Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Poland

Poland

Member station TVP
National selection events Junior Eurosong (2003–2004)
Krajowe Eliminacje do Eurowizja Junior (2016)
Appearances
Appearances 3
First appearance 2003
Best result 11th: 2016
Worst result Last: 2003
External links
Poland's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Poland has entered the Junior Eurovision Song Contest three 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.

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

Location of Poland.

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.[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 an 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]

Participation

Table key

 1st place   2nd place   3rd place   Last place 

Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2003 Katarzyna Żurawik "Coś mnie nosi" Polish 16 3
2004 KWADro "Łap życie" Polish 17 3
Did not participate between 2005 and 2015
2016 Olivia Wieczorek "Nie Zapomnij" Polish, English 11 60

Broadcasts and voting

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(s) Commentator Spokesperson
2003 Jarosław Kulczycki TBC
2004 TBC TBC
Did not participate between 2005 to 2015
2016 Artur Orzech Nicoletta Włodarczyk

Voting history

The tables below shows Poland's top-five voting history rankings up until their most recent participation in 2004:

Most points given
Rank Points Country
1 20  Spain
2 17
3 15  Belarus
4 13  Denmark
5 8

Most points received
Rank Country Points
1 4  Belarus
2 2  France

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Stella, Nathan (30 August 2016). "Poland confirms return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest!". ESCBubble.
  2. 1 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.

External links

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