Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Poland has entered the Junior Eurovision Song Contest six times, competing in the first contest in 2003. The Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) decided to withdraw from the contest after coming last in both 2003 and in 2004, despite TVP signing a 3-year contract with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). In 2016, it was announced that Poland would return after an 11-year break. Poland is the first country in the history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest to win twice in a row: in 2018 with Roksana Węgiel and her song "Anyone I Want to Be" and then in 2019 with Viki Gabor and her song "Superhero".

Poland
Member stationTelewizja Polska (TVP)
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances6
First appearance2003
Best result1st: 2018, 2019
Worst resultLast: 2003, 2004
External links
Poland's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

There was some debate on whether Poland could return to Junior Eurovision in 2008. TVP stated that the contestant could be chosen through the existing program Mini szansa, and would be broadcast on the secondary channel TVP2. This however did not materialise, and Poland remained out of the contest. On 14 June 2016, the Head of Music at TVP announced that Poland was considering a return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2016, after an 11-year absence from the contest. He stated that an invitation was issued to potential participants to submit songs to the broadcaster, but reaffirmed that they had not made a complete decision on whether they would actually be participating. On 30 August 2016, TVP officially confirmed that Poland would return and launched its national selection.[1]

History
Olivia Wieczorek performing at the 2016 Polish National Final.

Poland made their debut at the inaugural Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003. The Polish broadcaster, Telewizja Polska (TVP), were in charge of organising their entrants into the contest. Thirteen participants took part in the first national selection which was held on 28 September 2003. The winner who went on to represent Poland at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was Katarzyna Żurawik with her song "Coś mnie nosi".[2] Żurawik performed in position 7 at the contest. She finished in last place scoring 3 points. In 2004 girlsband KWADro represented country with song "Łap życie" however Poland again came last scoring 3 points.[2] Despite TVP signing a 3-year contract with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), they later decided to withdraw from the contest.[3]

Poland had considered returning to Junior Eurovision in 2008, as TVP stated that the contestant could be chosen through the existing program Mini szansa, and would be broadcast on the secondary channel TVP2.[4] However, Poland decided to remain absent from the contest.[5] On 14 June 2016, the Head of Music at TVP announced that Poland was considering a return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2016, after a 12-year absence from the contest. He stated that an invitation was issued to potential participants to submit songs to the broadcaster, but reaffirmed that they had not made yet a complete decision on whether they would actually be participating.[6] On 30 August 2016, TVP officially confirmed that Poland would return and launched its national selection.[1] In 2018, the form of choosing a representative and song changed - the person representing Poland was selected internally based on the viewers' votes in the previously performed program The Voice Kids and the song was fully internally. Roksana Węgiel was as the Polish representative, competing with the song "Anyone I Want to Be". She won the contest and gave Poland first victory in competition. In 2019 in Gliwice host country used a children's talent show format, Szansa na sukces, as the selection method for their artist. Viki Gabor and her song "Superhero" represented Poland and won with 278 points. It is the second time Poland won. Poland is the first country to won twice in a row in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Participation
Table key
1
 Winner
◁
 Last place
Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2003
 Katarzyna Żurawik "Coś mnie nosi" Polish 16 ◁ 3
2004
 KWADro "Łap życie" Polish 17 ◁ 3
2016
 Olivia Wieczorek "Nie zapomnij" Polish, English 11 60
2017
 Alicja Rega "Mój dom" Polish 8 138
2018
 Roksana Węgiel "Anyone I Want to Be" Polish, English 1 215
2019
 Viki Gabor "Superhero" Polish, English 1 278

Commentators and spokespersons

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.[7] The Polish broadcaster, TVP, sent their own commentators to the contest in order to provide commentary in the Polish language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Poland. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.

Year Commentator Spokesperson Channel(s) Ref.
2003 Jarosław Kulczycki TBC TVP2
2004 Artur Orzech Jadwiga Jaskulski
2005–2015 No broadcast Did not participate
2016 Artur Orzech Nicoletta Włodarczyk TVP1 and TVP Polonia
[8]
2017 Dominika Ptak TVP2
[9]
2018 Grace TVP ABC, TVP Polonia, TVP HD
[10]
2019 Marianna Józefina Piątkowska TVP1, TVP Polonia, TVP ABC
[11][12]

Hostings
Year Location Venue Presenters
2019 Gliwice Gliwice Arena[13] Ida Nowakowska, Aleksander Sikora and Roksana Węgiel[14]
2020 Warsaw TBD

See also

References
  1. Stella, Nathan (30 August 2016). "Poland confirms return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest!". ESCBubble.
  2. "About Kasia Zurawik". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  3. Jurczak, Pawel (23 August 2005). "Poland withdraws from Junior Contest". ESCToday. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  4. Kuipers, Michael (20 April 2008). "Junior Eurovision 2008: Poland returns to JESC?". ESCToday. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  5. Granger, Anthony (6 August 2014). "JESC 14 Poland and Romania will not return". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  6. Granger, Anthony (14 June 2016). "Poland: May Return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovoix.
  7. Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  8. "Olivia Wieczorek jedzie na Eurowizję Junior 2016. Transmisja w TVP1 (wideo)". media2.pl. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  9. "Poland: Junior Eurovision Moves To TVP2 For 2017". Eurovoix. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  10. Granger, Anthony. "Poland: Artur Orzech Confirmed as Commentator for Junior Eurovision 2018". Eurovoix. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  11. Granger, Anthony (14 October 2019). "Poland: TVP Announces Broadcast Plans For Junior Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  12. Granger, Anthony (23 November 2019). "Poland: Marianna Józefina Piątkowska To Reveal Jury Points". eurovoix.com.
  13. "Gliwice-Silesia Host City of Junior Eurovision 2019". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 6 March 2019.
  14. "Proud to present: The presenters of Junior Eurovision 2019!". junioreurovision.tv. 22 August 2019.
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