Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Poland was represented by the band Sixteen, with the song "To takie proste", at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May in Birmingham. The song was chosen internally by broadcaster TVP.

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country Poland
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selected entrantSixteen
Selected song"To takie proste"
Finals performance
Final result17th, 19 points
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1997 • 1998 • 1999►

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

TVP received 45 submissions for the internal selection. A five-member expert panel reviewed all the submissions, and "To takie proste" performed by Sixteen was ultimately selected by TVP as the Polish entrant for the 1998 contest.

Among the submissions were De Su, Kasia Stankiewicz and Mietek Szcześniak.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Sixteen performed 7th in the running order, following Slovakia and preceding and preceding eventual contest winners Israel. Pre-contest "To takie proste" was rated as an amiable if unspectacular pop song, unlikely to inspire strong feelings either way and therefore equally unlikely to inspire a great many of the European public to pick up their telephones in the first full year of Eurovision televoting. This was indeed the case, as at the close of voting "To takie proste" had picked up only 19 points (10 from Romania, 5 from Germany and 2 each from France and Hungary, and of these countries, Romania and Hungary used juries), placing Poland 17th of the 25 entries, only narrowly avoiding relegation from the 1999 contest. The 12 points from the Polish televote were awarded to Belgium.[1]

Points awarded to Poland
Points awarded to Poland
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Poland
12 points Belgium
10 points Israel
8 points Malta
7 points United Kingdom
6 points Croatia
5 points Netherlands
4 points Norway
3 points Sweden
2 points Ireland
1 point Estonia

See also

References
  1. ESC History - Poland 1998
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