Poland will select an artist and a song for Eurovision 2020 via “Szansa na Sukces 2020“.
The competition will include 3 semi-finals and a grand final.
The semi-finals will be broadcasted on the 2nd, 9th, 16th of February 2020
The grand final will be held on the 24th of February 2020.
In each semi-final, 7 candidates will fight for one spot in the grand final.
The semi-finals results will be decided only by the jury members.
The judges are former Polish Eurovision artists: Cleo (Eurovision 2014), Michal Szpak (Eurovision 2016) and Gromee (Eurovision 2018).
Each semi-final will be devoted to another theme. All the sei-finals shows will be pre-recorded.
Semi-final 1 theme will be ABBA songs, semi-final 2 theme will be Eurovision songs, and semi-final 3 theme is the “The Beatles” songs.
The 21 participants are:
Semi-final 1 – ABBA theme (February 2nd, 2020)
- Patryk Skoczyński
- Emilia Sanecka
- Julia & Wiktoria Szlachta
- Kasia Dereń
- Amelia Andryszczyk
- Sargis Davtyan
- Maja Hyży
Semi-final 2 – Eurovision theme (February 9th, 2020)
- Damian Kulej
- Paulina Czapla
- Weronika Curyło
- Stashka
- Saszan
- Alicja Szemplińska
- Aleksandra Nykiel
Semi-final 3 – The Beatles theme (February 16th, 2020)
- Albert Černý
- Basia Gąsienica-Giewont
- Norbert Legieć
- Adrian Makar
- Nick Sinckler
- Marek Kaliszuk
- Marzena Ryt
Among the participants, you can find Albert Černy, the singer of “Lake Malawi” that represented Czech Republic in Eurovision 2019. The band ended in 11th place in the grand final.
Patryk Skoczyński and Kasia Dereń participated in “The Voice of Poland”
Maja Hyży participated in the national selection for Eurovision 2018.
Sisters Szlachta and Sargis Davtyan participated in previous editions of “Szansa na Sukces” when it hasn’t been used as a mechanism for selecting an act for Eurovision.