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Poland at Eurovision

Poland first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 and has entered 28 contests. It has never won; its best result is 2nd place, in 1994.

28
contests
0
wins
2nd
best
first song
1994
contests
28
wins
none
best result
2nd — 1994
second place
1 — 1994
in the final
10 of 20 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
sung in
English (19), Polish (14), Russian (3), German (2), Spanish (1)
not in the line-up
2000, 2002, 2012, 2013

Every song

All 29 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.

Year Artist Song Result Points
2026 Vienna Alicja “Pray” English 12th of 25 150
2025 Basel Justyna Steczkowska “Gaja” Polish, English 14th of 26 156
2024 Malmö Luna “The Tower” English Out in semi-final 1 (12th of 15) 35
2023 Liverpool Blanka “Solo” English 19th of 26 93
2022 Turin Ochman “River” English 12th of 25 151
2021 Rotterdam Rafał “The Ride” English Out in semi-final 2 (14th of 17) 35
2020 Rotterdam Alicja “Empires” English Contest cancelled —
2019 Tel Aviv Tulia “Fire of Love (Pali się)” Polish, English Out in semi-final 1 (11th of 17) 120
2018 Lisbon Gromee Lukas Meijer “Light Me Up” English Out in semi-final 2 (14th of 18) 81
2017 Kyiv Kasia Moś “Flashlight” English 22nd of 26 64
2016 Stockholm Michał Szpak “Color of Your Life” English 8th of 26 229
2015 Vienna Monika Kuszyńska “In the Name of Love” English 23rd of 27 10
2014 Copenhagen Donatan and Cleo “My Słowianie – We Are Slavic” Polish, English 14th of 26 62
2011 Düsseldorf Magdalena Tul “Jestem” Polish Out in semi-final 1 (19th of 19) 18
2010 Oslo Marcin Mroziński “Legenda” English, Polish Out in semi-final 1 (13th of 17) 44
2009 Moscow Lidia Kopania “I Don't Wanna Leave” English Out in semi-final 2 (12th of 19) 43
2008 Belgrade Isis Gee “For Life” English 24th of 25 14
2007 Helsinki The Jet Set “Time to Party” English Out in the semi-final (14th of 28) 75
2006 Athens Ich Troje “Follow My Heart” English, Polish, German, Russian Out in the semi-final (11th of 23) 70
2005 Kyiv Ivan and Delfin “Czarna dziewczyna” Polish, Russian Out in the semi-final (11th of 25) 81
2004 Istanbul Blue Café “Love Song” English, Spanish 17th of 24 27
2003 Riga Ich Troje “Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic” German, Polish, Russian 7th of 26 90
2001 Copenhagen Piasek “2 Long” English 20th of 23 11
1999 Jerusalem Mietek Szcześniak “Przytul mnie mocno” Polish 18th of 23 17
1998 Birmingham Sixteen “To takie proste” Polish 17th of 25 19
1997 Dublin Anna Maria Jopek “Ale jestem” Polish 11th of 25 54
1996 Oslo Kasia Kowalska “Chcę znać swój grzech” Polish 15th of 23 31
1995 Dublin Justyna “Sama” Polish 18th of 23 15
1994 Dublin Edyta Górniak “To nie ja!” Polish 2nd of 25 166

Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.

Sent more than once

The three acts Poland has sent to more than one contest.

On air at home

The channels that carried the contest in Poland, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.

