[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 two other occasions, when Ich Troje performing the song "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic" finished seventh in 2003, and when Michał Szpak performing the song "Color of Your Life" finished eighth in 2016.

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.

The broadcaster opted to internally select the 2019 entry, however, on 2 January 2020, TVP announced that the Polish entry for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest would be selected via a national final and would take place during the talent show Szansa na sukces.

Among the competing artists was Albert Černý, who represented Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2019 as member of the band Lake Malawi.

The seven contestants performed cover versions of songs from ABBA's discography and Kasia Dereń was selected by a three-member professional jury to qualify for the final, with Patryk Skoczyński receiving an honourable mention.

The seven contestants performed cover versions of former Eurovision songs and Alicja Szemplińska was selected by a three-member professional jury to qualify for the final, with Paulina Czapla and Weronika Curyło receiving honourable mentions.

The seven contestants performed cover versions of songs from The Beatles's discography and Albert Černý was selected by a three-member professional jury to qualify for the final, with Nick Sinckler and Basia Gąsienica Giewont receiving honourable mentions.

[11] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final.

On 28 January 2020, 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.