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'' is a Polish television music competition to find new singing talent. The fourth series began airing on TVN on 1 March 2014 and ended on 31 May 2014.

Kuba Wojewódzki Jakub Władysław "Kuba" Wojewódzki (; born 2 August 1963), is a Polish journalist, TV personality, drummer, and comedian. Career Wojewódzki was a judge on the Polish ''Idol'', in 2002 and 2005. He also was the Polish representative on the ''Wo ...

Tatiana Okupnik Tatiana Olga Okupnik vel Tatiana (born 2 September 1978, Łódź, Poland) is a Polish singer, composer and songwriter. She has a characteristic, unique voice timbre. She has collaborated with musicians such as Tim Hutton, Wyclef Jean, Lenny White ...

and

Czesław Mozil Czesław Stefan Mozil (born April 12, 1979), also known under the alias Czesław Śpiewa (), is a Polish-Danish singer and musician (mostly using the accordion), and graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Life Mozil moved to Denmark wh ...

returned as judges.

Ewa Farna Ewa Chobot (née Farna, born 12 August 1993) is a Polish minority in the Czech Republic, Polish-Czech pop-rock singer. She released five Polish-language and four Czech-language studio albums, and received Music recording sales certification, pl ...

joined the judging panel as the fourth judge.

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presents the show. This series saw a number of changes to the format, most notably the possibility of auditioning for bands with not all members singing and the increase in the number of categories from three to four, resulting from the division of the 16-24s category into separate male and female categories. The winner of the series was Artem Furman, who received a recording contract with

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, PLN 100,000, and a car. Marta Bijan, the runner-up of the competition, was given a special prize funded by

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, who will produce her debut music video. Anna Tacikowska took the third place.

Judges and presenter

After the end of the third series, media speculated about changes in the judging panel for the possible next series. Show's director Wojciech Iwański spoke about possible changes to the format, including extending the panel. On 14 November 2013 it was announced that the judging panel would be extended as the three judges from the previous series, including

and

, would be joined by a fourth judge. Singers

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, Ewelina Lisowska,

Monika Brodka Monika Maria Brodka (born 7 February 1988) is a Polish people, Polish singer, who rose to fame as the winner of the Idol Poland season 3, third season of Polish Pop Idol (''Idol (Poland), Idol'') in 2004. She has since released 3 albums, includin ...

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and

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were rumoured to join the panel. Later that day,

was confirmed by TVN as the new judge. However, on 3 December 2013 Ewa Farna posted a note on her Facebook page saying she could not confirm or deny anything yet as the final decision regarding her participation in the show had not been made yet. Later, TVN admitted that negotiations with Farna's management were still in progress. On 20 December 2013, Farna announced that she had decided to take part in the series and was about to sign her contract.

returned to present the show for her second series.

Selection process

Auditions

Open auditions

Open auditions in front of the show's producers began in Hotel Mercure Wrocław Centre in

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on 7 December 2013 and continued in

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(House of Music and Dance) on 8 December and

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(Hotel Mercure Gdańsk Old Town) on 13 December, before concluding in

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(

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) on 15 December.

Judges' auditions

Judges' auditions were held in House of Music and Dance in

in two parts: from 9 to 11 January 2014 and from 23 to 25 January 2014. Each day of auditions consisted of two sessions: afternoon and evening. Auditionees needed a minimum of three "yes" votes (previously two) from the judges to proceed to the next round.

Bootcamp

Bootcamp stage of the competition took place in Transcolor Studio in Szeligi over two days, on 3 and 4 February 2014. In a change to the usual format, the judges were allocated their categories before bootcamp. Farna has the girls, Mozil has the boys, Okupnik has the over 25s and Wojewódzki has the groups and bands. On the first day of bootcamp, 118 acts who successfully got through the auditions, were put into groups of three or four within their category. They had to perform within that group, and the category judge, after being advised by other judges, would then decide who would continue. The contestants could choose among several songs, including "

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" by

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, " Love Me Again" by John Newman and " Sweet Dreams" by

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. At the end of the day, 40 contestants remained, who had to prepare their solo bootcamp performance overnight. There was then a change in the format, that followed the idea of 'musical chairs', which was first introduced in the original British series in 2013. It involved the judges choosing the acts to advance to judges' houses immediately after their bootcamp performance, instead of waiting until everyone had performed. Each judge had five places to their judges house, and they granted a 'seat' to the performers they wanted to advance in their category. However, if a judge already chose five acts for their category, they could replace them if they preferred a later performer. Selection of songs included "

