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Poland has revealed the 10 finalists for Wielki finał polskich kwalifikacji — its national final for Eurovision 2025. That’s a mouthful, so we’ll be calling it Polskie Kwalifikacje for short.

Among the big names in the contest is Justyna Steczkowska, the 52-year-old star who finished second in Poland’s internal selection for Eurovision 2024 (behind Luna) with the fan favourite song “With-er Taro-horo.” The former Voice of Poland coach will compete with a song called “Gaja,” so expect something uplifting and mystical.

Fans of Junior Eurovision star Sara James will be sad to learn that she was originally selected for the competition, but withdrew prior to today’s reveal. She was replaced by Janusz Radek.

Not all of the artists have revealed their songs. We’re pasting what’s available for now below.

The national final will take place on Valentine’s Day — February 14.

Poland: Polskie Kwalifikacje 2025 artists and songs

Chrust – “Tempo”

Daria Marx – “Let It Burn”

Song coming soon!

Dominik Dudek – “Hold the light”

Janusz Radek -“In Cosmic Mist”

Song coming soon!

Justyna Steczkowska – “Gaja”

Kuba Szmajkowski – “Pray”

Marien — “Can’t Hide”

Sonia Maselik – “Rumours”

Sw@da & Niczos Lusterka

Tynsky – “Miracle”

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Vicehrabia
Vicehrabia
16 days ago

I’m voting for Kuba and Sonia, we need radio friendly song, that when you listen for the first time you are able to sing-along

slias
slias
26 days ago

Justyna is a Raiven and ‘Veronica’ wannabe….The song is unbearable, aggressive, and has too many elements crammed in. It’s impossible to listen to.

Karmaleon55
Karmaleon55
27 days ago

Lusterka is a top 10 material for Poland

Finally a song that stands out of their each years banal things

Poland : finally be audacious !!!!!

Eve
Eve
29 days ago

I liked Chrust så far

Brit-Bit
Brit-Bit
29 days ago

Finally, the Polish public will have the opportunity to choose their representative for Eurovision this year. I must admit that the proposals are average. None of the songs somehow captivates me with originality. It seems to me that on February 14 
It is the live performance and vocal that will help us choose the best representative of Poland. 

Jonas
Jonas
28 days ago
Reply to  Brit-Bit

Justyna!

MrB
MrB
29 days ago

I’m so sad with Sara’s withdrawal. She applied with ‘Tiny heart’ which I think would be the best Polish result in years. She wanted to switch the song for ‘Psycho’ which is also an interesting song, but TVP didn’t agree to do so.
The other songs sounds pretty average to me. I keep my fingers crossed for Justyna, it would be really cool to see a retournee from 1995. 🙂

Karl
Karl
29 days ago
Reply to  MrB

Good. One less English song in the mix.

TheDrMistery
TheDrMistery
17 days ago
Reply to  MrB

“Tiny Heart” worked better as a potential ESC entry than “Psycho” so I’m not sure I trust her instincts as an artist. I still hope she shows up someday as a Polish entrant because talent is there for something spectacular.

Jessica Folker
Jessica Folker
30 days ago

Honestly it’s depressing to think that these are the 10 best Poland has to offer…

snowflake
snowflake
30 days ago

yessss justyna!!!

Karl
Karl
30 days ago

Too many English songs. Yuck (puke emoji)
Rooting for the Polish language songs.

Spirit Animal
Spirit Animal
30 days ago

Where is Isabell Otrebus? I heard she was in the mix ? come back, we miss you!

Tom
Tom
30 days ago
Reply to  Spirit Animal

We don’t

Spirit Animal
Spirit Animal
29 days ago
Reply to  Tom

Check out the song she is teasing was her entry on her social media – 100x better than all the songs in the Polish selection

TheDrMistery
TheDrMistery
17 days ago
Reply to  Spirit Animal

Even then you have to perform it live and she showed in 2018 that’s not her forte. There’s no need for another Rafal or Luna.

