Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Czarna dziewczyna" written by Łukasz Lazer, Michał Szymański and Ivan Komarenko. The song was performed by Ivan and Delfin. In December 2004, the Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) announced that the Polish entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine would be selected through an internal selection. "Czarna dziewczyna" performed by Ivan and Delfin was announced as the Polish entry on 29 January 2005 during the TVP1 programme Stratosfera.
Poland competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2010. Performing as the closing entry during the show in position 25, "Czarna dziewczyna" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Poland placed eleventh out of the 25 participating countries in the semi-final with 81 points.
Background
Prior to the 2005 Contest, Poland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its first entry in . Poland's highest placement in the contest, to this point, has been second place, which the nation achieved with its debut entry in 1994 with the song "To nie ja!" performed by Edyta Górniak. Poland has only, thus far, reached the top ten on one other occasion, when Ich Troje performing the song "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic" finished seventh in 2003. Poland's 2004 entry, "Love Song" performed by Blue Café, placed seventeenth in the final.
The Polish national broadcaster, Telewizja Polska (TVP), broadcasts the event within Poland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. TVP confirmed Poland's participation in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest on 13 December 2004. In 2003 and 2004, TVP organised televised national finals that featured a competition among several artists and songs in order to select the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. However, on 19 December 2004, TVP announced that the Polish entry for the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest would be selected via an internal selection. The last time the Polish entry was selected internally was in 2001.
Before Eurovision
Internal selection
TVP announced in December 2004 that the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 would be selected via an internal selection. The broadcaster opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries between 28 December 2004 and 20 January 2005. TVP received 64 submissions at the closing of the deadline. A 28-member selection committee reviewed the received submissions and selected the Polish entry. The selection committee consisted of:
Grzegorz Brzozowicz – Journalist and music reviewer
Maciej Chmiel – Journalist, music reviewer and TV producer
Jacek Cieślak – Rzeczpospolita
Janusz Czajka – Wirtualna Polska
Adam Czerwiński – Radio RMF FM
Tomasz Deszczyński – OGAE Poland
Alina Dragan – Polish Radio
Mariusz Duma – Disco Music Club
Agustin Egurrola – Dancer and choreographer
Filip Eichholzer – VIVA Polska
Leszek Gnoiński – Gazeta Muzyczna
Wojciech Jagielski – Radio ZET
Janusz Kosiński – Journalist
Zygmunt Kukla – Conductor, composer
Robert Leszczyński – Journalist
Anna Maliszewska – Producer, screenwriter, director
Piotr Metz – MTV Polska
Lech Nowicki – TVP Polonia
Aleksander Rogoziński – Radio Kolor
Robert Sankowski – Journalist
Tomasz Słoń – Interia.pl
Michał Szcześniak – Director and screenwriter
Krzysztof Szewczyk – TVP2
Maria Szabłowska – Polish Radio
Paweł Sztompke – Polish Radio
Łukasz Wawro – Onet.pl
Andrzej Witkowski – TVP1
Michał Żołądkowski – Radio WAWA
On 29 January 2005 during the TVP1 programme Stratosfera, hosted by Artur Orzech, it was announced that Ivan and Delfin would represent Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Czarna dziewczyna", written by Łukasz Lazer, Michał Szymański and Ivan Komarenko himself. In addition to the presentation of the song, 1995 Polish Eurovision entrant Justyna Steczkowska, 2003 Polish Eurovision entrants Ich Troje and 2004 Polish Eurovision entrants Blue Café performed as guests during the show.