Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Country	Poland
National selection
Selection process	Krajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji 2003
Selection date(s)	25 January 2003
Selected entrant	Ich Troje
Selected song	"Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic"
Selected songwriter(s)	André Franke Joachim Horn-Bernges Michał Wiśniewski Jacek Łągwa
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 90 points
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic" written by André Franke, Joachim Horn-Bernges, Michał Wiśniewski and Jacek Łągwa. The song was performed by the band Ich Troje. The Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their withdrawal in 2002 as one of the bottom six countries in the 2001 contest. TVP organised the national final Krajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji 2003 in order to select the Polish entry for the 2003 contest in Riga, Latvia. The national final took place on 25 January 2003 and featured fourteen entries. "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic" performed by Ich Troje was selected as the winner after gaining 31.8% of the public vote.

Poland competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 24 May 2003. Performing during the show in position 20, Poland placed seventh out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 90 points.

Prior to the 2003 Contest, Poland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest seven times since its first entry in 1994.^[1] Poland's highest placement in the contest, to this point, has been second place, which the nation achieved with its debut entry in 1994 with the song "To nie ja!" performed by Edyta Górniak.

The Polish national broadcaster, Telewizja Polska (TVP), broadcasts the event within Poland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. TVP confirmed Poland's participation in the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest on 19 September 2002.^[2] Since 1994, the broadcaster opted to internally select their entries. However, along with their participation confirmation, TVP announced that the Polish entry for the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest would be selected via a national final for the first time.^[2]

Krajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji 2003 was the national final organised by TVP in order to select the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. The show took place on 25 January 2003 at the Studio 5 of TVP in Warsaw, hosted by Artur Orzech. Public televoting exclusively selected the winner. The show was broadcast on TVP1 and TVP Polonia as well as via radio on Radio Eska. The national final was watched by 7.27 million viewers in Poland with a market share of 46%.^[3]

TVP opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries between 19 September 2002 and 15 November 2002.^[2] The broadcaster received 43 submissions at the closing of the deadline.^[4] A six-member selection committee selected fifteen entries from the received submissions to compete in the national final. The selection committee consisted of Janusz Kosiński (journalist), Zygmunt Kukla (conductor, composer), Leszek Kumański (TV director, screenwriter and producer), Marek Sierocki (Head of Entertainment of TVP1 and artistic directors of the Opole Festival and Sopot Festival), Hirek Wrona (journalist) and Piotr Klatt (musician, songwriter, journalist and music producer at TVP).^[5] The selected entries were announced on 30 November 2002.^[6] On 11 December 2002, "Pierwszy raz", written by Piotr Rubik and Jolanta Literska and to have been performed by Georgina Tarasiuk, was disqualified from the national final due to the singer not being aged at least 16 on the day of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003.^[7]

The televised final took place on 25 January 2003. Fourteen entries competed and the winner, "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic" performed by Ich Troje, was determined entirely by a public vote. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 1994 Polish Eurovision entrant Edyta Górniak opened the show with her new single "Impossible", while the band Bajm performed as the interval act.^[8]

Following the Polish national final, it was revealed that approximately 300,000 votes were submitted by the public with less than 25% being successfully transmitted and registered during the 15-minute voting window, due to the system operated by the telecom provider being overwhelmed by the high influx of votes.^[9][10] Following media and public inquiries, TVP published the voting percentage of the top three entries with the addition of the delayed votes on 27 January, which revealed that the results remain unchanged despite the margin between the top two entries being shortened.^[11] Unconfirmed reports also suggested that Varius Manx, Bracia Cugowscy and Ha-Dwa-O had placed fourth to sixth, respectively.^[12]

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom ten countries in the 2002 contest competed in the final on 24 May 2003.^[13] On 29 November 2002, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Poland was set to perform in position 20, following the entry from France and before the entry from Latvia.^[14] Poland finished in seventh place with 70 points.^[15]

The show was broadcast in Poland on TVP1 and TVP Polonia with commentary by Artur Orzech. The Polish spokesperson, who announced the Polish votes during the final, was Maciej Orłoś.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Poland and awarded by Poland in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Belgium in the contest.^[16]

Points awarded to Poland[17] Score Country 12 points  Germany 10 points  Austria  Malta 8 points  Latvia  Ukraine 7 points 6 points  Greece 5 points  Belgium  France  Spain 4 points  Estonia  Netherlands  Norway  Romania 3 points  Sweden 2 points  United Kingdom 1 point

Points awarded by Poland[17] Score Country 12 points  Belgium 10 points  Ukraine 8 points  Romania 7 points  Sweden 6 points  Norway 5 points  Germany 4 points  Russia 3 points  France 2 points  Turkey 1 point  Iceland

TVP opted to use exclusively SMS voting to determine the points awarded by Poland in the contest.^[18] Broadcasters were required to assemble back-up juries that consisted of eight voting members, with age and gender equally distributed, in the case of televote failure on the night of the competition; the top three countries, as ranked by the Polish back-up jury, were later revealed by TVP. The Polish jury consisted of Marta Gach, Piotr Rzeczycki, Dorota Miśkiewicz, Krzysztof Wydrzycki, Agnieszka Olszewska, Tomasz Augustyniak, Aneta Strypikowska and Zygmunt Kukla, with Janusz Kosiński as the jury chairperson.^[19]

National juries and the public in each country are not allowed to vote for their own country, a rule first introduced in 1957.^[20][21] However, 19,894 votes for the Polish entry were still recorded in Poland, which were deemed invalid.^[22]

Detailed televoting results from Poland[22] Draw Country Televotes Rank Points 01  Iceland 3,630 10 1 02  Austria 3,617 11 03  Ireland 2,838 15 04  Turkey 3,901 9 2 05  Malta 2,081 20 06  Bosnia and Herzegovina 876 25 07  Portugal 2,011 21 08  Croatia 1,762 24 09  Cyprus 2,602 16 10  Germany 7,435 6 5 11  Russia 6,833 7 4 12  Spain 3,395 13 13  Israel 1,840 23 14  Netherlands 3,342 14 15  United Kingdom 1,956 22 16  Ukraine 9,772 2 10 17  Greece 2,204 19 18  Norway 7,680 5 6 19  France 4,253 8 3 20  Poland 21  Latvia 2,205 18 22  Belgium 11,018 1 12 23  Estonia 3,471 12 24  Romania 9,149 3 8 25  Sweden 9,096 4 7 26  Slovenia 2,215 17

Detailed back-up jury results from Poland[23][24] Draw Country Rank 01  Iceland 02  Austria 03  Ireland 04  Turkey 05  Malta 06  Bosnia and Herzegovina 07  Portugal 3 08  Croatia 09  Cyprus 10  Germany 11  Russia 12  Spain 13  Israel 14  Netherlands 15  United Kingdom 16  Ukraine 17  Greece 18  Norway 19  France 20  Poland 21  Latvia 22  Belgium 2 23  Estonia 1 24  Romania 25  Sweden 26  Slovenia