TVP, the Polish national broadcaster, has confirmed that Poland will compete at the forthcoming 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Austria.
Thus Poland joins the list of countries who have so far confirmed their participation at Eurovision 2026. Poland will yet again select its Eurovision act and entry via a televised national final.
TVP has published the rules and regulations for the 2026 Polish national selection and opened the song submission window for Eurovision 2026.
The song submission window for the Polish national selection will run from 03-24 November 2025. Artists can send TVP their entries to TVP via [email protected] with the all the required attachments:
- mp3 file with the submitted song,
- a text file with the text of the submitted work,
- a text file with the biography of the submitted artist,
- mp4 file with a live recording of the song
You can find the application form for the Polish national selection here.
A special expert jury consisting of 9-15 members including music professionals will be responsible to select the finalists for the national final.
The names of the finalists will be announced on 14th January. The 2026 Polish national final is scheduled to be held on Saturday 14th February at the TVP Headquarters in Warsaw. The 2026 Polish Eurovision act and entry will be determined via a public SMS deliberation.
Poland in Eurovision
Poland debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 with flying colours achieving an honorable placing with Edyta Gorniak‘s To nie ja, the country’s best result till date.
The country has faced mixed fortunes in the competition achieving only three top 10 placing in the event since its debut. Poland withdrew from the competition in 2012 due to poor results and financial issues and was absent from the competition for three consecutive years until their return in 2014.
Poland has partaken 26 times in our beloved song contest. In 2025 Justyna Steckzkowska represented Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel with her entry ‘Gaja’.
