Poland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "", written by , , Justyna Steczkowska, and , and performed by Steczkowska herself. The Polish participating broadcaster, (TVP), organised the national final ' in order to select its entry for the contest.
Prior to the 2025 contest, (TVP) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Poland twenty-six times since its first entry in . Its highest placement in the contest, to this point, had been second place, achieved with its debut entry in 1994, "" performed by Edyta Górniak. It had only reached the top ten on two other occasions, when "<span lang="de">Keine Grenzen</span> â <span lang="pl">à »adnych granic</span>" performed Ich Troje finished seventh in , and when "Color of Your Life" performed by Michaà  Szpak finished eighth in . In , "The Tower" performed by Luna failed to qualify for the final.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, TVP organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. In 2022 and 2023, the broadcaster selected its entry for the contest through a national final show titled , while in 2024 its entry was selected internally. TVP confirmed its participation in the 2025 contest on 8 November 2024, announcing that it would select its entry through a televised final.
' ("The grand final of the Polish qualifiers") was the national final format developed by TVP to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The competition took place on 14 February 2025 at the TVP Headquarters in Warsaw, hosted by Artur Orzech and Michaà  Szpak, with Aleksandra Budka and Grzegorz Dobek acting as the green room hosts. The show was broadcast on TVP2, TVP Polonia and TVP Wilno, as well as online via the streaming platform and internationally with English voice-over translation via the Eurovision Song Contest's official YouTube channel.
The selection of the competing entries for the national final took place over two stages. In the first stage, artists and songwriters could apply for the competition through an online submission form. In the second stage, a fifteen-member selection committee with members appointed by TVP among music industry professionals, journalists and Eurovision fans was in charge of reviewing the received submissions and selecting a shortlist of 25 participants based on the ten favourites of each member. The third stage consisted of all but five of the shortlisted entriesthe three highest scoring entries in the previous stage and two artists deemed by the selection committee to have "established musical careers"being additionally performed at an audition round held on 19 December 2024 in Warsaw, after which ten finalists (plus two backups) were unanimously selected from these by the committee and announced on 14 January 2025. TVP reserved the option to select up to three wildcards among artists who did not pass the previous phase, which was later invoked to include an eleventh finalist, who was announced on 3 February 2025. The eleven selected artists took part in a final on 14 February 2025, where the winner was determined exclusively by public votes cast through SMS messages.
On 8 November 2024, TVP opened a submission period where artists and composers would be able to submit their entries for the competition until 4 December 2024; shortly before the closing, the deadline was extended until the following 8 December. Applicants were required to hold Polish citizenship for their entries to qualify to compete. At the closing of the window, 224 entries had been submitted.
The selection committee consisted of (chairperson), Anna Ceynowa, Anna Karna, Barbara Popioà Âek, Grzegorz Fràtczak, Kamil Kozbuch, , Konrad SzczÃÂsny, Maciej Kancerek, Maà Âgorzata Kosturkiewicz, , Paulina Sawicka, , Tomasz Soà Âowià Âski and Tycjana Acquasanta. Sara James withdrew her participation before the scheduled announcement of the finalists and was replaced by Janusz Radek (who was the first backup), while Teo, who had previously made the shortlist of acts but failed to advance due to citizenship requirements, was later awarded a wildcard. Among the selected competing artists was Justyna Steczkowska, who represented .
Key: Entry withdrawn Replacement entry
The final took place on 14 February 2025. In addition to the competing entries, the guest performers included Baby Lasagna with "Rim Tim Tagi Dim", "DonâÂÂt Hate Yourself but Don't Love Yourself Too Much" and "Biggie Boom Boom", and host Michaà  Szpak with "Color of Your Life" and "Bondage". Justyna Steczkowska was declared the winner with "".
The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. During the allocation draw held on 28 January 2025, Poland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, performing in the first half of the show. The shows' producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Poland was set to perform in position 2.
Poland qualified for the final, finishing in seventh place in the semi-final with 85 points. During the final, Poland performed in 15th position following Italy and preceding Germany. In the end, Poland finished in fourteenth place with 156 points, finishing twenty-fourth in the jury voting with 17 points and in seventh place with the televoting with 139 points.
Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.
The following members comprised the Polish jury: