Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Participating broadcaster	Telewizja Polska (TVP)
Participation summary
Appearances	10
First appearance	2003
Highest placement	1st: 2018, 2019
Host	2019, 2020
Participation history 2003 2004 2005 – 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Related articles
Szansa na Sukces
External links
Poland's page at JuniorEurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Poland has entered the Junior Eurovision Song Contest ten times, competing in the first contest in 2003. The Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) decided to withdraw from the contest after coming last in both 2003 and in 2004, despite TVP signing a 3-year contract with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). In 2016, it was announced that Poland would return after an 11-year break. Poland is the first country in the history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest to win twice in a row: in 2018 with Roksana Węgiel and her song "Anyone I Want to Be" and then in 2019 with Viki Gabor and her song "Superhero".

There was some debate on whether Poland could return to Junior Eurovision in 2008. TVP stated that the contestant could be chosen through the existing program Mini szansa, and would be broadcast on the secondary channel TVP2. This however did not materialise, and Poland remained out of the contest. On 14 June 2016, the Head of Music at TVP announced that Poland was considering a return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2016, after an 11-year absence from the contest. He stated that an invitation was issued to potential participants to submit songs to the broadcaster, but reaffirmed that they had not made a complete decision on whether they would actually be participating. On 30 August 2016, TVP officially confirmed that Poland would return and launched its national selection.^[1]