Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
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Poland| Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Telewizja Polska (TVP) | |||
| Country | Poland | |||
| Selection process | Krajowe Eliminacje 2017 | |||
| Selection date | 18 February 2017 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Flashlight" | |||
| Artist | Kasia Moś | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 119 points) | |||
| Final result | 22nd, 64 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Poland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Flashlight" written by Kasia Moś, Pete Baringger and Rickard Bonde Truumeel. The song was performed by Kasia Moś. The Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) organised the national final Krajowe Eliminacje 2017 in order to select the Polish entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. The national final took place on 18 February 2017 and featured ten entries. "Flashlight" performed by Kasia Moś was selected as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a five-member jury panel and a public vote.
Poland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 11, "Flashlight" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May. It was later revealed that Poland placed ninth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 119 points. In the final, Poland performed in position 2 and placed twenty-second out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 64 points.
Prior to the 2017 contest, Poland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nineteen times since its first entry in 1994.[1] Poland's highest placement in the contest, to this point, has been second place, which the nation achieved with its debut entry in 1994 with the song "To nie ja!" performed by Edyta Górniak. Poland has only, thus far, reached the top ten on two other occasions, when Ich Troje performing the song "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic" finished seventh in 2003, and when Michał Szpak performing the song "Color of Your Life" finished eighth in 2016. Between 2005 and 2011, Poland failed to qualify from the semi-final round six out of seven years with only their 2008 entry, "For Life" performed by Isis Gee, managing to take the nation to the final during that period. After once again failing to qualify to the final in 2011, the country withdrew from the contest during 2012 and 2013. Since returning to the contest in 2014, Poland managed to qualify to the final each year.
The Polish national broadcaster, Telewizja Polska (TVP), broadcasts the event within Poland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. TVP confirmed Poland's participation in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest on 12 September 2016.[2] Between 2006 and 2011, TVP organised televised national finals that featured a competition among several artists and songs in order to select the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. After returning to the contest in 2014 following their two-year absence, the broadcaster opted to internally select both the 2014 and 2015 entries but returned to select their 2016 entry via a national final, a selection procedure that continued for their 2017 entry.
Before Eurovision
Krajowe Eliminacje 2017
Krajowe Eliminacje 2017 was the national final organised by TVP in order to select the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The show took place on 18 February 2017 at the TVP Headquarters in Warsaw, hosted by Artur Orzech. A combination of public televoting and jury voting selected the winner. The show was broadcast on TVP1 and TVP Polonia as well as streamed online at the broadcaster's website eurowizja.tvp.pl. The national final was watched by 2.5 million viewers in Poland with a market share of 17%.[3]
Competing entries
TVP opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries between 27 December 2016 and 10 February 2017.[4] The broadcaster received 150 submissions at the closing of the deadline. A six-member selection committee selected nine entries from the received submissions to compete in the national final. The selection committee consisted of Grzegorz Brzozowicz (journalist), Artur Orzech (Eurovision commentator, radio and television journalist and presenter), Konrad Smuga (director), Maciej Stanecki (Vice President of TVP), Mateusz Grzesiński (Polish Head of Delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest) and Ewa Nowicka (Head of TVP1). The selected entries were announced on 11 February 2017. Among the competing artists was Martin Fitch (Marcin Mroziński), who represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010.[5] The competing artists were required to submit a promotional video for their song to TVP by 26 February 2017.
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Agata Nizińska | "Reason" | Allan Rich, Jud Friedman, Marcin Kindla |
| Aneta Sablik | "Ulalala" | Aneta Sablik, Kevin Zuber, Maciej Puchalski, Heavynn Gates |
| Carmell | "Faces" | Małgorzata Bernatowicz, Marcin Kurczarski, Paweł Jurczak |
| Isabell Otrębus | "Voiceless" | David Kreuger, Fredrik Kempe |
| Kasia Moś | "Flashlight" | Kasia Moś, Pete Baringger, Rickard Bonde Truumeel |
| Lanberry | "Only Human" | Małgorzata Uściłowska, Piotr Siejka, Sarah Reeve |
| Martin Fitch | "Fight for Us" | Marcin Mroziński, Sean Kennedy |
| Olaf Bressa | "You Look Good" | Ashley Hicklin, Rufus Hamsen, Farchard Samadzada |
| Paulla | "Chcę tam z tobą być" | Michał Kacprzak |
| Rafał Brzozowski | "Sky Over Europe" | Marcin Dutkiewicz, Marcin Kindla |
Final
The televised final took place on 18 February 2017. Ten entries competed and the winner, "Flashlight" performed by Kasia Moś, was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a five-member professional jury and a public vote.[6] The jury consisted of Maria Sadowska (singer), Robert Janowski (singer, composer, TV host and actor), Alicja Węgorzewska (opera singer), Włodek Pawlik (musician) and Krzesimir Dębski (conductor of the Polish entry in 1997). In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2016 Polish Junior Eurovision entrant Olivia Wieczorek opened the show with her Junior Eurovision song "Nie zapomnij", while singer Doda and 2016 Polish Eurovision entrant Michał Szpak performed as the interval acts.[7]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Fitch | "Fight for Us" | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 2 | Lanberry | "Only Human" | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | Isabell Otrębus | "Voiceless" | 9 | 6 | 15 | 4 |
| 4 | Paulla | "Chcę tam z tobą być" | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 5 | Olaf Bressa | "You Look Good" | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Kasia Moś | "Flashlight" | 10 | 9 | 19 | 1 |
| 7 | Aneta Sablik | "Ulalala" | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | Rafał Brzozowski | "Sky Over Europe" | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 |
| 9 | Carmell | "Faces" | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3 |
| 10 | Agata Nizińska | "Reason" | 7 | 7 | 14 | 5 |
| R/O | Song | M. Sadowska |
R. Janowski |
A. Węgorzewska |
W. Pawlik |
K. Dębski |
Total | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Fight for Us" | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 6 |
| 2 | "Only Human" | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
| 3 | "Voiceless" | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 9 |
| 4 | "Chcę tam z Tobą być" | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 4 |
| 5 | "You Look Good" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | "Flashlight" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 10 |
| 7 | "Ulalala" | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| 8 | "Sky Over Europe" | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 8 |
| 9 | "Faces" | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 5 |
| 10 | "Reason" | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 7 |
Promotion
Kasia Moś made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Flashlight" as the Polish Eurovision entry. On 25 March, Moś performed during the Eurovision PreParty Riga, which was organised by OGAE Latvia and held at the Cristal Club in Riga, Latvia. On 2 April, she performed during the London Eurovision Party, which was held at the Café de Paris venue in London, United Kingdom and hosted by Nicki French. Between 3 and 6 April, Kasia Moś took part in promotional activities in Tel Aviv, Israel where she performed during the Israel Calling event held at the Ha'teatron venue.[8][9] On 8 April, Moś performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Selma Björnsdóttir.[10] On 15 April, she performed during the Eurovision Spain Pre-Party, which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid, Spain.[11]