Mariah
Mariah
30 days ago

The Polish selection is quite nice, still waiting for Justyna’s revamp.
Lusterka might be a risky choice, not sure if Europe’s gonna apprecate it.

PhrygesStan
PhrygesStan
30 days ago

Ok! Will Poland bring a song totally in Polish this time? We didn’t get a total song in Polish since 2011, we had a mix of English and Polish in 2014 and 2019 though. But unfortunately none of the 3 Polish songs in this selection really grabbed me, I know Tempo and Gaja are fan favorites but none of them did something to me I found them confusing and kind of disjoncted, maybe I’m too oldschool… but I prefered Pray and Hold the light personally, Rumours is cool but it lacks something, a bit of power. So I wanted a… Read more »

Denis
Denis
29 days ago
Reply to  PhrygesStan

The point is to find best song, no matter. If it happens to be in English then so be it..

Thin Mint
Thin Mint
30 days ago

Gaja started off pretty promising but it never really fully took off for me… a bit of letdown compared to Witcher. Thinking back though, it was really her performance last year that wowed me, so hopefully she has another stellar live show up her sleeves! It’s also so short! She has 40 seconds to play around with.

Tempo and Lusterka are the only others that caught my ear with some kind of unique, interesting sound.

Thin Mint
Thin Mint
30 days ago
Reply to  Thin Mint

Also enjoyed Pray, but I started losing interest midway. Similar with Dominik’s song. I much preferred his last entry.

3art
3art
30 days ago
Reply to  Thin Mint

I read that Justyna will add a new bridge to the song to give it more dynamism so should end up closer to 3mins

GojoSatoru
GojoSatoru
30 days ago

I love Dominik Dudek, Chrust and Sw@da & Niczos, especially Chrust.

Justyna is just like Evangelia: great artist who does not deliver a great song.

Pray is a Melfest reject.

I haven’t listened to the others yet.

Jessica Folker
Jessica Folker
30 days ago
Reply to  GojoSatoru

I was thinking Pray was more of a MGP reject this time. But I share the sentiment. 🙂

Tom
Tom
30 days ago

Lusterka is the one guys watch this space and don’t vote for popular name

Miahi
Miahi
30 days ago
Reply to  Tom

Keep dreaming boy lol

Polinia
Polinia
26 days ago
Reply to  Tom

Luterska sounds more Ukrainian than Polish. Undeniable Justyna is the one putting more effort into her song and has the greatest potential out of all the entries

3art
3art
30 days ago

Justyna is amazing! This could be a fantastic result for Poland with great staging. It’s like an upgraded more modern version of her last year’s entry. Very good beat in the chorus. Would be a great story for her to come back after 30 years! She was definitely robbed in 1995. I like Sw@da too!

Tom
Tom
30 days ago
Reply to  3art

Upgraded version of Witcher… No way. It’s a complete 3 min chaos.

Jonas
Jonas
30 days ago
Reply to  Tom

You say that like it’s a bad thing

3art
3art
30 days ago
Reply to  Tom

I think Witcher had moments where it sounded quite dated. Something that would do really well in 2014. This one has a very good modern beat in the chorus and indeed chaos is great, better than predictable. The song has a similar drive to Ukraine’s 2021 Go_A entry

3art
3art
30 days ago
Reply to  3art

And also I prefer that this song is in Polish.

Whisker
Whisker
30 days ago

“Lusterka” sounds good. I also enjoyed “Pray”.

Nana
Nana
30 days ago

Lusterka or tempo but probably the biggest name will win as usual in Poland.

Rom
Rom
30 days ago

Lusterka are amazing!

nobody
nobody
30 days ago

lusterka, tempo or gaja and I will be happy

Marcin
Marcin
30 days ago

All crap so far. Let’s hope Daria and Janusz have something good, if not no final for Poland this year.

