Today, the final episode of this year’s Szansa na Sukces – Eurowizja Junior 2021 took place. The three contenders fought and sang two tracks (Cover Tracks & their 2021 Junior Eurovision Entry). In addition, reigning champion Ala Tracz also performed her 2020 entry “I’ll Be Standing” during the show. In the end, it was revealed that Sara James has won the right to represent Poland in Paris with the song Somebody.
How Poland’s Junior Eurovision representative was selected
The competing artists sang two songs. A cover track and their respective entry for the 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The songs performed were as follows:
| Draw | Artist | Song (Cover Track) | Song (Junior Eurovision Entry) |
| 1 | Sara James | My Heart Will Go On | Somebody |
| 2 | Miłosz Świetlik Skierski | Na wyspach Bergamutac | Open Wide |
| 3 | Marysia Stachera | Anyone I Want To Be | One World of Colors |
Poland’s Junior Eurovision representative was selected, via a mixture of Jury (Ala Tracz, Edyta Gorniak, Roxie Weigel) and SMS Votes. The results were as follows:
| Artist | SMS Vote | Jury Vote | Total | Place |
| Sara James | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1st |
| Marysia Stachera | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2nd/3rd |
| Miłosz Świetlik Skierski | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2nd/3rd |
Stream “Somebody” on streaming platforms
In addition, you are now able to stream Poland’s Junior Eurovision entry on the following streaming platforms:
Spotify
Apple Music
What we currently know about the 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Junior Eurovision 2021 will take place in Paris, France following Valentina’s victory in JESC 2020 with “J’imagine”. The contest will be held in La Seine Musicale on December 19th. 19 countries will be competing in the 19th edition of the competition:
- Albania
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bulgaria
- France (Host)
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Malta
- The Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Serbia
- Spain
- Ukraine
You can keep up with our JESC 2021 coverage here.
Poland’s Junior Eurovision Journey
In 2003, Poland was one of the countries that participated in the inaugural edition of the competition, where they were represented by Katarzyna Żurawik with the song “Coś mnie nosi” which placed 16th. Poland participated for another year, before going on a 12-year break and returning in 2016. Since returning to the competition, they have participated five times and managed to achieve a back-to-back win in 2018 and 2019.
Their recent participation in 2020, saw them being represented by Ala Tracz, with the song “I’ll Be Standing” which placed 9th overall, receiving 90 points from the jury and online vote combined.
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News Source: TVP
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