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Eurovision 2023: The viewing figures of Poland and Portugal for the Grand Final!

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The official viewing figures for the contest that it was broadcasted in Poland and Portugal have been released with new viewing records compared to last year.

After the official counts, Saturday’s Grand Final was watched by 3.5 million viewers in Poland via the frequency of TVP1 and TVP Polonia. This is equivalent to 270 thousand more viewers than last year. Overall, the show recorded a 40% viewership rating as it was the first choice of the viewer that night.

Equally among the Portuguese audience, the show was very popular. Relatively speaking, it was the highest-rated program from the start to finish. In particular, it recorded an average of 1.05 million viewers throughout the night with the counters skyrocketing when the Portuguese entry was on stage with 1.272 million viewers and a 23.8% share. At the time of the reveal of the winner, the show reached at 39.4% viewership.

The audience of the both countries were agonised over the result in the contest, as the countries had qualified for the Grand Final and this was reflected in the dominance the show had in the viewing figures.

Sources:wirtualnemedia.pl and zapping-tv.com

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Eurovision 2023: Poland’s Second Rehearsal!

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Opening the second half of the Second Semi-Final is Blanka, representing Poland with her “KREJSA” song “Solo”.

Who is Blanka?

Blanka Stajkow, known mononymously as Blanka, is a Polish singer and model. After writing her first song at the age of 14 while living in the Polish city of Szczecin, Blanka knew she wanted to be a popstar, and so headed to the USA with her mother, and put down roots stateside for the next 4 years. In 2021, she participated in Top Model, a Polish reality television show. While on the show, she officially released her first official single, “Better”.The following year, she signed a contract with Warner Music Poland, and released her second single, “Solo”, which now brought her to the Eurovision stage.

Blanka’s win in the Polish national selection was filled with controversy but Blanka, “Bejba” for her fans, is here in Liverpool stronger than ever, enhancing the criticism and making it a huge weapon of hers.

The Rehearsal

Unfortunately this year, accredited journalists don’t get the chance to watch the first and second rehearsals, so we only get the information and content that the organizers officially release to the public.

The most uplifting pop banger of the day so far is up on the stage. Blanka could NEVER be “Solo”, she’s accompanied by 4 backing dancers during the whole performance. This staging makes us feel like we are in a tropical summer mood from the start to the finish.

Chloe Hashemi / EBU

She really owns the stage and believe me, she will draw all of our eyes on her, enough to go through to the final. Durring the middle of the song, from the LED backdrop of tropical graphics we are watching a transform to a dancebreak along with an outfit reveal and new LED graphics, where they make the appearance even more interesting. The final chorus of Blanka’s performance is accompanied by a shower of fireworks! Hot enough to make Europe dancing in Bejba moves!

Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

 

Below you can watch a small clip from the Polish second rehearsal, once it’s published on YouTube:

The Dress Rehearsal for Poland and the rest of Semi Final 2 will be held on the 10th of May.

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Poland: Watch the backstage video from Blanka’s first rehearsal!

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Blanka’s first technical rehearsal took place yesterday and Blanka herself shared a backstage video from yesterday’s rehearsal on her social medial. In the backstage video we can watch more of her performance, in comparison with the exclusive video shared by Eurovision account on TikTok.

 

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Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη Blanka Stajkow (@blikeblanka)

 

Blanka seems really satisfied and excited about her performance, with the only issue concerning her now being the camera work, which needs some fixes.

It is indeed really interesting that this year’s artists as well as the broadcasters themselves are sharing with us more backstage videos, giving us a better picture of their performances. Especially this year, that the accredited journalists are not allowed to attend the rehearsals inside the press center, the artists themselves are those who keep the fans’ interest.

More information about Poland’s first rehearsal:

Eurovision 2023: Poland’s First Rehearsal!

The second rehearsal of Poland is scheduled for Friday 5/5 when we will have more details on Blanka’s performance.

Poland with Blanka and her song Solo participates in the 2nd Semifinal on May 11, performing 9th.

You can also watch the reaction video of EurovisionFun on Solo below:

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Eurovision 2023: Poland’s First Rehearsal!

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Next up on the stage of Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is Poland. Blanka with her song “Solo” is ready for her first rehearsal on the stage of M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool!

Who is Blanka?

