We’re less than a fortnight away from knowing who will represent Poland at the 2025 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, TVP have announced a surprise wildcard addition to their national final; Teo.
Teo becomes the 11th participant
With no prior warning the Polish national broadcaster TVP have revealed that Teo Tomczuk will participate in the upcoming national final as a wildcard. TVP cites issues with Teo restoring his status as a Polish national as the reasoning for the delay in announcing his candidacy as Poland’s 2025 Eurovision entrant. At the time of auditioning the Polish-born Norwegian national did not have Polish citizenship, making him ineligible for participation, though this was waived upon him being granted citizenship on the 16th of January. TVP extended an invitation to him to become a wildcard in the final.
This is not the first change-up in Poland’s selection this year, with former JESC winner Sara James announcing she withdrew herself from the participation process prior to the announcement of the finalists.
The final of Wielki finał polskich kwalifikacji will take place on the 14th of February. You can listen to the 11 acts below. At present we do not have a running order to the show.
| Artists | Entry | Music | Lyrics |
| Teo | “Immortal“ | Teo Tomczuk, Jeremi Sikorski, Jakub Krupski | Teo Tomczuk, Jeremi Sikorski |
| CHRUST | “Tempo“ | CHRUST | CHRUST |
| Dominik Dudek | “Hold the Light“ | Dominik Dudek, Teodora Spiric, Tom Oehler | Dominik Dudek, Teodora Spiric, Tom Oehler |
| Marien | “Can’t Hide“ | Magdalena Wójcik (Goya) | Amelia Komosińska, Maria Nieszpaur, Magdalena Wójcik |
| Daria Marx | “Let It Burn“ | Peter Bostrom, Maria Broberg, Fredrik Moller | Peter Bostrom, Maria Broberg, Fredrik Moller |
| Sonia Maselik | “Rumours“ | Sonia Maselik, Susie Jakubowski, Paweł Tetłak | Sonia Maselik, Adam Związek, Aleksandra Smoczyńska, Juliusz Kamil Kuźnik |
| Janusz Radek | “In Cosmic Mist“ | Janusz Radek | Janusz Radek |
| Justyna Steczkowska | “Gaja“ | Justyna Steczkowska, Emilian Waluchowski, Patryk Kumór, Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek | Justyna Steczkowska, Patryk Kumór, Emilian Waluchowski |
| Sw@da x Niczos | “Lusterka“ | Wiktor Szczygieł, Nika Jurczuk | Nika Jurczuk |
| Kuba Szmajkowski | “Pray“ | Angelino Markenhorn, Tom Martensson, Joakim Andersson (Bellman), William Naesh | Angelino Markenhorn, Tom Martensson |
| TYNSKY | “Miracle“ | TYNSKY, Riddick | TYNSKY, Chloe Copoloff, Francis Karel |
Poland’s Eurovision Journey
In 1994, Poland made their debut at the Eurovision Song Contest represented by Edyta Górniak with the song “To nie ja!” and placed 2nd, Poland’s best result at the contest to date. Since then, Poland has participated 26 times, qualifying for the Grand Final 16 times.
Poland selected Luna and “The Tower” to represent them at Eurovision 2024. She received 35 points in the televote, placing twelfth in the first semifinal.
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News Source: TVP
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