| Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Telewizja Polska (TVP) | |||
| Country |  Poland | |||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Announcement date | 19 February 2024 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "The Tower" | |||
| Artist | Luna | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (12th) | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Poland was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "The Tower", written byAleksandra Katarzyna Wielgomas, Max Cooke, andPaul Dixon, and performed by Wielgomas herself under her stage name Luna. The Polish participating broadcaster,Telewizja Polska (TVP), internally selected its entry for the contest.
Poland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 7 May 2024. Performing during the show in position 6, "The Tower" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Poland placed twelfth out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 35 points.
Prior to the 2024 contest,Telewizja Polska (TVP) had participated in theEurovision Song Contest representing Poland twenty-five times since its first entry in1994.[1] Its highest placement in the contest, to this point, had been second place, achieved with its debut entry in 1994, "To nie ja!" performed byEdyta Górniak. It had only reached the top ten on two other occasions, when "Keine Grenzen –Żadnych granic" performedIch Troje finished seventh in2003, and when "Color of Your Life" performed byMichał Szpak finished eighth in2016. Between2005 and2011 (except in2008), and again between2018 and2021, it failed to qualify from the semi-final; additionally, TVP was absent from the contest in 2012 and 2013. Between2014 and2017, it managed instead to qualify to the final each year. In2023, "Solo" performed byBlanka qualified to the final, eventually finishing 19th.[1]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, TVP organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. In2022 and 2023, the broadcaster selected its entry for the contest through a national final show titledTu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję!. TVP confirmed its intention to take part in the 2024 contest on 20 September 2023.[2]
In October 2023, claims surfaced that TVP was reverting to an internal selection followingthe controversy surrounding the 2023 national final.[3] On 9 January 2024, the broadcaster confirmed that the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 would be selected internally, and opened a submission period for interested artists lasting until 2 February. Applicants were required to hold Polish citizenship for their entries to qualify to compete. TVP received 212 submissions at the closing of the deadline, including entries fromEdyta Górniak andJustyna Steczkowska, who represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest in1994 and1995 respectively.[4][5]
A five-member selection committee each awarded scores from 1 to 10 to ten of the received submissions, with the one receiving the highest score being selected as the Polish entry for the contest by 13 February 2024.[6] The selection committee consisted of: Łukasz Pieter (Radio ZET), Michał Hanczak (Radio Eska),Kasia Moś (2017 Polish Eurovision entrant), Konrad Szczęsny (President ofOGAE Poland) andPiotr Klatt [pl] (music journalist, deputy director of the TVP Entertainment Creation and Fixture Agency).Luna with the song "The Tower" was announced as the Polish entrant on 19 February 2024 during the morning showPytanie na śniadanie [pl] onTVP2.[5][7][8][9] TVP subsequently released the list of songs that received points from the selection committee.[10]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s)[citation needed] |
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| Bryska [pl] | "Obca [pl]" |
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| Edyta Górniak | "I Remember" |
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| Izabela Zabielska | "Nowhere to Go" |
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| Izdeb | "Duch" |
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| Happy Prince | "Insatiable" | Unknown |
| Justyna Steczkowska | "Witch-er Tarohoro [pl]" |
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| Karolina Wilgus | "Kwiatuszek" |
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| L.U.C. [pl],Kayah,Dagadana [pl] and RBFO | "Jesień – tańcuj [pl]" |
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| Koko Die | "If I Could" |
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| Krystian Embradora | "Rebel" |
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| Krystyna Prońko [pl] | "Tempus Fugit" |
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| Kuba i Kuba | "Światło" |
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| Luna | "The Tower" |
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| Maciej Musiałowski [pl] | "Daj mi jakiś znak" |
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| Marcin Maciejczak [pl] | "Midnight Dreamer" |
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| My Friend Casino | "Enslave" |
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| Natasza | "Who We Are" |
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| Nita | "Thunder" |
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| Pan Savyan | "W kolorku amaretto" | Dzmitry Sauyanenka |
| Paulina Wróblewska | "Dni" | Paulina Wróblewska |
| Piotr Odoszewski | "Dzień noc" |
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| Sargis Davtyan | "Balcony of Our Love" | Sargis Davtyan |
| Sasi and Blascello | "Karma" |
