Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020

After Poland's victory in the 2019 contest on home soil in Gliwice, the director-general of TVP, Jacek Kurski, stated that the country would apply to host the event again in 2020.[3] However, Kurski stated that the possibility of two consecutive editions of the event in Poland could be frowned upon by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). After a period of uncertainty, in the last week of December 2019, it was reported by Gazeta Wyborcza that some Kraków City Councillors were expressing interest in taking the proposal that the contest be held in the city, focused on Tauron Arena. A few days later on 8 January 2020, the proposal was discussed at the City Council and accepted by the majority of its members.[4] Poland was confirmed as the host country in March 2020.[5]

Szansa na sukces consisted of four shows: three semi-finals broadcast on 6 September, 13 September and 20 September, and a final on 27 September. Seven singers competed in each semi-final, with one qualifying for the final as determined by a jury of artists. Each of the three finalists performed one song selected by the producers and one song that would serve as the Polish entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The winner was determined by an equal combination of jury votes and SMS votes.[6]

The first semi-final was broadcast on 6 September 2020.[6] All seven semi-finalists performed intergenerational hits. The jury consisted of three members:[7]

• Viki Gabor – singer, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
• Edyta Górniak – singer, Polish representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994
• Piotr Rubik – composer

The second semi-final was broadcast on 13 September 2020. All seven semi-finalists performed famous worldwide hits. The jury consisted of three members:[9]

• Michał Wiśniewski – singer, Polish representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
• Cleo – singer, represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
• Gromee – DJ, record producer, remixer, songwriter, Polish representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

The third semi-final was broadcast on 20 September 2020.[12] All seven semi-finaliats performed songs from fairytales. The jury consisted of three members:[13]

• Marina Łuczenko-Szczęsna – singer, songwriter, actress
• Dawid Kwiatkowski – singer-songwriter
• Kasia Łaska – singer, voice actress

The final was held on 27 September 2020. Three artists competed in the final, and the winning artist and song represented Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020.[7] The jury consisted of three members:[15][16] Konrad Smuga (director of Polish performances at Junior Eurovision), Grzegorz Urban (music director of Szansa na Sukces), and Anna Cyzowska-Andura (director of the TVP Entertainment Agency). Another pannel, consisting of Viki Gabor, Cleo and Dawid Kwiatkowski was also present during the show, but did not have any power over the voting. The winner was Ala Tracz with the song "I'll Be Standing", which was composed by Gromee and Sara Chmiel-Gromala.[17]

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting.[19] Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.[20]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 27 November 2020 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 29 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for three songs.[21] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Points awarded to Poland[22] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points  Georgia  Malta  Serbia 7 points 6 points  Kazakhstan 5 points  Netherlands 4 points  Russia 3 points 2 points  Belarus  Germany  Spain 1 point  France Poland received 44 points from the online vote

Points awarded by Poland[22] Score Country 12 points  Belarus 10 points  Ukraine 8 points  Netherlands 7 points  Spain 6 points  Malta 5 points  Georgia 4 points  Russia 3 points  Kazakhstan 2 points  Germany 1 point  France