricia Kazadi and Magdalena Tul were the two acts to reach the final. Patricia was the winner with 66.67% of the votes.

As a host of the 13th edition, Poland was a direct qualifier. It was the second time that they were a big 5 member. Patricia took the 16th place with 106 points, tied with the 15th place.

3rd edition
In this edition sixteen songs will be competing, more than any edition of the contest. Eight songs in each semi-final, but only three will qualify to the final and two to the second chance. The edition is hosted by Sylwia once again but this time with Honey. The songs were published on 15 March 2013. Danny Saucedo was disqualified due to his victory in Aland Sangfestivalen. He was later replaced by Patricia Kazadi and M. Polora. The voting in the first and second semi-final started on 19 and 23 March respectively. The second chance started on 28 March and the final on 29 March. Patricia Kazadi and Matt Pokora who replaced Danny Saucedo were the winners of the selection with just two points over Margaret Ashton. Poland performed in the first semi-final and achieved the first place. However in the final, Romania, managed to win over Poland leaving them second with 176 points, making it Poland's second best result.