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 15 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 10 December 2016, it was confirmed by the EBU that Poland would host the 2017 contest. The contest is set to take place in Poland in 2017.

On 13 February 2017 Kraków was announced as the host city of the contest and that the broadcaster will host the contest at the 20,400 capacity Tauron Arena venue. On 18 February 2021 EBU and host broadcaster TVP announced that the contest will be held on 15 October 2017

Hosts
On 30 May 2017, it was announced that Ida Nowakowska, Aleksander Sikora, Małgorzata Tomaszewska would host the contest.

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 March 2021, the EBU released the official list of participants with 19 competing countries.