[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!"

Between 2005 and 2011, Poland failed to qualify from the semi-final round six out of seven 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 2017 was the national final organised by TVP in order to select the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

[3] TVP opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries between 27 December 2016 and 10 February 2017.

The selection committee consisted of Grzegorz Brzozowicz (journalist), Artur Orzech (Eurovision commentator, radio and television journalist and presenter), Konrad Smuga (director), Maciej Stanecki (Vice President of TVP), Mateusz Grzesiński (Polish Head of Delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest) and Ewa Nowicka (Head of TVP1).

Among the competing artists was Martin Fitch (Marcin Mroziński), who represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010.

[7] Kasia Moś made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Flashlight" as the Polish Eurovision entry.

[8][9] On 8 April, Moś performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Selma Björnsdóttir.

[12] On 31 January 2017, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in.

[17] The stage was predominately in blue colours with the LED floor and screens displaying a cloudy sky that transitioned into a constellation of stars that form the word "Freedom" in various languages, as well as images of birds, dolphins and horses.

[18][19][20] In regards to the staging, the director for the Polish performance, Konrad Smuga, stated: "Kasia fights for animal rights and this is the main message of this song.

Her vocal power does not require any great setting, she herself fills the stage with her expression, so we tried not to spoil it, but also to convey the thought that we agreed at the first meeting that this is what we wanted in this song.

Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency.

This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.

[24] In addition, 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.