Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | ||||
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Country | Poland | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Piosenka dla Europy 2008 | |||
Selection date(s) | 23 February 2008 | |||
Selected artist(s) | Isis Gee | |||
Selected song | "For Life" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Isis Gee | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 42 points) | |||
Final result | 24th, 14 points | |||
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "For Life" written and performed by Isis Gee. The Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) organised the national final Piosenka dla Europy 2008 in order to select the Polish entry for the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia. The national final took place on 23 February 2008 and featured twelve entries. "For Life" performed by Isis Gee was selected as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a four-member jury panel and a public televote.
Poland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2008. Performing during the show in position 10, "For Life" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. This marked the first time that Poland qualified to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest from a semi-final since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004. It was later revealed that Poland placed tenth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 42 points. In the final, Poland performed in position 10 and placed twenty-fourth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 14 points.