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| Artist | Song | K. Moś | K. Szczęsny | Ł. Pieter | M. Hanczak | P. Klatt | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luna | "The Tower" | 5 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 1 | |
| Justyna Steczkowska | "Witch-er Tarohoro" | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 2 | |
| L.U.C.,Kayah, Dagadana and RBFO | "Jesień – tańcuj" | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 3 |
| Marcin Maciejczak | "Midnight Dreamer" | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 3 | |
| Natasza | "Who We Are" | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 5 | |
| Nita | "Thunder" | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 6 | |
| Bryska | "Obca" | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 7 | ||
| Sasi and Blascello | "Karma" | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | |||
| Maciej Musiałowski | "Daj mi jakiś znak" | 10 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| Karolina Wilgus | "Kwiatuszek" | 9 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Happy Prince | "Insatiable" | 8 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| Izabela Zabielska | "Nowhere to Go" | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11 | |||
| Izdeb | "Duch" | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |||
| Krystyna Prońko | "Tempus Fugit" | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | |||
| My Friend Casino | "Enslave" | 8 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| Krystian Embradora | "Rebel" | 6 | 6 | 16 | ||||
| Paulina Wróblewska | "Dni" | 6 | 6 | 16 | ||||
| Edyta Górniak | "I Remember" | 5 | 5 | 18 | ||||
| Koko Die | "If I Could" | 5 | 5 | 18 | ||||
| Pan Savyan | "W kolorkuamaretto" | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | |||
| Kuba i Kuba | "Światło" | 1 | 3 | 4 | 21 | |||
| Piotr Odoszewski | "Dzień noc" | 4 | 4 | 21 | ||||
| Sargis Davtyan | "Balcony of Our Love" | 3 | 3 | 23 |
Following the announcenent ofLuna as the Polish entrant,Wirtualna Polska reported that one of the selection committee members had disclosed to them that "Jesień – tańcuj" performed by L.U.C.,Kayah, Dagadana and RBFO was originally selected as the Polish entry, but the verdict was rejected by TVP due to "legal and organisational issues" and a revote was held, in which Luna (who had placed second in the first vote) emerged victorious; among the issues reported were fears that, if selected, the song could be rejected by the EBU on the basis of it not being original as it contains quotes from the early 20th century novelThe Peasants, and that it would have to be performed in a stripped-down version at the contest as it is originally made to be performed by more than six people, exceeding the EBU limit. TVP never officially commented on the matter, but a spokesperson for the broadcaster was said to have "reacted nervously" to the claims and stated that a performer of the song had been previously contacted in order to "get assurances that all the people involved in the song, represented by various labels, would agree to perform in Sweden".[13]
The result provided by TVP was also found not to match the regulations of the internal selection, in which it was specified that each song would be rated a score between 1 and 10 by every committee member and not that each member's top ten would be awarded between 1 and 10 points.[14] Additionally, the initial scores published on the TVP website were removed hours after being published after Polish fan media outlets noted that the point total did not match the number of points that was to be allocated; the corrected results were subsequently published the same day, together with the summary of each jury member's individual votes (presented above).[10]
As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Luna attended the Melfest WKND event inStockholm on 8 March 2024, the PrePartyES inMadrid on 30 March 2024, theBarcelona Eurovision Party on 6 April 2024, theLondon Eurovision Party on 7 April 2024, the Nordic Music Celebration's Eurovision Night inOslo on 20 April 2024 and theCopenhagen Eurovision Party (Malmöhagen) on 4 May 2024.[15][16][17][18][19][20] She was also set to perform at the Eurovision in Concert event inAmsterdam on 13 April 2024 and the Nordic Eurovision Party in Stockholm on 14 April 2024,[21][22] but ultimately opted to be absent in order torest her voice.[23]
TheEurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at theMalmö Arena inMalmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; theEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[24] Poland was scheduled for the first half of the first semi-final.[25] The shows' producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Poland was set to perform in position 6.[26]
In Poland, all shows were broadcast onTVP1[27] and the semi-finals onTVP Rozrywka as well,[28][29] with commentary provided byArtur Orzech.[30] TVP also aired the contest internationally throughTVP Polonia.[28][29][31]
Luna took part in technical rehearsals on 27 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May.[32] Her performance of "The Tower" at the contest was staged by Jerry Reeve and choreographed by Lukas McFarlane and Kamila Zalewska,[33] with Julia Żytko, Angus Simpson and Jordan Garcia as supporting dancers andMaciej Starnawski [pl] and Marta Dywicka as backing vocalists.[34]
Poland performed in position 6, following the entry fromUkraine and before the entry fromCroatia.[26] The country was not announced among the top 10 entries in the semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Poland placed 12th with 35 points.
