Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
CountryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
National selection
Selection process Szansa na sukces
Selection date(s)
  • Semi-finals
  • 8 September 2019
  • 15 September 2019
  • 22 September 2019
  • Final
  • 29 September 2019
Selected entrant Viki Gabor
Selected song"Superhero"
Selected songwriter(s) Małgorzata Uściłowska
Patryk Kumór
Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
Finals performance
Final result1st, 278 points
Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Poland hosted and won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019, held in Gliwice. The country's artist and song was selected through Szansa na sukces , organised by the Polish national broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP). [1]

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Background

Prior to the 2019 contest, Poland had participated in the contest five times: In 2003 and 2004, Poland finished in last place, and they decided not to participate from 2005 to 2015. The country returned successfully in 2016. Olivia Wieczorek was selected to represent the nation that year with the song "Nie zapomnij". Olivia finished in 11th place out of 17 entries with 60 points. In 2017, Alicja Rega was selected to represent Poland with the song "Mój dom". She finished 8th out of 16 entries with 138 points. [2] Roksana Węgiel won the 2018 contest, and therefore Poland were given the right to host the 2019 contest.

Before Junior Eurovision

Szansa na sukces

Szansa na sukces (transl. Chance of Success) is a competition organised by TVP that selected the artist and song representing Poland in the contest. It consisted of three pre-recorded semi-finals broadcast on 8, 15 and 22 September 2019, each lasting 65 minutes, [3] and a final held on 29 September 2019. [1] All shows were broadcast on TVP2. [4]

Auditions for the competition were held on 13 and 14 July 2019 at the TVP headquarters in Warsaw. [1] Approximately 1000 people auditioned. [5]

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final was broadcast on 8 September 2019 at 15:15. [3] All seven semi-finalists performed songs from Majka Jeżowska's discography. The following seven artists competed in this semi-final. The contestant in highlighted gold qualified for the season finale, while two other contestants highlighted in blue were the honourable mentions: [6] [7] [8]

DrawArtistSongResult
1Swietłana Boguska"Laleczka z saskiej porcelany"Eliminated
2Nikola Fiedor"Od rana mam dobry humor"Finalist
3Piotr Klima"A ja wolę moją mamę"Eliminated
4Zofia "Zosia" Szuca"Najpiękniejsza w klasie"Honourable mention
5Amelia Kurantowicz"Margarita"Eliminated
6Maja Mazurek"Wszystkie dzieci nasze są"Honourable mention
7Maciej Golian"Na raz, na dwa"Eliminated

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final was broadcast on 15 September 2019 at 15:15. [3] All seven semi-finalists performed covers of songs by Blue Café, who represented Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul, Turkey. The following seven artists competed in this semi-final. The contestant highlighted in gold qualified for the season finale, while two other contestants highlighted in blue were the honourable mentions: [9]

DrawArtistSongResult
1Maksymilian "Maks" Wysocki"Buena"Eliminated
2Marianna Józefina Piątkowska"Do nieba"Honourable mention
3Wiktoria "Viki" Gabor"You May Be in Love"Finalist
4Oliwia "Oliwka" Kopiec"To ty"Honourable mention
5Krzysztof Kwaśny"Czas nie będzie czekał"Eliminated
6Oliwia Stefanowska"Zapamiętaj"Eliminated
7Zuzanna "Zuzia" Janik"Kochamy siebie"Eliminated

Semi-final 3

The third semi-final was broadcast on 22 September 2019 at 15:15. [3] All seven semi-finalists performed covers of songs by Papa D. The contestant highlighted in gold qualified for the season finale, while two other contestants highlighted in blue were honourable mentions. The following seven artists competed in this semi-final: [7] [10]

DrawArtistSongResult
1Karolina Bajer"Maxi singiel"Eliminated
2Adam Bartkiewicz"Nasz Disneyland"Eliminated
3Anna "Ania" Chwałczyńska"Ocean wspomnień"Honourable mention
4Eryk Waszczuk"O-la-la"Honourable mention
5Gabriela Katzer"Panorama tatr"Finalist
6Natasza Sieradzka"Pocztówka z wakacji"Eliminated
7Zofia "Zosia" Kwaśna"Naj – story"Eliminated

Final

The final was held on 29 September 2019 at 15:15. [3] Three finalists competed, and the winner was determined by a combination of jury voting and televoting. [1] Each finalist performed two songs: one song by an artist which was a guest of the semi-final she qualified from, and one original song to be their candidate entry in hopes of representing Poland at Junior Eurovision on home soil. [4] The show was broadcast in two parts: the first was pre-recorded and featured the competing artists and songs, and the second was broadcast live and revealed the voting results. [3]

ArtistDrawCoverDrawJESC songJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
Nikola Fiedor1"A Ja Wolę Moją Mamę" (Majka Jeżowska)6"Bubbles in My Head"3362
Wiktoria "Viki" Gabor2"Zapamiętaj" (Blue Café)5"Superhero"55101
Gabriela Katzer3"Maxi Singiel" (Papa D)4"On My Own"1123

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, Poland was drawn to perform eleventh on 24 November 2019, following Kazakhstan and preceding Ireland. [11]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten. [12]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 22 November 2019 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 24 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs. [13] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Poland [14]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23231210
02Flag of France.svg  France 1310876101
03Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14131316716
04Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 3765547
05Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 11942338
06Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 421191865
07Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 94915992
08Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 8815121613
09Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 161714171517
10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 11314112
11Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
12Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 12127141012
13Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 10111641111
14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 561213256
15Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1715161483
16Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 181818181718
17Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 65581274
18Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 71617101315
19Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 15141011814

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