  1. 2026
    • TVP1, TVP Polonia Artur Orzech
  2. 2025
    • TVP1, TVP Polonia Artur Orzech
  3. 2024
    • TVP1, TVP Polonia Artur Orzech
  4. 2023
    • TVP1, TVP Polonia Aleksander Sikora and Marek Sierocki
  5. 2022
    • TVP1, TVP Polonia Aleksander Sikora and Marek Sierocki
  6. 2021
    • TVP1, TVP Polonia Marek Sierocki and Aleksander Sikora
  7. 2019
    • TVP1, TVP Polonia Artur Orzech
  8. 2018
    • TVP1, TVP Polonia Artur Orzech
  9. 2017
    • TVP1, TVP Polonia, TVP Rozrywka and TVP HD Artur Orzech
  10. 2016
    • TVP1, TVP Polonia, TVP Rozrywka, TVP HD Artur Orzech
  11. 2015
    • TVP1, TVP Polonia, TVP Rozrywka, TVP HD Artur Orzech
  12. 2014
    • TVP1, TVP HD, TVP Polonia, TVP Rozrywka Artur Orzech
  13. 2011
    • TVP1 Artur Orzech
  14. 2009
    • TVP1 (semi-final 2 and final) Artur Orzech
  15. 2008
    • TVP1, TVP Polonia (semi-final 1 and final) Artur Orzech
  16. 2007
    • TVP1 Artur Orzech
  17. 2006
    • TVP1, TVP Polonia Artur Orzech
  18. 2005
    • TVP1 Artur Orzech
  19. 2004
    • TVP1 (final) Artur Orzech
  20. 2003
    • TVP1 Artur Orzech
  21. 2002
    • TVP1 Artur Orzech
  22. 2001
    • TVP1 Artur Orzech
  23. 2000
    • TVP1 Artur Orzech
  24. 1999
    • TVP1 Artur Orzech
  25. 1998
    • TVP1 Artur Orzech
  26. 1997
    • TVP1 Jan Wilkans
    • Polskie Radio Bis Artur Orzech and Dariusz Michalski
  27. 1996
    • TVP1 Dorota Osman
    • Polskie Radio Bis Artur Orzech and Dariusz Michalski
  28. 1995
    • TVP1 Artur Orzech
  29. 1994
    • TVP1 Artur Orzech
  30. 1993
    • TVP1 Artur Orzech and Maria Szabłowska
  31. 1992
    • TVP1 Artur Orzech and Maria Szabłowska
  32. 1991
    • TP1
  33. 1990
    • TP1
  34. 1989
    • TP1
  35. 1988
    • TP1
  36. 1987
    • TP1
  37. 1986
    • TP1
  38. 1985
    • TP1
  39. 1984
    • TP1
  40. 1983
    • TP1
  41. 1982
    • TP1
  42. 1981
    • TP1
  43. 1978
    • TP1
  44. 1977
    • TP1
  45. 1976
    • TP1
  46. 1975
    • TP1
  47. 1974
    • TP1
    • PR1
  48. 1971
    • Telewizja Polska
  49. 1970
    • Telewizja Polska
  50. 1968
    • Telewizja Polska
  51. 1967
    • TV Polska
  52. 1966
    • TV Polska
  53. 1965
    • TV Polska

In our contest stories

Lines about Poland from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.

  • 1994 Out with seven, in with seven

    The newcomers were Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia.

  • 1994 Poland's rehearsal

    In that rehearsal Poland's Edyta Górniak sang the second half of her song in English.

  • 1996 Good luck from the prime minister

    Norway's message came from its prime minister, Gro Harlem Brundtland; Portugal's from António Guterres; Poland's from its president, and Bosnia and Herzegovina's from the head of its presidency, Alija Izetbegović.

  • 1996 Holland, not Poland

    Bryn heard "Poland", and that is where the points went.

  • 2002 Relegated

    The bottom five of 2001 were sent down: Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Poland.

  • 2008 The Big Four again

    Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom were level at the bottom on fourteen points, and the United Kingdom was placed last, for the second time in its history.

  • 2012 Who stayed away

    Poland did not enter either, for a different reason.

  • 2014 A smaller contest

    Poland and Portugal returned.

  • 2022 Six juries

    In the second semi-final, six national juries — those of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and San Marino — had shown irregular voting patterns.

  • 2025 Who was there

    Poland's Justyna Steczkowska had last sung at the contest in 1995.

Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Poland was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.