Poland have selected Olivia Wieczorek to represent them at the 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. She won the national selection, where there were nine songs competing, with her song Nie zapomnij (Do not forget). The voting was a combination of expert jury and televoting.
Poland return to the contest for the first time since 2004. You can see Olivia perform her winning song below.
Source: TVP; ESC Covers
1995 – SAMA – JUSTYNA STECZKOWSKA = 1 CD
1996 – CHCE ZNAC SWOJ GRZECH – KASIA KOWALSKA = 1 CD
1997 – ALE JESTEM – ANNA MARIA JOPEK = 1 CD
1998 – TO TAKIE PROSTE – SIXTEEN = 1 CD
1999 – PRZYTUL MNIE MOCNO – MIETEK SZCZESNIAK = 1 CD
2000 – no participation
2001 – 2 LONG – PIASEK = 1 CD
2002 – no participation
2003 – KEINE GRENZEN – ICH TROJE = 3 CD’S
2004 – LOVE SONG – BLUE CAFE = 1 CD
2005 – CZARNA DZIEWCZYNA – IVAN & DELFIN = 2 CD’S
2006 – FOLLOW MY HEART – ICH TROJE FEATURING REAL MCCOY = 1 CD
2007 – TIME TO PARTY – THE JET SET = 1 CD
2008 – FOR LIFE – ISIS GEE = 1 CD
2009 – I DON’T WANNA LEAVE – LIDIA KOPANIA = 2 CD’S
2010 – LEGENDA – MARCIN MROZINSKI = 1 CD
2011 – JESTEM – MAGDALENA TUL = 1 CD
2014 – MY SLOWIANIE – DONATAN & CLEO = 1 CD
2015 – IN THE NAME OF LOVE – MONIKA KUSZYNSKA = 1 CD
2016 – COLOR OF YOUR LIFE – MICHAL SZPAK = 1 CD
Song 28: POLAND
(8th in the grand final : 29 points)
Artist: Michal Szpak
Song: Colour of Your Life
Lyric: Kamil Varen
Music: Andy Palmer
26 – Germany = 11 points
25 – The Czech republic = 41 points
24 – United Kingdom = 62 points
23 – Croatia = 73 points
22 – Spain = 77 points
21 – Cyprus = 96 points
20 – Georgia = 104 points
19 – Hungary = 108 points
18 – Serbia = 115 points
17 – Azerbaijan = 117 points
16 – Italy = 124 points
15 – Latvia = 132 points
14 – Israel = 135 points
13 – Austria = 151 points
12 – Malta = 153 points
11 – The Netherlands = 153 points
10 – Belgium = 181 points
09 – Lithuania = 200 points
08 – Poland = 229 points
07 – Armenia = 249 points
06 – France = 257 points
05 – Sweden = 261 points
04 – Bulgaria = 307 points
03 – Russia = 491 points
02 – Australia = 511 points
01 – Ukraine = 543 points
18 – Switzerland = 28 points
17 – Denmark = 34 points
16 – Albania = 45 points
15 – Ireland = 46 points
14 – Slovenia = 57 points
13 – Norway = 63 points
12 – Belarus = 84 points
11 – FYR Macedonia = 88 points
10 – Serbia = 105 points
09 – Georgia = 123 points
08 – Latvia = 132 points
07 – Israel = 147 points
06 – Poland = 151 points
05 – Bulgaria = 220 points
04 – Lithuania = 222 points
03 – Belgium = 274 points
02 – Ukraine = 287 points
01 – Australia = 330 points
It has been a busy few days in the world of Eurovision. Starting with the theme for the 2016 contest which is Come Together. We have had songs selected in Malta and Belarus. Also, Hungary began their selection process and Lithuania continued with their qualification programmes.
Malta – The 2002 representative for Malta, Ira Losco, will once again represent her country at Eurovision. Ira won with Chameleon (Invincible). There was a semi-final of 20 songs and 14 songs took part in the final.
Belarus – Ivan will represent Belarus after winning the national selection with Help You Fly. Ivan beat off competition from nine other acts.
Hungary – The national selection of Hungary (A Dal) began and the first six acts to qualify for the next stage are Freddie, Benji, Mushu, Egy Másik Zenekar, Reni Tolvai (all by jury) and ByTheWay (televote).
Lithuania – 12 acts competed in the next phase and the following acts progressed Ieva Zasimauskaitė, Baiba, E.G.O. ,Berta Timinskaitė, Neringa Šiaudikytė, 4 Roses, Saulenė Chlevickaitė, Milda Martinkėnaitė, Ruslanas Kirilkinas, Aistė Pilvelytė
Ukraine: The national final will be on 21 February with two semi-finals preceding on 6 February and 13 February.
Poland: A national final has been confirmed for 5 March.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
Written by David Thielen (USA)
The first Eurovision I attended in person was Malmö and it was beyond anything I could have imagined. All of it was incredible but of the acts, Zlata had me in tears her song and presentation was so beautiful. And then Cezar, where I left the semi-final thinking OMG what was that, and not liking it at all. And then over the next couple of days it grew on me to the point that it was my second favorite in the final.
And then came Copenhagen. There were a lot of songs I thought were brilliant. But none reached me like Zlata and Cezar. I figured part of that was the first time. And part was that while there were about 10 that I wanted to see win (including Moldova who came in last in their semi), none were as special. And so maybe it was the acts. I did have a wonderful time there and a lot of the music was everything I expected, but no beyond wonderful moments.
So for Vienna I expected once again for it to be like Copenhagen, wonderful but nothing that was beyond anything before. And then…
Monika’s entry from Poland – my god. One of the most uplifting beautiful songs/story I have ever seen. The song by itself is beautiful. The way it was staged was brilliant. One of the most emotional songs ever.
Il Volo’s entry from Italy – possibly the most amazing act at Eurovision ever. And what made it better is I went in thinking their entry was good, but not the best there. Then they came out as the last act, and pulled me in, more and more and more. And by the end they blew me away, far beyond any of my favorites up to that point.
And the list goes on. Russia, France, Sweden all had songs that most years would (or at least should – what were the voters thinking with France) have easily won. Serbia when they broke it open half way through had me jumping and shouting and basically going nuts. I’d say over 30 of the entries were world class.
So there will never be another entry like Zlata or Cezar. But there will also never be another entry like Monika or Il Volo. And that means next year in Sweden I can again expect what I found in both 2013 & 2015 – something absolutely magical.
Who remembers this song from the Polish selection one year?
It is a Thomas Gson composition and one of my favourites. I also like the Swedish duo a lot and it is a pity they did not make it in Poland that year. Eurovision is all about music and so songs with music in the title is always special.