Blanka Stajkow, known mononymously as Blanka, is a Polish singer and model. After writing her first song at the age of 14 while living in the Polish city of Szczecin, Blanka knew she wanted to be a popstar, and so headed to the USA with her mother, and put down roots stateside for the next 4 years. In 2021, she participated in Top Model, a Polish reality television show. While on the show, she officially released her first official single, “Better”.The following year, she signed a contract with Warner Music Poland, and released her second single, “Solo”, which now brought her to the Eurovision stage.

Blanka’s win in the Polish national selection was filled with controversy but Blanka, “Bejba” for her fans, is here in Liverpool stronger than ever, enhancing the criticism and making it a huge weapon of hers.

The Rehearsal

After three performances with no backing singers/dancers, Blanka is NOT Solo. She’s has four backing dancers, and this song is a huge summer MOOD from start to finish.

Corinne Cumming / EBU

Blanka sounds great and is totally owning that stage against a backdrop of tropical graphics – there’s even a dress reveal AND a mid-song dance break, which is ticking all our Eurovision boxes.

Sarah Louise Bennet / EBU

You can see Blanka’s outfit on the backstage photo below:

Chloe Hashemi / EBU

Update: The final chorus of Blanka’s performance is accompanied by a shower of fireworks! Hot enough, we guess!

The second rehearsal of Poland will take place on Friday 5/5, when we will have a better picture of what we will see from Blanka on the Eurovision stage, as we will have the official TV snippet.

Below you can watch a small clip from Poland’s first rehearsal from Tik Tok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@eurovision/video/7228582019054292251

 

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Poland: Blanka will have a new choreography team for Liverpool!

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According to Polish media reports, Blanka will present a different stage performance in Liverpool, compared to the Polish national final, as the choreography of Solo will be done by a new team.

The polish broadcaster, TVP, has assigned the stage direction to a new choreographer for this year’s competition, replacing Agustin Egurrola, who has been in charge of the Polish entries in recent years, both at Eurovision and Eurovision Junior. It is worth noting that Agustin has worked with this year’s Polish representative in the contest, Blanka, on several occasions in the past, and was also a member of the jury for the national final, which placed her in first place, ensuring her victory.

The reasons for Agustin’s replacement have not been confirmed, and the name of the new choreographer for the Polish entry has not yet been announced.

Poland is set to appear in 9th place in the Second Semi-Final on May 11 in Liverpool:

You can see our editors’ reaction video to Poland’s entry in the video below:

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Source: dziennik-eurowizyjny

Poland: The Polish Eurovision Party 2023 is today!

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Today, for the second year in a row, the Polish Eurovision Party 2023 will take place in Warsaw. The hosts of the evening will be Poli Genova (Bulgaria 2011 & 2016) and Konrad Zemlik (the organizer of the event).

At this year’s Polish pre-party, twenty-five artists will appear, who are participating in this year’s Eurovision or have participated in the past.

The Eurovision 2023 entrants who will perform tonight are:

  • Albina & Familija Kelmendi – Albania
  • Alika – Estonia
  • Diljá – Iceland
  • Joker Out – Slovenia
  • Let 3 – Croatia
  • Mae Muller – United Kingdom
  • Monika Linkytė – Lithuania
  • Pasha Parfeni – Moldova
  • Piqued Jacks – San Marino
  • Reiley – Denmark
  • Sudden Lights – Latvia
  • The Busker – Malta
  • Vesna – Czechia
  • Wild Youth – Ireland

The remaining sixteen artists who will accompany this year’s participants are:

  • Anne-Marie David – Winner of Eurovision 1973 with Luxembourg
  • Eye Cue – North Macedonia 2018
  • Felivers – Tu bije serce Europy 2023 (Polish National Final)
  • Filip Baloš – Pesma za Evroviziju ’23 (Serbian National Final)
  • Gromee – Poland 2018
  • Inis Neziri – Festivali i Këngës 56 & 59 (Albanian National Final)
  • Krystian Ochman – Poland 2022
  • Kuba Szmajkowski – Tu bije serce Europy 2022 & 2023
  • Lindsay Dracass – United Kingdom 2001
  • Melovin – Ukraine 2018
  • Oceana – Unser Song für Dänemark
  • Poli Genova – Bulgaria 2011 & 2016
  • Senhit – San Marino 2011, 2020 & 2021
  • Slavko – Montenegro 2017
  • Sunstroke Project – Moldova 2010, 2017
  • Viki Gabor – Winner of Junior Eurovision 2019 with Poland

 

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Poland: Blanka has filmed her Eurovision 2023 postcard!

