Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

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 TVP studios in Warsaw, hosted by Artur Orzech. Public SMS voting exclusively selected the winner.

TVP opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries. The broadcaster received 43 submissions at the closing of the deadline.[1] A selection committee selected fourteen entries from the received submissions to compete in the national final. The selected entries were announced on 30 November 2002.[2] There was great interest in the country's first televised final and some of the biggest names in the Polish music industry had been tempted to take part.

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 SMS vote. Unconfirmed reports suggested that Varius Manx, Bracia Cugowscy and Ha-Dwa-O had finished 4th, 5th and 6th respectively.[3]

After the final, it immediately came to light that so great had been the volume of SMS messages sent that the system was overwhelmed, and fewer than 25% had been successfully transmitted and registered during the 15-minute voting window – it was later said that votes were still being received at the collation point several hours after the broadcast had finished. In response to questions from the media and public, TVP reported that once all votes had been registered the top three placings announced on the night remained the same, although they released only the percentage of votes received by the top three songs rather than an exact votes tally.