Artur Orzech (born 22 February 1964) is a Polish journalist,

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iranologist Iranian studies ( '), also referred to as Iranology and Iranistics, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the research and study of the civilization, history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples. It is a part of the wider field ...

, radio and television presenter and music broadcaster.

Early life and education

Orzech graduated from ''IV Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Warszawie'' in 1983 with an English degree. In 1989, he earned a Master degree in Iranian Studies from the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public university, public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well ...

. After graduating from the

Kabul University Kabul University (KU; ) is one of the major and oldest institutions of higher education in Afghanistan. It is in the 3rd District of the capital Kabul near the Ministry of Higher Education. It was founded in 1931 by King Mohammed Nadir Shah, wh ...

, Orzech was

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at the University of Warsaw between 1989 and 2001. He also worked as a translator for the

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Career

In 1983, Orzech co-founded the music group ''Róże Europy'', being the author of the first two albums before leaving in 1989 or 1990 to focus on the academic career. However, he returned to the band in 2023. Between 2001 and 2017, Orzech was a journalist of the

Polskie Radio Program III Polskie Radio Program III (Polish Radio Three), known also as Radiowa Trójka or shortly Trójka is a radio channel broadcast by the Polish public broadcaster, Polskie Radio. It is a music station playing a wide variety of music from rock, alt ...

, where he hosted programmes including ''Prywatna kolekcja'' and ''Orzech i reszta''.

1992–2021, since 2024: Eurovision Song Contest commentator

Orzech joined

Telewizja Polska Telewizja Polska S.A. (; TVP), also known in English as Polish Television, is a Public broadcasting, public service broadcaster in Poland, founded in 1952. It is the oldest and largest Polish television network. After 2015, when the right-wing po ...

as an continuity announcer. He has since hosted programmes such as ''Muzyczna Jedynka'' and ''Szansa na Sukces''. From 1992 until his dismissal in 2021, he served as a commentator on the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...

for Polish viewers and hosted its national finals. In March 2021, Orzech was dismissed from his job at Telewizja Polska. According to TVP management, he informed about his absence from the recording of ' program too late due to an "indisposition", which resulted a delay of releasing an episode, and, according to broadcaster's communication release, exposed TVP "to financial and image losses". Later, Orzech explained this by his opposition to a dominant music line of the public broadcaster and his disagreement to host episodes with the participation of the discopoly band Boys or Jan Pietrzak among others. Afterwards, Marek Sierocki and Aleksander Sikora replaced him as Eurovision Song Contest commentators. Orzech was readmitted to TVP in 2024 as the commentator for Eurovision and the host of '.

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* 1964 births Living people People from Jelenia Góra Polish journalists Polish television presenters Polish radio presenters Radio and television announcers Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest University of Warsaw alumni Academic staff of the University of Warsaw Polish Iranologists {{Poland-journalist-stub