Poland hosted and participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in

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. Polish broadcaster

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(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.

Background

Prior to the 2020 contest, Poland had participated in the contest six times: In and , Poland finished in last place, and they decided not to participate from 2005 to 2015. The country returned in . 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 , Alicja Rega was selected to represent Poland with the song "Mój dom". She finished 8th out of 16 entries with 138 points. In both and , Poland won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Roksana Węgiel and

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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 contest on home soil in Gliwice, the director-general of TVP,

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, stated that the country would apply to host the event again in 2020. However, Kurski stated that the possibility of two consecutive editions of the event in Poland could be frowned upon by the

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(EBU). After a period of uncertainty, in the last week of December 2019, it was reported by '' Gazeta Wyborcza'' that some

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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. Poland was confirmed as the host country in March 2020.

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.

Semi-finals

=Semi-final 1

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

– singer, winner of the

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* Edyta Górniak – singer, Polish representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 *

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– composer

=Semi-final 2

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* Cleo – singer, represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 *

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=Semi-final 3

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– singer-songwriter * Kasia Łaska – singer, voice actress

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. The jury consisted of three members: 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

, Cleo and

was also present during the show, but did not have any power over the voting.

Artist and song information

Ala Tracz

Alicja "Ala" Tracz (born 25 March 2010) represented Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "I'll Be Standing". Prior to Junior Eurovision, Tracz participated in season 3 of ''

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'' and joined

's team.

I'll Be Standing

"I'll Be Standing" is a song by Alicja Tracz, composed by

and Sara Chmiel-Gromala.

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.

Voting

Detailed voting results

References

{{Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest Junior Countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020