Poland was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Brightest Light", written by Brajan Litkowiec, Jacek Mrówczyński, Jakub Laszuk, Jeremi Siejka, Krzysztof Junak and , and performed by Marianna Kłos. The Polish participating broadcaster, (TVP), internally selected its entry for the contest.
Background
Prior to the 2025 contest, Poland had participated in the contest eleven times since its first entry in the inaugural . Since then, it has won the contest on two occasions: in with "Anyone I Want to Be" performed by Roksana Węgiel and in with "Superhero" performed by Viki Gabor, becoming the first country to win consecutively. The nation opted not to take part in the contest between and , originally due to unsatisfactory results, though , president of TVP between 2011 and 2015, later stated that the broadcaster analysed participation "when proposals appeared" and "decided that such a project is not appropriate for public television. It is drawing children into show business"; "" performed by Kasia Żurawik and "" performed by Kwadro both ended up in last place in 2003 and , respectively. The country also placed second in with "Somebody" performed by Sara James, marking its third and thus far final top five finish. In , Dominik Arim competed for Poland with the song "All Together", which ended up in 12th place out of 17 entries with 61 points.
Before Junior Eurovision
Internal selection In December 2024, a tender notification was issued by TVP for production support and multimedia setup for a special edition of the Polish talent show , scheduled for autumn 2025, intended to serve as the national final format to select its entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2025 for the seventh year running; however, in May 2025, claims surfaced that the broadcaster would instead internally select its entrant for the first time since ; this was confirmed on 31 May 2025, with TVP also stating that the Polish representative would be announced the following day, 1 June, during the morning show on TVP2, coinciding with celebrations of Children's Day in Poland. The selected artist was revealed to be Marianna Kłos, who had finished runner-up in the eighth season of The Voice Kids earlier in 2025. Her competing entry, "Brightest Light", was released on 31 October 2025.
Promotion As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Marianna Kłos performed during the final of the sixteenth season of The Voice of Poland on 29 November 2025, broadcast on TVP2. On 3 December 2025, she attended a publicised meeting with several past Polish representatives at the contest, including 2019 winner Viki Gabor. On 10 December 2025, an episode of featuring her performance was aired.
At Junior Eurovision The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at the Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City in Tbilisi, Georgia on 13 December 2025. On 4 November 2025, an allocation draw was held to determine the running order of the contest, ahead of which each song was classified into a different category based on its musical style and tempo. Poland was drawn to perform in position 9, following the entry from the and before the entry from .
In Poland, the event was broadcast on TVP2 and TVP Polonia, as well as online via , with commentary by Artur Orzech.
Performance Marianna Kłos took part in technical rehearsals on 7 and 9 December, followed by two dress rehearsals on 12 December. Her performance of "Brightest Light" at the contest is directed by Kamil Staszczyszyn and choreographed by Paulina Przestrzelska, with production and lighting by Jacek Dybowski, Marcin Bania (both of whom previously worked in an analogous position for ) and Marcin Michna, and features four supporting dancers styled as mermaids with full tail costumes as well as blue and marine-toned LED graphics depicting corals and tropical fish. Kłos performs elevated at the centre of the stage, wearing a long white dress with a visual projection cast onto it.
Voting
The spokesperson for the Polish jury was Zosia Wójcik. Poland placed eighth in the final, scoring 139 points; 67 points from the online vote and 72 points from the juries.
+Points awarded to Poland Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Poland received 67 points from the online vote
+Points awarded by Poland Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Detailed voting results The following members comprised the Polish jury:
Julia Witulskachild singer, finalist of The Voice Kids 8 Konrad Szczęsnyjournalist, president of OGAE Poland Stanisław Karońchild singer, finalist of The Voice Kids 8 Tomasz Kukurbaviolist, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Viki Gaborsinger, winner of the
+ Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 8 11 2 4 8 5 6 02 15 15 13 15 17 17 03 14 9 14 5 16 13 04 7 6 8 3 12 6 5 05 2 5 3 2 14 3 8 06 9 4 9 13 15 11 07 6 16 7 10 13 12 08 11 7 10 14 1 7 4 09 10 5 12 4 1 7 4 7 11 12 10 12 11 11 15 12 17 13 17 16 10 16 13 3 8 11 7 9 8 3 14 10 14 6 9 6 10 1 15 4 1 1 6 5 1 12 16 16 17 16 12 4 14 17 1 2 5 8 2 2 10 18 13 3 15 17 3 9 2
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