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The Polish representative of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest Blanka has filmed her postcard,which will be shown just before her performance of her entry Solo in the second-semi final.

The filming took place in Warsaw in collaboration with the BBC and the theme of it is rumored to be a party where Blanka is the DJ.

The following acts have confirmed the filming of their postcards:

  • Croatia– Let 3
  • Germany– Lord of the Lost
  • Lithuania– Monika Linkytė
  • Slovenia– Joker Out

Poland is scheduled to perform 9th in the second semi-final which is going to take place on May 11 in Liverpool.

Listen to Poland’s entry here:

Source:eurovoix

Poland: Blanka visiting Finland & meeting with Käärijä!

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Blanka, the Polish representative for Eurovision 2023, visited the Finnish capital of Helsinki and spent time with this year representative of Finland, Käärijä!

The Polish entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was in Finland after being selected to represent Poland at Eurovision 2023. During her time in Helsinki, Blanka went to the Warner Music studios in the Finnish capital, and was in the recording studio with the publisher behind her Eurovision entry “Solo”. While at the Warner Music studios, Blanka met the Finnish representative in this year’s contest Käärijä.

 

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Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη Blanka Stajkow (@blikeblanka)

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Poland: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2023 Entry “Solo”!

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The national final of Poland named “Tu bije serce Europy” (“The heart of Europe beats here”) and presented by Aleksander Sikora, Ida Nowakowska and Małgorzata Tomaszewska was completed some days ago and Blanka was chosen to represent the country with “Solo“.

The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the live performance of the country’s entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Apostolos, Paschalis and Thanos in a Reaction video with detailed commentary on the participation of Poland, for 2023!

(Video Editing: @kwsthsgrr)

Below you can enjoy Βlanka and Solo from her Performance of  the national Final:

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Poland: Tu bije serce Europy 2023 Grand Final tonight!

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Another country that chooses tonight the artist who will represent it in Liverpool, is Poland. Live from TVP studios in Warsaw, Eurofans everywhere will be able to watch the grand final of Tu bije serce Europy.

Contestants

Ten artists will compete for the victory and the ticket for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest. The artists who will participate in the polish national final are:

  1. Natasza – “Lift u up“
  2. Kuba –  “You Do Me“
  3. Ahlena – “Booty“
  4. Dominik Dudek – “Be Good“
  5. Alicja Szemplińska – “New Home“
  6. Felivers – “Never Back Down“
  7. Maja Hyży – “Never Hide“
  8. Jann – “Gladiator“
  9. Blanka – “Solo“
  10. Yan Majewski – “Champion“

Format

The song and artist that will represent Poland in Liverpool will be chosen by the combined votes of the jury (50%) and the public (50%). Unlike last year, there will be no second round.

This means that the result of the first round will also be the final result, from which Poland’s representative in Eurovision 2023 will emerge. In case of a tie, the jury’s vote will prevail over the public’s.

The jury consists of the following:

  • Edyta Górniak (Poland 1994)
  • Marek Sierocki (TV host)
  • Agustin Egurola (Choreographer)
  • Marcin Kusy (Director of the Radio Station Jedynka)

Guests

Tonight’s Polish national final will have a host of guests, who will set their own unique tone to the event. Of course, the Kalush Orchestra stand out, last year’s winners of Eurovision 2022 with Ukraine.

The guest list also includes:

  • Stefania (Greece 2020 & 2021)
  • Edyta Górniak (Poland 1994)
  • Ochman (Poland 2022)
  • Efendi (Azerbaijan 2021)
  • Sarah James (Poland Junior Eurovision 2021)
  • Roksana Węgiel (Winner of Junior Eurovision 2018)

Presenters of Tu bije serce Europy will be Aleksander Sikora, Ida Nowakowska and Małgorzata Tomaszewska.

The Polish national final will start at 17:30 CET and will last two and a half hours. You can watch it on the TVP1 frequency by clicking HERE.

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