Michał Szpak represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm , Sweden with the song " Color of Your Life " . The winner in the Polish national final was chosen by televoting ; Polish TV viewers could give only one vote for each favorite singer from a single telephone number . He beat world-famous Polish performer Margaret , who came second , and another long time accomplished singer , Edyta Górniak , who was third . This was the first time Poland has held a competition to choose its entry since its return in 2014 . The Eurovision pre-selection show took place on 5 March 2016 at the TVP Headquarters in Warsaw and was hosted by Artur Orzech . The Polish public chose Michał Szpak and his entry song titled " Color of Your Life " , with Szpak winning overwhelmingly with 35.5 % of the vote . “ I would like to take part in Eurovision , to face the European artists and present the entry which I believe will leave big emotional mark on everyone ” , stated Michal . To promote his Eurovision Song Contest entry Szpak took part in the Eurovision Concert Tour in London ( 17 April 2016 ) , Tel Aviv ( 12 April 2016 ) , Amsterdam ( 9 April 2016 ) and later Portugal . On 12 May , Szpak performed in the first half of the second Eurovision semi-final . Following his live semi-final performance of " Color of Your Life " he made it through to the grand final . On 14 May he performed 12th in the running order between the Eurovision contestants from France and Australia . All in all , Szpak won 3rd place from the public tele-voting and ended up benefiting from the new voting system . Despite being in second to last place with the juries , he leapt from seven points to 229 when public votes were added , and finished eighth overall
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Michał Szpak