The Polish participating broadcaster, Telewizja Polska (TVP), internally selected its entry for the contest.

Performing during the show in position 12, Poland placed eighteenth out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 17 points.

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

On 9 March 1999, TVP announced that Mietek Szcześniak would represent Poland in the 1999 contest with the song "Przytul mnie mocno", written by Seweryn Krajewski and Wojciech Ziembicki.

[2] TVP directly invited four artists to perform "Przytul mnie mocno" during a live audition round held in early 1999: Andrzej Piaseczny, Kasia Stankiewicz, Mietek Szcześniak, and Natalia Kukulska, during which Szcześniak was selected by a selection committee to represent Poland.