BadWoolfGirl
BadWoolfGirl
30 days ago

This time around, there will be decided 100% by the public, no shady juries this time. It also means that if things go wrong, you’ve got nobody to blame but yourselves.

Dawid
Dawid
30 days ago
Reply to  BadWoolfGirl

You could always blame broadcaster for “not doing their job and leaving it to fandoms and shet” 😮 there’s always a way to complain 😮

BadWoolfGirl
BadWoolfGirl
30 days ago
Reply to  Dawid

Yeah, there’s always something to complain about.

Teddi
Teddi
30 days ago

Justyna had a GREAT song last year but as much as you all want her to go to Eurovision, “Gaja” is not even as half good I’m afraid. I really don’t like it. Lyrically it’s bad, it’s very repetitive, lot of shouting and noise but nothing comes out of it. :(( This is the time to put emotions aside and look clearly.

Jonas
Jonas
30 days ago
Reply to  Teddi

She is an outstanding performer, don’t forget. This can only get BETTER!

Teddi
Teddi
30 days ago
Reply to  Jonas

I don’t doubt it love but you also gotta have a good song to be able to sell it.

Jonas
Jonas
30 days ago
Reply to  Teddi

Ell and Nikki had neither, and still won. Sad.

Dawid
Dawid
30 days ago
Reply to  Teddi

Well, it’s safe to assume it’s would be performance heavy entry. There’s lots of breaks and extra 30 seconds to spare.

zoliszekely
zoliszekely
30 days ago

Dominik Dudek or Justyna for me, but Lusterka and Tempo aren’t bad either.

Jonas
Jonas
30 days ago

PLEASE be Justyna. Poland got my hopes up last year, I couldn’t handle two years of disappoinment.

Happy 30th anniversary, Sama.

Jonas
Jonas
30 days ago
Reply to  Jonas

In fairness, I have not yet listened to the other nine songs… but still.

BadWoolfGirl
BadWoolfGirl
30 days ago
Reply to  Jonas

That could be the record for the longest gap between appearances at Eurovision, 30 between your first and second. But at the same time, we should give other songs a chance.

Raf
Raf
30 days ago
Reply to  BadWoolfGirl

Her Gaja song is very poor.. complete chaos!

Jonas
Jonas
30 days ago
Reply to  BadWoolfGirl

Other songs and artists will get their chance to beat Justyna. If they can’t rise to the challenge, that’s on them. I don’t believe in “once only, then step aside”, especially after a thirty year gap. May the best song win!

Jonas
Jonas
30 days ago
Reply to  BadWoolfGirl

Speaking of gaps, Lys Assia should have represented Switzerland in 2012! Vicky Leandros could have represented Germany in 2006. Alas, ’twas not to be.

Jonas
Jonas
30 days ago
Reply to  Jonas

Also – Arvingarna are in Melodifestivalen this year. That would be a 32 year gap if they win. Massino Ranieri is in Sanremo next month – that would be a 52 year gap!

TheDrMistery
TheDrMistery
29 days ago
Reply to  Jonas

And 54 years since his first entry in 1971 (and what an amazing vocal performance that was).

TheDrMistery
TheDrMistery
29 days ago
Reply to  Jonas

As it is, Anna Vissi has the record between the first and most recent entry – 26 years between 1980 and 2006 for Greece. She also had a Cypriot entry in 1982 so even if counting only from that, it’s still a record 24 years. Carola is next, also counting to 2006 but from 1983, so 23 years.

If Justyna wins, she’ll be the record holder with full 30 years.

Jofty
Jofty
29 days ago
Reply to  TheDrMistery

Didn’t Carola participate and win in 1991? Perhaps I am misunderstanding your point.

TheDrMistery
TheDrMistery
17 days ago
Reply to  Jofty

Yes, but it was between her first and last entries, in 1983 and 2006, respectively, so she’s second behind Vissi in that particular regard.