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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

Eurovision 2023: Listen to the revamps from Poland and Romania!

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Poland and Romania will compete in Liverpool with new versions of their songs. The revamps of the songs are already available on spotify, but only in their karaoke version.

Poland

Solo grew in duration, since just before the 2nd minute of the song, you can hear a musical bridge, which is not present in the original version.

Romania

In adition, the Romanian entry has also changed, mainly in the orchestration of the song.

Poland and Romania are in the second semi-final of the contest, with the betting so far not wanting the two countries to punch a ticket to the grand final.

What did you think of the new versions of the songs?

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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: The detailed results of the national final

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One day after the polish national final  Tu bije serce Europy, and Blanka‘s victory with the song “Solo“, TVP published the detailed televoting results.

Jann with “Gladiator” was the televoting winner, while Blanka came second. The juries helped her win the national final by placing her first.

There have been reactions in the social media by Polish fans, who think that Jann should have won.

Do you like the polish entry? Will Blanka bring her coutnry a good result?