Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Poland participated in and won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which took place on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Roksana Węgiel was internally selected on 21 September 2018 as the Polish representative, competing with the song "Anyone I Want to Be". She won the contest with a total of 215 points.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Country Poland
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)
  • Artist: 21 September 2018
  • Song: 6 November 2018
Selected entrantRoksana Węgiel
Selected song"Anyone I Want to Be"
Selected songwriter(s)Maegan Cottone
Nathan Duvall
Cutfather
Peter Wallevik
Daniel Davidsen
Małgorzata Uściłowska
Patryk Kumór
Finals performance
Final result1st, 215 points
Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2018 Contest, Poland has participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest four times. In 2003 and 2004, Poland ended in last place and they decided not to participate from 2005 to 2015. The country returned successfully in 2016. Olivia Wieczorek was selected to represent the nation that year with the song "Nie zapomnij". Olivia ended in 11th place out of 17 entries with 60 points.[1] In 2017, Alicja Rega was selected to represent Poland with the song "Mój dom". She ended up 8th of 16 entries with 138 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

On 21 September 2018, the Polish broadcaster revealed that they had chosen the thirteen-year-old artist Roksana Węgiel internally in order to represent Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[2]

Artist and song information

Roksana Węgiel
Main article: Roksana Węgiel

Roksana Węgiel (born 11 January 2005) is a Polish singer who won the first edition of The Voice Kids Poland. She represented Poland at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus.[3]

In October 2018, she released the single "Zatrzymać Chwilę" which she recorded together with Edyta Górniak.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Poland was drawn to perform twentieth (last) on 25 November 2018, following Malta.[4]

Voting

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. 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.[5]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 23 November 2018 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 25 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 a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs.[6] 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 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.

Detailed voting results
Detailed voting results from Poland[7]
Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Awarded
01  Ukraine 3 2 3 1 1 1 12
02  Portugal 14 12 19 19 16 17
03  Kazakhstan 13 4 13 15 5 11
04  Albania 8 18 16 14 17 16
05  Russia 6 1 10 9 12 5 6
06  Netherlands 15 10 17 13 7 14
07  Azerbaijan 12 13 9 17 18 15
08  Belarus 16 17 8 5 14 13
09  Ireland 2 8 2 6 9 3 8
10  Serbia 19 15 15 16 15 18
11  Italy 7 11 5 10 6 8 3
12  Australia 1 7 1 2 4 2 10
13  Georgia 18 16 12 8 2 10 1
14  Israel 4 14 4 12 11 9 2
15  France 17 9 14 7 10 12
16  Macedonia 5 6 7 4 8 4 7
17  Armenia 10 3 11 3 13 7 4
18  Wales 11 19 18 18 19 19
19  Malta 9 5 6 11 3 6 5
20  Poland

References
  1. "Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. "Poland: Roksana Wegiel to Junior Eurovision 2018". Eurovoix. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  3. Garcia, Belén (21 September 2018). "Junior Eurovision: Roksana Węgiel to wave the Polish flag in Minsk!". Esc-Plus. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. Zwart, Josianne (19 November 2018). "Running order of Junior Eurovision 2018 revealed". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
  6. "Junior Eurovision fans: Cast your vote online!". Junioreurovision.tv. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018.
  7. "Results of the Final of Minsk 2018". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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