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" by

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and Emeli Sande, " She's the One" by

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, "

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" by

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, "

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" by

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, "

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" by

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, "

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" by

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, " Wake Me Up" by

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, "Stacja Warszawa" by

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, "

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" by

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, "

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" by

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, "Znak" by

and " Alone Again" by

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. Bootcamp was broadcast over two episodes, each of 90 minutes, on 5 and 12 April. The 20 successful acts were: *Boys: Artem Furman, Kacper Gołda, Jakub Jonkisz, Kuba Jurzyk, Aleksander Kamiński *Girls: Magdalena Bal, Marta Bijan, Agata Dziarmagowska, Beata Spychalska, Daria Zawiałow *Over 25s: Karolina Duszkiewicz, Małgorzata Markowska, Joao de Sousa, Anna Tacikowska, Małgorzata Uściłowska *Groups and Bands: Cała Góra Barwinków, Hatbreakers, Pop It Up, Poprzytula, Trzynasta w Samo Południe

Judges' houses

Judges' houses took place in March and April. Each judge took the remaining members of their category to an abroad location, and had guests to assist them in their decisions. Farna's part was filmed on 3 and 4 March in

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, where she mentored the Girls, and was joined by Jakub Badach. Okupnik took the Over 25s to San Gimignano, Italy on 1 and 2 April and was assisted by

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. Wojewódzki mentored the Groups and Bands in

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near

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with his guest judge Tomasz "Titus" Pukacki of

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. Mozil took the Boys to

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and was aided by

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. Judges' houses was broadcast on 19 April.

Contestants

The top 12 contestants were announced during the episode broadcast on 19 April 2014. Key: : – Winner : – Runner up : – Third Place

Live Shows

The live shows began on 26 April 2014.

Results summary

;Colour key

Live show details

Week 1 (26 April)

*Theme: Songs chosen by the contestants *Musical guests:

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("Na Chwilę") ;Judges' votes to save * Mozil: Artem Furman - backed his own act * Okupnik: Joao de Sousa - backed her own act * Farna: Artem Furman - gave no reason, but praised both final showdown performances * Wojewódzki: Artem Furman - gave no reason

Week 2 (3 May)

*Theme: Songs from the 1980s *Musical guests:

("Ulubiona Rzecz"/"Znak") ;Judges' votes to save * Wojewódzki: Hatbreakers - backed his own act * Okupnik: Hatbreakers - praised Zawiałow, but decided to back Hatbreakers * Farna: Daria Zawiałow - backed her own act, but stated that Hatbreakers were her favourites from the beginning * Mozil: Hatbreakers - thought that Hatbreakers showed new quality of cover songs

Week 3 (10 May)

*Theme: Songs from years

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;Judges' votes to save * Wojewódzki: Hatbreakers - backed his own act * Farna: Marta Bijan - backed her own act * Mozil: Marta Bijan - due to the fact that Hatbreakers were in bottom three for the second time in a row * Okupnik: Hatbreakers - gave no reason With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Hatbreakers were eliminated as the act with fewer public votes.

Week 4 (17 May)

*Themes: Songs chosen by mentors; Polish songs *Musical guest:

("Oczy Na Zapałki") ;Judges' votes to save *Mozil: Jakub Jonkisz - backed his own act *Okupnik: Trzynasta w Samo Południe - based on the final showdown performance *Wojewódzki: Trzynasta w Samo Południe - backed his own act *Farna: Jakub Jonkisz - thought it would be easier for Trzynasta w Samo Południe to launch their career, whilst Jonkisz needs to stay in the competition With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Trzynasta w Samo Południe were eliminated as the act with fewer public votes.

Week 5: Semi-final (24 May)

* Themes: Songs by

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; The Greatest Hits ;Judges' votes to save *Mozil: Jakub Jonkisz - backed his own act *Farna: Marta Bijan - backed her own act *Wojewódzki: Marta Bijan - stated that she was his favourite from the beginning *Okupnik: Marta Bijan - thought she made the biggest progress throughout the competition

Week 6: Final (31 May)

*Themes: Audition songs; favourite performance; celebrity duets *Group performance: " Get Lucky" (performed by all finalists)

Ratings

Includes advert breaks

References

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