Below is a breakdown of points awarded by and to Poland in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public.[35] The Polish jury consisted of Łukasz Pieter, Marek Sierocki, Filip Sojka, Monika Wydrzyńska, and Natalia Zastępa.[36] In the first semi-final, Poland placed 12th with 36 points. Over the course of the contest, Poland awarded its 12 points toUkraine in the first semi-final, and toSwitzerland (jury) and Ukraine (televote) in the final.[37][38]
TVP appointedViki Gabor, whowon the 2019 Junior contest for Poland, as its spokesperson to announce the Polish jury's votes in the final.[39]
| Score | Televote |
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| 12 points | |
| 10 points | |
| 8 points |  Iceland |
| 7 points |  Ireland |
| 6 points |  United Kingdom |
| 5 points | |
| 4 points |  Lithuania |
| 3 points | |
| 2 points |  Germany |
| 1 point |
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Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.[40] The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.
The following members comprised the Polish jury:[36]
| Draw | Country | Televote | |
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| Rank | Points | ||
| 01 |  Cyprus | 12 | |
| 02 |  Serbia | 11 | |
| 03 | Lithuania | 4 | 7 |
| 04 | Ireland | 3 | 8 |
| 05 |  Ukraine | 1 | 12 |
| 06 | Poland | ||
| 07 |  Croatia | 2 | 10 |
| 08 | Iceland | 14 | |
| 09 |  Slovenia | 7 | 4 |
| 10 |  Finland | 6 | 5 |
| 11 |  Moldova | 13 | |
| 12 |  Azerbaijan | 10 | 1 |
| 13 |  Australia | 9 | 2 |
| 14 |  Portugal | 8 | 3 |
| 15 |  Luxembourg | 5 | 6 |
| Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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| Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
| 01 |  Sweden | 12 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 02 | Ukraine | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| 03 | Germany | 5 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | |
| 04 | Luxembourg | 17 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 21 | ||
 Netherlands | N/A | |||||||||
| 06 |  Israel | 8 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 5 | |
| 07 | Lithuania | 7 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | |
| 08 |  Spain | 25 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 16 | 15 | ||
| 09 |  Estonia | 22 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 13 | ||
| 10 | Ireland | 11 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 |  Latvia | 18 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 18 | |
| 12 |  Greece | 15 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 17 | ||
| 13 | United Kingdom | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 19 | ||
| 14 |  Norway | 20 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 12 | ||
| 15 |  Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 16 | Serbia | 13 | 13 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 24 | ||
| 17 | Finland | 26 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 1 | |
| 18 | Portugal | 3 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 25 | |
| 19 |  Armenia | 16 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 11 | ||
| 20 | Cyprus | 14 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 20 | ||
| 21 |  Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | Slovenia | 24 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 23 | 23 | ||
| 23 | Croatia | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 24 |  Georgia | 19 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 22 | ||
| 25 |  France | 9 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 26 |  Austria | 23 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 16 | ||