The Polish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was watched by less than half the audience of the equivalent show in 2025.

FinaΕ‚ polskich kwalifikacji was watched by an average audience of just 566,000 viewers on Saturday night, a near halving of the viewing audience compared to the Polish selection for Eurovision 2026. Wirtualnemedia.pl reports that an average of 531,000 viewers watched the show on TVP1, with a further 35,000 following on TVP Polonia, giving the show a viewing share of 6.11%.

Last year the Polish national final was followed by an audience of 1.3 million viewers with a share of 12%. It should be noted that the final was on earlier in the evening than the 2025 selection and was featured less well known artist compared to the previous year.

FinaΕ‚ polskich kwalifikacjiΒ was aired on Saturday night and was hosted by Artur Orzech. A total of eight artists competed for the Polish ticket to Vienna. In addition to the contest performances, there was also a guest performance from MichaΕ‚ WiΕ›niewski, who represented Poland in 2003 and 2006 as part of Ich Troje, and Viki Gabor, the winner of Junior Eurovision 2019. Alicja will take to the Eurovision stage having won the Polish selection in 2020, but being unable to compete due the contest being cancelled because of COVID-19.

The results were as follows:

ArtistSong% of voteResultAnastazjaβ€œWild Child”4.027thPiotr PrΔ™gowskiβ€œParawany tango” (Tango screens)11.474thStasiek Kukulskiβ€œThis Too Shall Pass”9.625thKarolina Szczurowskaβ€œNie bΓ³j się” (Don’t be afraid)6.366thBasia Giewontβ€œZimna woda” (Cold water)14.553rdAlicjaβ€œPray”32.011stJeremi Sikorskiβ€œCienie przeszΕ‚oΕ›ci” (Shadows of the past)3.58thOla Antoniakβ€œDon’t you try”18.392nd

Alicja will perform in the second half of the first semi-final on May 12.

Source: Wirtulanemedia.pl

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 GΓ³rniak finished in 2nd place with her song β€œTo 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.