Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
CountryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
National selection
Selection process Szansa na sukces
Selection date(s)
  • Semi-finals
  • 6 September 2020
  • 13 September 2020
  • 20 September 2020
  • Final
  • 27 September 2020
Selected entrantAla Tracz
Selected song"I'll Be Standing"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result9th, 90 points
Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2019 •2020• 2021►

Poland hosted and participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Warsaw. Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) was responsible for the country's participation in the contest, and organised the national final Szansa na sukces to select the Polish entry for the contest. The national final was won by Ala Tracz with the song "I'll Be Standing", which represented Poland in the contest. She ended up 9th place with 90 points. [1]

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Background

Prior to the 2020 contest, Poland had participated in the contest six times: In 2003 and 2004, Poland finished in last place, and they decided not to participate from 2005 to 2015. The country returned 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] In both 2018 and 2019, Poland won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Roksana Węgiel and Viki Gabor respectively, becoming the first country to win the contest twice in a row.

Before Junior Eurovision

Host bidding phase

After Poland's victory in the 2019 contest on home soil in Gliwice, the director-general of TVP, Jacek Kurski, stated that the country would apply to host the event again in 2020. [3] However, Kurski stated that the possibility of two consecutive editions of the event in Poland could be frowned upon by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). After a period of uncertainty, in the last week of December 2019, it was reported by Gazeta Wyborcza that some Kraków City Councillors were expressing interest in taking the proposal that the contest be held in the city, focused on Tauron Arena. A few days later on 8 January 2020, the proposal was discussed at the City Council and accepted by the majority of its members. [4] Poland was confirmed as the host country in March 2020. [5]

National final

Format

Szansa na sukces consisted of four shows: three semi-finals broadcast on 6 September, 13 September and 20 September, and a final on 27 September. Seven singers competed in each semi-final, with one qualifying for the final as determined by a jury of artists. Each of the three finalists performed one song selected by the producers and one song that would serve as the Polish entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The winner was determined by an equal combination of jury votes and SMS votes. [6]

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final was broadcast on 6 September 2020. [6] All seven semi-finalists performed intergenerational hits. The jury consisted of three members: [7]

Semi-final 1 – 6 September 2020 [7] [8]
DrawArtistSongResult
1
Gabriela Łukasik"Superhero"Eliminated
2
Mikołaj Gajowy"Niech mówią, że to nie jest miłość"Eliminated
3
Lena Marzec"Andromeda"Finalist
4
Aurelia Radecka"Getaway"Honourable mention
5
Hanna Dzieniewicz"Nie zapomnij"Eliminated
6
Antonina Biesiadecka"Król"Eliminated
7
Amelia Karczewska"Psalm dla Ciebie"Honourable mention
Semi-final 2

The second semi-final was broadcast on 13 September 2020. All seven semi-finalists performed famous worldwide hits. The jury consisted of three members: [9]

Semi-final 2 – 13 September 2020 [10] [11]
DrawArtistSongResult
1
Aleksandra Kędra"Perfect"Honourable mention
2
Natalia Kosmowska"Can't Stop the Feeling!"Eliminated
3
Sandra Wawer"No Roots"Honourable mention
4
Maja Biernat"Hold Back the River"Eliminated
5
Agata Serwin"What Makes You Beautiful"Finalist
6
Zuzanna Darnikowska"Be the One"Eliminated
7
Maja Janowska"Budapest"Eliminated
Semi-final 3

The third semi-final was broadcast on 20 September 2020. [12] All seven semi-finaliats performed songs from fairytales. The jury consisted of three members: [13]

Semi-final 3 – 20 September 2020 [14]
DrawArtistSongResult
1
Ala Tracz"Kolorowy wiatr"Finalist
2
Lena Małodzińska"Mam tę moc"Eliminated
3
Szymon Lubicki"Ani słowa"Honourable mention
4
Antonina Piotrowska"Ty druha we mnie masz"Honourable mention
5
Konrad Repiński"Większy świat"Eliminated
6
Anna Laskowska"Miłość rośnie wokół nas"Eliminated
7
Dominika Głąb"Pół kroku stąd"Eliminated

Final

The final was held on 27 September 2020. Three artists competed in the final, and the winning artist and song represented Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020. [7] The jury consisted of three members: [15] [16] Konrad Smuga (director of Polish performances at Junior Eurovision), Grzegorz Urban (music director of Szansa na Sukces), and Anna Cyzowska-Andura (director of the TVP Entertainment Agency). Another pannel, consisting of Viki Gabor, Cleo and Dawid Kwiatkowski was also present during the show, but did not have any power over the voting. The winner was Ala Tracz with the song "I'll Be Standing", which was composed by Gromee and Sara Chmiel-Gromala. [17]

Final – 27 September 2020 [17]
ArtistDrawCoverDrawJESC songJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
Lena Marzec1"Superhero"4"You and Me"3362
Agata Serwin2"Can't Stop the Feeling!"5"What I'm Made Of"1123
Ala Tracz3"Mam tę moc"6"I'll Be Standing"55101

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw, which both took place on 23 November 2020, Poland was drawn to perform sixth on 29 November 2020, following Belarus and preceding Georgia. [18]

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. [19] 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. [20]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 27 November 2020 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 29 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 three songs. [21] 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 [22]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 379111192
02Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 56810883
03Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4323338
04Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 6111191011
05Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 72111112
06Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
07Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 8954665
08Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 9167956
09Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 101075574
10Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2448447
11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15322210
12Flag of France.svg  France 1181067101

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