The Tower (song)

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Internal selection

Poland's broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) announced its intent to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 on 20 September 2023. [13] Following a controversy surrounding the previous year and its selection, TVP considered switching to an internal selection; [14] this was later confirmed in January 2024. [15] After 22 songs were shortlisted, a five-member internal committee awarded scores from 1 to 10 to ten of the received submissions on 13 February. [16] Six days later, Luna and her song were revealed to be Poland's representatives for the contest, winning by one point over second-place finisher, Justyna Steczkowska's "Witch-er Tarohoro". [6] [16]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. During the allocation draw on 30 January 2024, Poland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, performing in the first half of the show. [17] She was later drawn to perform sixth in the semi-final, ahead of Ukraine's duo of Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil and behind Croatia's Baby Lasagna. [18] For its Eurovision performance, creative artist Jerry Reeve was put in charge of the song's staging. [19] The song failed to qualify for the final.

Charts

"The Tower"
The Tower (song).jpeg
Single by Luna
Released23 January 2024 (2024-01-23)
Genre Pop [1]
Length3:00
Label Universal
Songwriter(s)
  • Aleksandra Katarzyna Wielgomas
  • Paul Dixon
  • Max Cooke
Producer(s) Paul Dixon
Luna singles chronology
"Lost and Wild"
(2023)		"The Tower"
(2024)
Music video
"The Tower" on YouTube
Chart performance for "The Tower"
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [20] 20
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100) [21] 80

Release history

Release history and formats for "The Tower"
CountryDateFormat(s)VersionLabelRef.
Various23 January 2024Original Universal Music Polska [22]
28 March 2024Acoustic

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