Justyna Steczkowska will represent Poland at Basel 2025

On Friday 14 February we got to watch as Poland picked its song for Basel 2025.

11 entries competed in the country's Eurovision pre-selection Wielki Finał Polskich Kwalifikacji. And after a public vote that accounted for 100% of the result, the Polish viewers at home gave the ultimate Valentine's Day gift to one artist... Justyna Steczkowska will represent Poland at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest with the song GAJA.

The televote went strongly in GAJA's favour, with Justyna's song claiming a huge 39.32% of the total points. In second place was Lusterka by Sw@da & Niczos, on 23.69% of the vote. And in third place was the ballad Hold The Light by Dominik Dudek, on 13.94%. 

Justyna Steczkowska's win comes 30 years after the singer first represented Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest. At Dublin 1995, Justyna competed on behalf of her country at its second outing at the Contest, with her song Sama.

GAJA will be performed in the First Half of the First Semi-Final on Tuesday 13 May.

Justyna Steczkowska

Hailed as "the shaman of the Polish music scene", Justyna Steczkowska is an unconventional and multi-talented artist, who has so far made a name for herself as a vocalist, violinist, composer, songwriter, actress and photographer. 

Thanks to her broad range of talent, she has earned widespread recognition in the music industry, and over the decades millions of Poles have fallen in love with her work, charisma, unique style and, above all, her voice. The artist has won numerous accolades and music awards, including: as many as 6 Fryderyk Awards, 2 Wiktor Awards, Gala’s Roses (Róże Gali) and the Amber Nightingale Award (Bursztynowy Słowik), to name a few. 

Justyna has released 19 studio albums, recorded over 200 songs and performed more than 3,000 concerts. In recent years, she also sits in the jury seat The Voice of Poland, where she has been nicknamed 'Mrs. Professor'! 

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, Justyna Steczkowska represented Poland with the song Sama.

Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest

Poland made an impressive debut at the Eurovision Song Contest, taking second place in 1994.

Edyta Górniak’s To Nie Ja! (‘It Wasn’t Me!’) is still the country’s most successful entry, despite having contributed many memorable and popular performances since that first outing.

In 2016 Michał Szpak enjoyed a spectacular ascent of the scoreboard when, after receiving just 7 points from the juries, a massive televote of 222 points catapulted Color of Your Life up from last place to 8th position overall.

Though Poland has yet to win the Eurovision Song Contest, they have enjoyed back-to-back victories at Junior Eurovision courtesy of Roksana Węgiel (Anyone I Want to Be 2018) and Viki Gabor (Superhero 2019). They’ve also triumphed at Eurovision Young Musicians (in 1992, 2000 and 2016) and Eurovision Young Dancers (in 2001 and 2017).

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