His older sister Marlena is an Opera singer born from his father Andrzej Szpak's first marriage.

His early music influences included Queen, Muse, Zbigniew Preisner, David Bowie and Michael Jackson.

As a high school student, together with his friend Kamil Czapla, Szpak was part of the hard rock band Whiplash.

Szpak currently resides in Warsaw, where he is pursuing a psychology degree at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

[5] On 6 March 2011, Szpak took part in Poland's first edition of The X Factor when he sang Czesław Niemen's classic "Dziwny jest ten świat" (Strange is the world).

[6] On 17 June 2011 he was part of the lineup for the Orange Warsaw Festival at Stadion Legii, which also included international artists such as Moby, Skunk Anansie, My Chemical Romance, Sistars, Plan B, The Streets and Jamiroquai.

Titled as a reflection of his life and frame of mind at 24 years following the unexpected death of his mother, the album includes 12 songs performed in Polish as well as in English.

He was selected by televote, beating world-famous Polish performer Margaret, who came second, and another accomplished singer, Edyta Górniak, who placed third; he collected 35.5% of the vote.

The Eurovision pre-selection show took place on 5 March 2016 at the TVP Headquarters in Warsaw and was hosted by Artur Orzech.

[17] After finishing in 8th place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Michał Szpak has gone on to become a coach on The Voice of Poland replacing Natalia Kukulska.