Poland: Following OGAE Polska’s complaint, the results of the Polish national selection for Eurovision 2023 are now published

After a ruling from the Regional Administrative Court in Warsaw in June 2024, Telewizja Polska was obliged to disclose the exact results from the controversial voting process in the Polish national final for Eurovision 2023.

Background:

It is worth remembering that the frontrunner for victory was Jann with the song “Gladiator”. Despite the public’s support for him, it was Blanka with “Solo” who ultimately won the national final and represented Poland at Eurovision 2023, where she finished in 19th place. At the time, there were many complaints regarding TVP’s refusal to publish the detailed voting results. As a result, OGAE Polska filed an official complaint with TVP requesting the disclosure of the public and jury voting results.

The results:

The court ruled in favor of OGAE Polska, pointing out procedural errors on TVP’s part and its unjustified refusal to publicly announce the contest results.

After a series of actions by Polish media focused on Eurovision, OGAE Polska submitted a request to TVP for the publication of detailed results from the Eurovision 2023 national selection. After TVP initially rejected the request, OGAE Polska filed an official complaint with the Warsaw Administrative Court, which ultimately ordered TVP to release the results. The court ruled that the results of the public voting and whether the process was monitored by a notary must be public information, and that TVP’s refusal to disclose this data violated the Administrative Procedure Code.

Based on the decision, OGAE Polska received the exact results from TVP. The process was overseen by a legal advisor, and within the designated time frame, 45,373 votes were cast on the Digital Virgo platform. The last vote was recorded at 19:01:22.

The public voting results are as follows:

• Jann – Gladiator: 18,665 votes – 41.14%
• Blanka – Solo: 6,020 votes – 13.27%
• Dominik Dudek – Be Good: 5,823 votes – 12.83%
• Yan Majewski – Champion: 4,576 votes – 10.09%
• Felivers – Never Back Down: 4,123 votes – 9.09%
• Alicja Szemplińska – New Home: 3,647 votes – 8.04%
• Maja Hyży – Never Hide: 857 votes – 1.89%
• Kuba Szmajkowski – You Do Me: 751 votes – 1.66%
• Natasza – Lift U Up: 571 votes – 1.26%
• Ahlena – Booty: 340 votes – 0.75%

Until now, only the final results combining the jury and public votes were known. According to the rules, the hosts were supposed to announce the votes from the public separately from those of the jury. However, this did not happen, as after presenting the jury’s votes, the total ranking was immediately announced without showing the public votes. Due to these inconsistencies, the TV station officially published the results online the following day. The jury consisted of Agustin Egurrola, Edyta Górniak, Marcin Kusy, Marek Sierocki, and Aneta Woźniak.

Official results (jury + public):

• Blanka – Solo: 12 + 10 = 22 points
• Jann – Gladiator: 7 + 12 = 19 points
• Dominik Dudek – Be Good: 10 + 8 = 18 points
• Felivers – Never Back Down: 8 + 6 = 14 points
• Yan Majewski – Champion: 4 + 7 = 11 points
• Alicja Szemplińska – New Home: 5 + 5 = 10 points
• Natasza – Lift U Up: 6 + 2 = 8 points
• Kuba Szmajkowski – You Do Me: 3 + 3 = 6 points
• Maja Hyży – Never Hide: 2 + 4 = 6 points
• Ahlena – Booty: 1 + 1 = 2 points

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SOURCE: Eurowizja.org