Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with "Solo" performed by Blanka.

The Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) organised the national final Tu bije serce Europy!

[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.

[5][6] The national final was watched, according to the Average Minute Rating, by 1.5 million people, with a recorded market share of 10.6%.

[13] On 23 February, Janusz Daszczyński [pl], journalist and former chairman of TVP, expressed outrage at the participation of the song "Booty", performed by Ahlena, via his Facebook account, claiming that selecting such a song for the national final was "scandalous", and that the lyrics of the entry were obscene and not fit for being broadcast on national television.

[14] The topic was discussed during a programme council meeting held on the same day, which resulted in Ahlena being asked to change parts of the composition of the song, which the artist complied with.

[15] The jury that voted during the show consisted of chairperson Edyta Górniak (singer, runner-up of the Eurovision Song Contest 1994), as well as Agustin Egurrola (choreographer), Aneta Woźniak (Programme Director of TVP), Marcin Kusy (President of the Polish Radio Program I) and Marek Sierocki [pl] (music journalist, commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest in Poland).

[19] Throughout the jury voting sequence, where Jann received only 7 points despite being the overwhelming favourite to win, booing could be heard throughout the audience.

Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję!, accusations were made against TVP and the jury of alleged deals with winner Blanka, who had been heavily promoted by the broadcaster beforehand.

[23] In addition, viewers accused the jury of intentionally lowering the score of Jann in favor of the eventual winner, which caused demands for the results to be annulled.

[27] Shortly prior to the show, TVP changed the format of the results sequence, which was originally supposed to be held in a similar way to 2022 with two voting rounds and proportional rankings.

[30][31] Five major Polish fan portals, namely Eurowizja.org (jointly with the Polish OGAE fanclub), Dziennik Eurowizyjny, Dobry Wieczór Europo, Misja Eurowizja and Let's Talk About ESC, petitioned for TVP to reveal the split results of the selection, which, together with the issue of the allegations of fixing the results, would be examined by an "independent, external company".

The top two of Tu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję! , winner Blanka (right) and runner-up Jann (left)
Jury chairperson Edyta Górniak following Tu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję!
The Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw will be the location of Blanka's postcard.
A video postcard introduced Blanka's performance in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The postcard was filmed at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw in March 2023 in collaboration with the host broadcaster BBC.