Blue Café is a

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musical group with

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and

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influences. The band was formed in

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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

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in the

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Band members

The original line-up of the band was leader, composer, arranger and keyboardist Paweł Rurak-Sokal, singer

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, 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 when released as a single. The following year, the band took part in the Eurovision selection again with "

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", a Latin-flavoured track from their second album ''Demi-sec''. In a close televoting and SMS result, "Love Song" emerged the winner, earning Blue Café the Polish ticket for the 49th Eurovision Song Contest. 2004 was the year in which a pre-qualifying semi-final was introduced to Eurovision; however,

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's top 10 finish for Poland the previous year meant that Blue Café gained automatic entry to the final, which was held in

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on 15 May. Five members - Okupnik, Rurak-Sokal, Sławiński, Niewiadomski and newcomer Piotr Grąbkowski - appeared on stage on the night of the contest, when "Love Song" finished in 17th place of 24 entries. Okupnik decided to leave the band in 2005, and was replaced as lead singer by Dominika Gawęda. The band's fourth and most recent album, ''Four Seasons'', was released in 2008.

Discography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blue Cafe Polish pop music groups Eurovision Song Contest entrants