# Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Poland participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which took place on 26 November 2017 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. A national final, which took place on 1 October 2017, saw ten competing acts participating in a televised production where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury made up of music professionals and a public telephone vote. Alicja Rega was chosen as the winner of the selection and she got the right to represent Poland with the song "Mój dom".

## Background

Prior to the 2017 contest, Poland has participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest three times. In 2003 and 2004, Poland ended 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 ended in 11th place out of 17 entries with 60 points.

## Before Junior Eurovision

The Polish broadcaster confirmed their participation on 1 August 2017 and opened the submission period for their national selection. They announced that their national selection would take place on 1 October 2017.

### Krajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji dla Dzieci 2017

The national selection Krajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji dla Dzieci 2017 took place on 1 October 2017 at studio 5 of TVP in Warsaw. It featured ten competing acts participating in a televised production where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury made up of music professionals and a public telephone vote. The show was hosted by Rafał Brzozowski, who placed second in the Polish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The show was opened by the last year's representative Olivia Wieczorek, who performed her entry "Nie zapomnij". Olivia also performed with Rafał Brzozowski as a duet and they sang the song "Mam tę moc. Natalia Szroeder and Sylwia Lipka were performing as interval acts during the show. At the end of the show, Alicja Rega was announced as the winner of the selection and she got the right to represent Poland in Tbilisi with her song "Mój dom". Alicja won both the jury and the telephone vote.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Place |
| 1 | ASMki | "Pod prąd" | — |
| 2 | Monika Urbanowicz | "Płomień miłości (Flame of Love)" | — |
| 3 | Maya & Marcel | "Tacy sami" | — |
| 4 | WAMWAY | "Jesteś mym marzeniem" | — |
| 5 | Tomek Bao | "Pochodnie" | — |
| 6 | Dominika Ptak | "Anioły" | 3 |
| 7 | Natalia Wawrzyńczyk | "Nie jesteś sam" | — |
| 8 | Stanisław Kukulski | "To co żyje w nas" | — |
| 9 | Alicja Rega | "Mój dom" | 1 |
| 10 | Urszula Kowalska | "Jestem jaka jestem" | 2 |

## At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 20 November 2017, Poland determined their running order position for the final.

### Voting

In 2017, a new voting system was introduced, in which 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.
The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 24 November 2017 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 26 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. 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.