European Music Festival 2017

The European Music Festival 2017 was the second edition of the annual European Music Festival, organised by Telewizja Polska (TVP) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It was held on 14 October 2017, at the Tauron Arena in Kraków, Poland. It was the first time Poland had hosted the contest.

Nineteen countries participated in the contest, with Iceland, Moldova and Portugal making they debut appearance in the contest. Though Israel and Romania had participated the previous year, they were absent for 2017.

Sweden's Loreen with the song “Statments” was the winner of the contest. This was Sweden's first victory in the contest. Ukraine and Italy finished in second and third place. Lithuania and Spain completed the top five, with the former finishing fourth and fifth. Latvia finished last.

Bidding phase and host city selection
After Poland’s victory in 2016 contest in London, the Polish Head of Delegation Mateusz Grzesiński stated that Telewizja Polska (TVP) is keen to host the 2017 contest. On 23 October 2016, it was confirmed by the EBU that Poland would host the 2017 contest. Between 24 and 30 October 2016, many cities across Poland expressed interest in hosting the contest. Representatives from cities of Gdańsk, Katowice, Kraków, Łódź, Toruń and Wrocław voiced their interest.

Host broadcaster TVP launched the bidding process on 2 November 2016. In the first phase of this process, any interested cities were to present their bid through certified email by 12 November 2016, after which TVP and the EBU would proceed to send all of them a bid book with more detailed requirements for the cities to submit their plans for review.

On 15 November, TVP announced that 6 cities had submitted their bid for hosting the contest and would be provided the following day with the bid books. They had until 26 November to draft and submit their detailed plans, which 6 cities did. On 1 December, it was reported that Kraków, Łódź and Wrocław would be the cities left in the running to host the contest.

On 7 December 2016, the EBU and TVP announced Kraków as the host city, with the 20,400 capacity Tauron Arena as the chosen venue for the contest.It is the first time in the history of the contest, that the capacity of Country is not hosting the contest. On 15 December 2016, EBU and host broadcaster TVP announced that the contest will be held on 14 October 2017

Hosts
On 26 May 2017, it was announced that Mateusz Szymkowiak, Marcelina Zawadzka, Tomasz Kammel would host the contest.

Opening and inverval acts
On 20 June 2017, The EBU relased information about the opening and interval acts. The final was opened by the traditional flag parade, introducing all nineteen finalists, accompanied by the Margaret performing special remixed version of her last year winning song "Cool Me Down". The interval acts included Lanberry performing a medley of "Piątek" and "Zagadka" and Margaret performing a medley of "What You Do" and "Heartbeat".

Voting
The results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. The online voting is taking place during the live show and starts after the last performance and is open for 15 minutes. International viewers could vote for one country three Times from one phone number. The other half of the points was determined by a national jury from every participating country. These points are then announced live during the programme by a spokesperson representing the participating country. The spokespersons give out the points from each of the participating country.

Running order
The draw for the running order of the contest was held on 9 October in Kraków after the Opening Ceremony, with Albania drawn to open the contest and United Kingdom drawn to close.

Participating countries
On 5 January 2017, the EBU released the official list of participants with 19 competing countries.

Returning artists
One previous entrants is set to return in the 2017 contest:

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" !Artist !Country !Previous year
 * MyRadiantU
 * 2016
 * 2016
 * 2016