Poland 's debut in the contest in remains its most successful entry , with Edyta Górniak finishing second . This remains Poland 's only top five result in the contest . The country reached the top ten for the second time with Ich Troje finishing seventh in . Poland then failed to qualify from the semi-finals in six out of seven years between 2005 and 2011 , before withdrawing from the contest in 2012 and 2013 . Since returning in 2014 , Poland had qualified for the final for four consecutive years ( 2014 – 2017 ) , achieving a third top ten finish in , with Michał Szpak finishing eighth . Since 2018 the country failed to qualify two times in row ( 2018 – 2019 ) The first ever performance by Poland was at the 1994 contest : Edyta Górniak 's song was also by far the most successful for Poland to date , receiving 166 points and placing second . Poland was almost disqualified that year though ; there was no free-language rule in operation at the time , and a furor erupted at the dress rehearsal when Górniak sung the second half of " To nie ja ! " in English . Six national delegations formally petitioned for Poland to be disqualified ; however Eurovision rules required a majority of delegations ( 13 in this case ) to complain before the European Broadcasting Union could examine the case for disqualification , so Poland was allowed to remain
1994 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest