Poland

"O no o no no, o no no"

― As heard in "Long Way" at The Origin Song Contest 03

Poland
Broadcaster	TVP (Telewisja Polska)
Selection process	Internal selection(#01) Piosenka dla (#02-)
Appearances
Appearances	4 (4 finals)
Debut	#01
Best result	2nd, #04
Worst result	18th, #03

Poland debuted in the first edition of The Origin Song Contest. The Polish broadcaster, Telewisja Polska is in charge of the country's participation at the contest. The country was the first host of the contest and has always qualified to the final, its best result being second place, achieved in the fourth edition with the song "Na koniec świata" performed by Honorata Skarbek.

History

Poland debuted in the first edition of the contest. The country hosted the edition in the Tauron Arena in Kraków. Anna Popek and Paulina Sykut Jeżyna hosted the contest. To represent the host country, TVP selected Kasia Popowska to perform her song "Dryfy". The entry was prequalified to the final and finished in 9th place with 72 points. This is the best result Poland has achieved to date.

In the second edition, Poland hosted a national final called "Piosenka dla Finlandii" to select its entry. The song "Zagadka" by Lanberry was the winner and represented Poland at the contest in Espoo, Finland. The entry qualified to the final where it finished 12th with 52 points. Poland continued to use their national final in the third edition. The winner of "Piosenka dla Szwajcarii" was Bovska with "Long Way" who represented the country at the contest in Bern, Switzerland, qualifying to the final and placing 18th with 49 points. Piosenka dla Niemiec was held to select the Polish song for the fourth edition of the contest; Honorata Skarbek was the winner who represented Poland with the song "Na koniec świata" in Cologne. Skarbek scored Poland's best result to date, winning the semi and ultimately placing second with 112 points.

Contestants and Results

Table key

     Winner

     Second place

     Third place

     Last place

     Automatically qualified to the final

     Did not qualify for the final

Edn.	Artist	Song	Final	Points	Semi	Points
#01	Kasia Popowska	"Dryfy"	9	72	Host Country
#02	Lanberry	"Zagadka"	12	52	5	82
#03	Bovska	"Long Way"	18	49	8	51
#04	Honorata Skarbek	"Na koniec świata"	2	112	1	107
#05	TBD				"Big 6" member

Split positive/negative votes

Edn.	Song	Final				Semi
		Positive	Points	Negative	Points	Positive	Points	Negative	Points
#01	"Dryfy"	11	83	3	11	Host Country
#02	"Zagadka"	9	94	26	42	3	94	13	12
#03	"Long Way"	16	72	17	23	9	59	11	8
#04	"Na koniec świata"	1	138	18	26	1	111	5	4

Draw History

The table below lists the positions in the running order Poland has been allocated to.

Table key

     First half

     Second half

Contest	Show	Draw
#01	Final	02
#02	Semi-final 2	05
	Final	11
#03	Semi-final 2	05
	Final	23
#04	Semi-final 1	06
	Final	11

Betting Odds

Since the first edition, the betting odds have been revealed following the previews. Based on the ranking of countries by other participating broadcasters, the betting odds provide a rough view of the chances a country has to win the contest.

Edition	Place	Odds	Actual result	Difference
#01	9th	3.33	9th	0
#02	3rd	2.76	12th	-9
#03	28th	4.52	18th	+10
#04	1st	2.44	2nd	-1

Voting History

12 Points

Table key

     Winner – Poland gave 12 points to a winning song / Poland won the contest.

     Second place – Poland gave 12 points to a runner-up song / Poland was runner-up in the contest.

     Third place – Poland gave 12 points to a third place song / Poland came third in the contest.

     Qualified – Poland gave 12 points to a song that was a qualifier / Poland was a qualifier.

     Non-qualified – Poland gave 12 points to a song that was not a qualifier / Poland was not a qualifier.

Record of 12 points
Edn.	Given		Received
	Final	Semi	Final	Semi
#01	Finland	San Marino	None	Host country
		Finland
#02	Czech Republic	Spain		Bulgaria Norway Romania
#03	Belarus	Latvia	Cyprus Latvia Sweden	Cyprus Latvia
#03	Estonia	Finland	Belarus Belgium Liechtenstein Ukraine	Russia Ukraine

Other Contests

OGAO Second Chance Contest

The Second Chance contest takes place every edition around the same time as the second semi final. Although it is not a televised event, TVP acknowledges it as part of the contest. It is organised by OGAO, the fan club for The Origin Song Contest.

Edn.	Artist	Song	NF	Result	Points
#02	Ewelina Lisowska	"Zrób To!"	2nd	3	77
#03	Agata Dziarma Dziarmagowska	"Kawaii"	5th	4	69
#04	Dominika Sojda	"Neony"	2nd	4	84