Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Eurovision Song Contest 2021 | ||||
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Country | Poland | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | 12 March 2021 | |||
Selected entrant | Rafał | |||
Selected song | "The Ride" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (14th) | |||
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "The Ride" written by Joakim Övrenius, Thomas Karlsson, Clara Rubensson and Johan Mauritzson. The song was performed by Rafał. In March 2021, the Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) announced that the Polish entry for the 2021 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands would be selected through an internal selection. Rafał and the song "The Ride" were announced as the Polish entry on 12 March 2021 during the TVP2 programme Pytanie na śniadanie.
Poland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2021. Performing during the show in position 6, "The Ride" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Poland placed fourteenth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 35 points.
Background
Prior to the 2021 Contest, Poland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-two times since its first entry in
The Polish national broadcaster,
Before Eurovision
Internal selection
The Polish entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest was selected via an internal selection by the TVP Entertainment Agency with several artists and songwriters being directly invited to submit entries, including Cleo, who represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014, and Alicja Szemplińska, who was to represent Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2020 before the contest was cancelled.[4][5] TVP announced in March 2021 that the Polish entry would be presented on 12 March 2021 during the TVP2 programme Pytanie na śniadanie, hosted by Mateusz Szymkowiak.[3]
During the broadcast of Pytanie na śniadanie, it was announced that Rafał Brzozowski would represent Poland with the song "The Ride", written by Joakim Övrenius, Thomas Karlsson, Clara Rubensson and Johan Mauritzson. The song was also presented to the public the same day via the release of the official music video on the official Eurovision Song Contest's YouTube channel.[6] Rafał previously attempted to represent Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017, placing second in the national final with the song "Sky Over Europe", and had co-hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in November 2020 which was held in Warsaw.[7][8]
Promotion
Rafał's pre-contest promotion for "The Ride" was mainly focused in Poland. On 15 April, Rafał performed together with
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "
Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Poland was set to perform in position 6, following the entry from Austria and before the entry from Moldova.[13]
The two semi-finals and the final were broadcast in Poland on TVP1 and TVP Polonia with commentary by Marek Sierocki and Aleksander Sikora.[14][15] The three shows also aired on a one-day delay on TVP Rozrywka (semi-finals only) and TVP Kobieta (semi-finals and final).[16] The Polish spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Polish jury during the final, was co-presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 and 2020 Ida Nowakowska.
Semi-final
Poland performed sixth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Austria and preceding the entry from Moldova. At the end of the show, Poland was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Poland placed 14th in the semi-final, receiving a total of 35 points: 17 points from the televoting and 18 points from the juries.
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1–8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.[17] In addition, each member of a national jury may only take part in the panel once every three years, and no jury was permitted to discuss of their vote with other members or be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.[18] The individual rankings of each jury member in an anonymised form as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.[19][20]
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Poland and awarded by Poland in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:
Points awarded to Poland
Score | Televote | Jury |
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12 points | San Marino | |
10 points | ||
8 points | ||
7 points | ||
6 points | ||
5 points | ||
4 points | ||
3 points | Bulgaria | |
2 points | Greece | |
1 point | Denmark |
Points awarded by Poland
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Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Polish jury:[23][24]
- Norbert Dudziuk (Norbi)
- Joanna Klepko (Cleo)
- Michał Michalik
- Piotr Winnicki
- Anna Żaczek-Biderman
Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
01 | San Marino | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
02 | Estonia | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 12 | |
03 | Czech Republic | 11 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 16 | ||
04 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | |
05 | Austria | 9 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 15 | ||
06 | Poland | |||||||||
07 | Moldova | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
08 | Iceland | 13 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
09 | Serbia | 10 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | |
10 | Georgia | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | |
11 | Albania | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |
12 | Portugal | 14 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
13 | Bulgaria | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
14 | Finland | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
15 | Latvia | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | ||
16 | Switzerland | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
17 | Denmark | 16 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 6 |
Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
01 | Cyprus | 13 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 16 | ||
02 | Albania | 14 | 9 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 23 | ||
03 | Israel | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 22 | |
04 | Belgium | 26 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 19 | |
05 | Russia | 3 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
06 | Malta | 6 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
07 | Portugal | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | |
08 | Serbia | 18 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 20 | ||
09 | United Kingdom | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 26 | ||
10 | Greece | 15 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 14 | ||
11 | Switzerland | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
12 | Iceland | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 8 |
13 | Spain | 19 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 24 | ||
14 | Moldova | 24 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 21 | ||
15 | Germany | 8 | 25 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 18 | ||
16 | Finland | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
17 | Bulgaria | 22 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 21 | 15 | ||
18 | Lithuania | 23 | 24 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 4 | |
19 | Ukraine | 9 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 12 | |
20 | France | 20 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | |
21 | Azerbaijan | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 12 | ||
22 | Norway | 25 | 26 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 3 | |
23 | Netherlands | 16 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 25 | ||
24 | Italy | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
25 | Sweden | 11 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 1 | |
26 | San Marino | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
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