TVP, the Polish broadcaster, has announced that the winner of the next series of The Voice Kids will compete in Junior Eurovision 2026.
The Voice Kids will be used to select the Polish representative in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The show, which will be in its ninth series next year, will see its winner represent Poland in the 24th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
The announcement comes as applications to compete in The Voice Kids are open until June 1 here. As a result the next series of The Voice Kids will be open to children who will be 8 years old by August 18, 2025, but not 15 years old by December 31, 2026.
Both of Poland’s Junior Eurovision winners have come from the Voice Kids; Roksana Węgiel (2018) and Viki Gabor (2019). In addition, Ala Tracz (2020), Laura Bączkiewicz (2022), Maja Krzyżewska (2023) and Dominik Arim (2024) all competed in the TV show before being chosen to represent Poland at Junior Eurovision.
Poland is now one of three countries that are using The Voice Kids to select their representative for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Portugal is currently using the show to select its entrant, while Marino Vrgoč, who won the Croatian series, was chosen to compete in this year’s contest.
Dominik Arim represented Poland at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with “All Together”. He finished 12th with 61 points, which is Poland’s worst result at Junior Eurovision since 2004.
Image Source: Corinne Cumming/EBU | Source: TVP
Poland participated in the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003. After two consecutive last-place finishes, they withdrew from the contest and did not return until 2016. From there on, Poland’s fortunes in the contest reversed resulting in Roksana Węgiel winning in 2018 with “Anyone I Want to Be”. In 2019, the contest was hosted in the Polish city of Gliwice. Viki Gabor won on home ground with “Superhero”, giving Poland a second consecutive victory.
