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Poland In The Eurovision Song Contest
Poland has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 27 times since its debut in . The Polish participating broadcaster in the contest is (TVP). Poland's debut in the contest in remains its most successful entry, with " To nie ja!" by Edyta Górniak finishing second. This remains Poland's only top five result in the contest. The country reached the top ten for the second time with Ich Troje finishing seventh in . Poland then failed to qualify from the semi-finals in six out of seven years between 2005 and 2011, before withdrawing from the contest in 2012. Since returning in 2014, Poland had qualified for the final for four consecutive years (2014–2017), achieving a third top ten finish in , with Michał Szpak finishing eighth. The country failed to qualify three contests in a row (2018, 2019, and 2021), a streak that ended with Ochman finishing 12th in 2022. History (TVP) is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1 January 1993, thus eligible t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Jopek
Anna Maria Jopek (born 14 December 1970) is a Polish vocalist, songwriter, and improviser. She represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Ale jestem" and finished 11th out of 25 participating acts; and in 2002, she collaborated on an album with jazz guitarist Pat Metheny. She has received numerous awards for her music, including Michel Legrand's Personal Award in Vitebsk in 1994, as well as all of the awards for music in Poland, together with gold and platinum records. Biography She is the daughter of Mazowsze (folk group), Mazowsze singer Stanisław Jopek (1935–2006), known as the "First Coachman of Poland" for his signature song "Furman" (The Coachman), and former Mazowsze dancer Maria Stankiewicz. Her 1999 Christmas album, ''Dzisiaj z Betleyem,'' features two duets with her father. Anna Maria's sister, Patrycja is a violinist. In Poland she has sung with Marek Grechuta, Jeremi Przybora and Wojciech Młynarski. Abroad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czarna Dziewczyna
Poland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "", written by Łukasz Lazer, Michał Szymański, and Ivan Komarenko, and performed by Ivan and Delfin. The Polish participating broadcaster, (TVP), announced in December 2004 that it would internally select its entry for the 2005 contest. On 29 January 2005, "" performed by Ivan and Delfin was announced as its entry during the TVP1 programme . Poland competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 19 May 2005. Performing as the closing entry during the show in position 25, "Czarna dziewczyna" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Poland placed eleventh out of the 25 participating countries in the semi-final with 81 points. Background Prior to the 2005 contest, (TVP) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Poland nine times since its first en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Song (Blue Café Song)
Poland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Love Song", composed by Paweł Rurak-Sokal, with lyrics by Tatiana Okupnik, and performed by the band Blue Café. The Polish participating broadcaster, (TVP), organised the national final in order to select its entry for the contest. The national final took place on 24 January 2004 and featured fifteen entries. "Love Song" performed by Blue Café was selected as the winner after gaining the most votes from the public with 57,125 votes. As one of ten highest placed finishers in the Poland directly qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 15 May 2004. Performing in position 19, Poland placed seventeenth out of the 24 participating countries with 27 points. Background Prior to the 2004 Contest, (TVP) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Poland eight times since its first entry in . Its highest placement in the contest, to this point, ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the 49th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, following the country's victory at the with the song " Everyway That I Can" by Sertab Erener. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), the contest was held at the Abdi İpekçi Arena, and, for the first time, consisted of a semi-final on 12 May, and a final on 15 May 2004. The two live shows were presented by Turkish actors Korhan Abay and Meltem Cumbul. It was the first time that the contest was hosted in Turkey, 29 years after they made their debut, and was also the first time since the contest in Birmingham that it was not hosted in the host country's capital city. Thirty-six countries participated in the contest, beating the record of twenty-six in the previous edition. , , , and took part for the first time this year. The old relegation system was replaced with a semi-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varius Manx
Varius Manx are a Polish pop group, formed in Łódź in 1989 by composer Robert Janson. The name is a variation on the English word "various" plus Manx, the variety of cat. The band have sold more than 2 million albums in their native Poland. The band's first album, ''The Beginning'', which consisted entirely of instrumental music, was released in 1990 to measured success. The 1993 follow-up ''The New Shape'', featured vocals by Janson, Robert Amirian, and guests including Edyta Bartosiewicz. The band's breakthrough was its 1994 album ''Emu'', which marked a stark change in artistic direction. The band now had a lead singer, Anita Lipnicka, and now performed primarily in Polish. The formula was highly successful, and both ''Emu'' and the subsequent album ''Elf'' (1995) each sold more than half a million copies. The band won the Polish music award, the Fryderyk, in 1995 for best musical group. The band provided much of the soundtrack to the film ''Młode wilki'', featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Café
