JoJo Siwa Expresses Desire to Represent Poland at Eurovision

JoJo Siwa has announced that she is in discussions to potentially represent Poland at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest.

The former Dance Moms star and pop singer, who is 21 years old, shared a series of TikTok videos during her recent travels to Poland. She mentioned that her latest single “Yesterday’s Tomorrows Today” has been gaining significant traction in the country.

“Funnily enough, I actually happen to be Polish,” she revealed in one of her TikToks as she was preparing to catch her flight. “That’s a massive part of my family and part of my ancestry. So I’ve been able to have a lot of fun with this.”

Siwa expressed her excitement about traveling to Poland without any “true obligations” but hinted at future commitments that would necessitate her return for work.

“Somebody asked if I was gonna do it on Eurovision because [the song] was going viral in Poland. I initially jokingly replied to the comment saying ‘Yes’, but now it’s actually become a real conversation,” she said.

“Eurovision’s into it,” she continued. “We’re talking with the people in Poland because each country essentially decides who goes to Eurovision to represent that country. We have been talking with everybody, obviously there’s a lot that goes into it, there are a lot of logistics.”

Siwa did caution her fans that her current commitments to a project scheduled around the same time as Eurovision in May might complicate things.

“I might be able to make both work if Poland wants me to do it. If Poland wants me to represent, I will be there. I will make it happen, 1000 percent,” she confirmed.

She concluded by saying she’d already come up with an idea for a song that she “100 percent” would perform at the contest: “I can’t wait.”

Poland typically requires its Eurovision entries to have Polish citizenship to participate. The country selected its 2024 delegate, singer Luna, internally after controversy surrounding the voting process in the 2023 final.

Eurovision will take place next year in Basel, Switzerland, with the semi-finals scheduled for 13 and 15 May and the grand final on 17 May. Delegates for each country are typically announced in the early months of the new year. A list of participating countries in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest will be announced later this year.

Switzerland hosted and won the first edition of the competition in Lugano back in 1956. The Swiss won again in 1988 during Dublin’s hosting of the contest before Nemo’s win earlier this year.

The 2024 contest was mired in controversy due to Israel’s participation, despite calls for its disqualification amid its war on Gaza. Others called for a boycott, and Israel’s act, Eden Golan, was met with boos during her performance in the grand final. Additionally, the Netherlands contestant, Joost Klein, was disqualified following an “incident” backstage.

As these discussions with Siwa unfold, fans are eagerly watching to see if she might indeed represent Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2025.

Source: The Independent