She's the favorite to win in Poland – and Eurovision!

She's the bookmakers favorite to win the Polish selection "Krajowe Eliminacje 2016", but also the favorite to win Eurovision Song Contest 2016! Just three days after her song was revealed, she peaked the bookmaker's ranking.

Her name is Margaret, and her song is called "Cool Me Down". She gave the first live performance of her song on the Polish TV-show "Świat się kręci":

There's a huge difference in her energy level in the live performance and in the studio version. Her performance is a bit flat, compared to the energy boost you get when you hear the studio version of "Cool Me Down":

The song "Cool Me Down" was released on 19 February. It is written by a true Eurovision team: Viktor Svensson ( Cyprus 2012), Linnea Deb (Sweden 2013 and Sweden 2015), and the four behind Azerbaijan 2009: Robert Uhlmann, Arash, Alex Papaconstantinou and Anderz Wrethov.

Krajowe Eliminacje

The representative from Poland at Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm will be chosen in a TV-show called Krajowe Eliminacje, held on 5 March 2016 at 21:25 CET, and the decision will solely be the televoters. The show will be broadcast on TVP1. Poland hasn't had a selection process since 2011 where they sent Magdalena Tul to Düsseldorf.

Earlier reports suggested that Poland was at risk of being kicked out of EBU and Eurovision because of new media laws in Poland moves to exert greater control over public medias.

Poland in Eurovision Song Contest

Poland has participated 18 times since 1994 where we saw Poland in Eurovision Song Contest for the first time. The debuting year 1994 was also the most succesfull. Here they finished second, and is the best result for Poland so far. They have only finished in Top-10 in two out of the 17 participations. The worst result is 2011, where they came last in their Semi-final.

Since the introductions of Semi-finals in 2004, Poland has qualified for the Grand Final four out of ten times.