Blue Café is a Polish musical group with jazz, soul and Latin influences. The band was formed in Łódź in 1998 and had three consecutive hit singles in Poland in 2002-03. They were nominated in the category Best Polish Act at the 2003 MTV Europe Awards, and are also known internationally for representing Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Band members The original line-up of the band was leader, composer, arranger and keyboardist Paweł Rurak-Sokal, singer Tatiana Okupnik, Viola Danel (guitar), Sebastian Kasprowicz (guitar), Marcin Markuszewski (bass), Łukasz Moszczyński (drums), Piotr Sławiński (trumpet) and Michał Niewiadomski (trombone). History Their first single "Español" was released in 2001, with album ''Fanaberia'' following in late 2002. Blue Café submitted "You May Be in Love", a track from ''Fanaberia'', to the 2003 Polish Eurovision Song Contest selection, where it made the final, finishing in third place. It subsequently topped the Polish chart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilki
Wilki (''Wolves'') are a Polish alternative/pop rock band from Warsaw. Wilki have written songs both in English and Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin .... They are currently signed to Sony Music in Poland. Discography Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Band members Current: * Robert Gawliński - lead vocal, guitars (1991-present) * Mikis Cupas - guitars (1991-present) * Maciej Gładysz - guitars (2011 - present) * Beniamin Gawliński - guitars, keyboards (2014 - present) * Adam Kram - drums (2019 - present) * Emanuel Gawliński - bass guitar (2019 - present) Former: * Michał Rollinger - keyboards (1992) * Dariusz Nowak - drums (1991) * Adam Żwirski - bass guitar (1991; died in 1991) * Marek Chrzanowski - bass guitar (1992-2001) * Andrze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2003
The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the 48th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Riga, Latvia, following the country's victory at the with the song " I Wanna" by Marie N. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Latvian Television (LTV), the contest was held at the Skonto Hall on 24 May 2003. The contest was presented by last year's winner Marie N and Eurovision Song Contest 2000 contestant of Latvia, Renārs Kaupers. Twenty-six countries participated in the contest, beating the record of twenty-five first set in . It saw the return of , , the , , and after having been relegated from competing the previous year. also returned to the contest after being absent the previous year, while participated in the contest for the first time. , , , , and were relegated due to their poor results in 2002. The winner was with the song " Everyway That I Can", performed by Sertab Erener who wrote it with Demir Demirkan. This was T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2002
The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tallinn, Estonia, following the country's victory at the with the song Everybody (Tanel Padar and Dave Benton song), "Everybody" by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and Soul Militia, 2XL. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (ETV), the contest was held at the Saku Suurhall on 25 May 2002. The contest was presented by Estonian opera singer Annely Peebo and actor Marko Matvere. It was the first Eurovision Song Contest held in one of the Post-Soviet states, former Soviet republics. Twenty-four countries participated in the contest. , , , , , , and returned after their relegation from the previous edition. , , , , and were relegated due to their poor results in 2001. It was the first (and only) time Ireland and Norway were relegated from the contest. was also set to sit out this year, but when announced their non-participation, due to internal problem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2001
The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was the 46th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the with the song " Fly on the Wings of Love" by Olsen Brothers. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), the contest was held at the Parken Stadium on 12 May 2001. The contest was presented by Danish television presenter Natasja Crone Back and actor Søren Pilmark. Twenty-three countries took part in the contest. , , , , and returned after their relegation from the previous edition. also returned after their two-year absence, following a relegation and financial trouble. Meanwhile, , , , , , , and were relegated. The winner was with the song " Everybody", performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL, and written by Ivar Must and Maian-Anna Kärmas. This was the first time the contest was won by one of the countries from the former Easter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2000
The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 13 May 2000 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden and presented by Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (SVT), the contest was held in Sweden following the country's victory at the with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven (song), Take Me to Your Heaven" by Charlotte Perrelli, Charlotte Nilsson. With an audience of 13,000 people present, the 2000 contest was the largest yet seen in its history. Twenty-four countries took part in the contest. , , , and , which had participated in the 1999 contest, were Relegation in the Eurovision Song Contest, relegated after achieving the lowest average points totals over the preceding five contests. These countries were replaced by in its first contest appearance, , , and which were relegated from the previous year's event, and which returned after a two-year absence. The winne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
