[1] Poland's highest placement in the contest, to this point, has been second place, which the nation achieved with its debut entry in 1994 with the song "To nie ja!"

Poland has only, thus far, reached the top ten on one other occasion, when Ich Troje performing the song "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic" finished seventh in 2003.

Between 2005 and 2010, Poland failed to qualify from the semi-final round five out of six years with only their 2008 entry, "For Life" performed by Isis Gee, managing to take the nation to the final during that period.

Krajowe Eliminacje 2011 was the national final organised by TVP in order to select the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.

[3][4] TVP opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries between 3 November 2010 and 21 December 2010.

[8][9] On 18 January 2011, "Control", written by Mateusz Krautwurst and to have been performed by the Positive, was disqualified from the national final as the song had been released before 1 September 2010.

opened the show, while singers Juliusz Nyk, Patrycja Markowska and Stachursky, and the bands Blenders, Chemia and Renton performed as the interval acts.

The running order for the semi-finals was decided through another draw on 15 March 2011 and as one of the five wildcard countries, Poland chose to open the show and perform in position 1, before the entry from Norway.

The stage LED screens displayed a disco style wall of flashing spotlights which alternate in blue and red colours.

[18] The backing performers that joined Tul on stage were: Anna Sochacka, Iga Turek, Joanna Gogolińska and Kalina Kasprzak.

This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.