Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016

The Polish broadcaster announced on 13 July 2016, that they would be making their return to the contest after a twelve-year absence. TVP was responsible for organising the national selection show in order to select their entrant and song. The show was scheduled to take place on 8 October 2016,^[4] but was later changed to 15 October.^[5] On 14 October 2016, Jagoda Krystek withdrew from the Junior Eurovision selection.^[6]

The national final took place on 15 October 2016, which saw ten competing acts participating in a televised production where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of both telephone vote and the votes of jury members made up of music professionals. Olivia Wieczorek was selected to represent Poland with the song "Nie zapomnij", which was composed and written by Piotr Rubik and Dominik Grabowski.^[7]

Key:   Winner

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which took place on 14 November 2016, Poland was drawn to perform eighth on 20 November 2016, following Macedonia and preceding Belarus.^[8]

The final was broadcast in Poland on TVP1 and TVP Polonia with commentary by Artur Orzech.

During the press conference for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016, held in Stockholm, the Reference Group announced several changes to the voting format for the 2016 contest. Previously, points had been awarded based on a combination of 50% National juries and 50% televoting, with one more set of points also given out by a 'Kids' Jury'. However, this year, points will be awarded based on a 50/50 combination of each country’s Adult and Kids' Jury, to be announced by a spokesperson. For the first time since the inauguration of the contest the voting procedure will not include a public televote.^[9] Following these results, three expert jurors will also announce their points from 1-8, 10, and 12. These professional jurors are: Christer Björkman, Mads Grimstad, and Jedward.^[10]

Points awarded to Poland[11][12][13] Score Adult and expert juries Kids juries 12 points  Armenia 10 points  Israel 8 points 7 points  Belarus 6 points  Italy 5 points 4 points  Israel  Russia  Malta 3 points  Jedward 2 points  Armenia  Macedonia  Bulgaria 1 point  Belarus  Georgia  Malta  Albania

Points awarded by Poland[11][12][13] Score Adult jury Kids jury 12 points  Bulgaria  Italy 10 points  Australia  Malta 8 points  Georgia  Australia 7 points  Russia  Ireland 6 points  Italy  Russia 5 points  Belarus  Israel 4 points  Ukraine  Albania 3 points  Netherlands  Georgia 2 points  Israel  Macedonia 1 point  Malta  Bulgaria