The final song competing to represent Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria has been released.
Alicja has released “Pray”, meaning that all of the songs set to compete in Finał polskich kwalifikacji have now been released. Alicja’s song has been written by Alicja Szemplińska, Sinclair Alan Malcolm and Weronika Gabryelczyk. Alicja was due to represent Poland at Eurovision 2020 before the contest was cancelled due to COVID-19.
The acts competing in the Polish selection are:
Alicja – “Pray”
Anastazja – “Wild Child”
Basia Giewont – “Zimna woda” (Cold water)
Jeremi Sikorski – “Cienie przeszłości” (Shadows of the past)
Karolina Szczurowska – “Nie bój się” (Don’t be afraid)
Ola Antoniak – “Don’t you try”
Piotr Pręgowski – “Parawany Tango” (Tango screens)
Stasiek Kukulski – “This too shall pass”
Finał polskich kwalifikacji will take place on March 7. Public voting alone will decide the winner. In the case of a tie or a technical fault, a back-up jury decides the winner. The winner will represent Poland in Vienna.
Justyna Steczkowska represented Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with “Gaja”. Poland finished 14th in the final scoring 156 points. Poland ranked 7th in the public vote, with 139 points and 12 points from the Irish and Icelandic public.
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest+
Poland debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 alongside a number of other Eastern European countries. Their debut year saw their best result to date in the contest, as Edyta Górniak finished in 2nd place with her song “To nie ja!”. Following this, Poland failed to repeat this initial success, only managing to achieve a top 10 finish on two other occasions since their debut. Since their return in 2014, they have been considerably more successful in the contest, having qualified for the final 7 times out of 11 attempts.