Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Poland was represented by the band Ich Troje, with the song '"Keine Grenzen-Żadnych granic", at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 24 May in Riga, Latvia. Poland returned to Eurovision after an enforced one-year absence following relegation after a poor result in 2001, and for the first time since joining Eurovision in 1994, broadcaster TVP opted to choose their entry through a public final rather than via internal selection. "Keine Grenzen-Żadnych granic" was chosen as the Polish entry at the national final, named Krajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji, on 25 January, although there were technical problems with the voting which caused a degree of controversy.

Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Country Poland
National selection
Selection processKrajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji 2003
Selection date(s)25 January 2003
Selected entrantIch Troje
Selected song"Keine Grenzen-Żadnych
granic
"
Finals performance
Final result7th, 90 points
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2001 2003 2004►

Before Eurovision

Krajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji 2003

Krajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji 2003 was the national final organised by TVP in order to select the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. The show took place on 25 January 2003 at the TVP studios in Warsaw, hosted by Artur Orzech. Public SMS voting exclusively selected the winner.

Competing entries

TVP opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries. The broadcaster received 43 submissions at the closing of the deadline.[1] A selection committee selected fourteen entries from the received submissions to compete in the national final. The selected entries were announced on 30 November 2002.[2] There was great interest in the country's first televised final and some of the biggest names in the Polish music industry had been tempted to take part.

Final

The televised final took place on 25 January 2003. Fourteen entries competed and the winner, "Keine Grenzen-Żadnych granic" performed by Ich Troje, was determined entirely by a public SMS vote. Unconfirmed reports suggested that Varius Manx, Bracia Cugowscy and Ha-Dwa-O had finished 4th, 5th and 6th respectively.[3]

Final – 25 January 2003
Draw Artist Song Composer(s) Televote Place
1 Adieu "Time" Robert Janson
2 Benedek "Here Comes Your Time" Jan Benedek
3 Blue Café "You May Be in Love" Tatiana Okupnik, Paweł Rurak-Sokal 4,581 3
4 Bracia Cugowscy "Missing Every Moment" Bracia Cugowscy 5
5 Magda Femme & Spotlight "I Believe in You" Tomasz Lubert, Anna Celinska, Magda Femme
6 Gosia "Remember" Gosia Andrzejewicz
7 Ha-Dwa-O "Tylko badz" Tomek Konfederak, Bartek Wielgosz, Sonia Neumann 6
8 Ich Troje "Keine Grenzen-Żadnych granic" André Franke, Joachim Horn-Bernges, Michał Wiśniewski, Jacek Łągwa 13,249 1
9 Ira "Femme Fatale" Zdzislaw Zabierzewski
10 Ocean Front "Zakochany" Mark Kocikiewicz
11 Stachursky "Tam gdzie ty" J. Taszczok, D. Maczura, M. Jurecki
12 Varius Manx "Sonny" Olissa Rae-Remiszewska, Robert Janson 4
13 Wilki "Here I Am" Monika Gawlińska, Robert Gawliński 9,219 2
14 Zdobywcy Pewnych Oskaróv "Pia" Wojciech Jan Pytkowski, Marcin Ciepiel

Controversy

After the final, it immediately came to light that so great had been the volume of SMS messages sent that the system was overwhelmed, and fewer than 25% had been successfully transmitted and registered during the 15-minute voting window it was later said that votes were still being received at the collation point several hours after the broadcast had finished. In response to questions from the media and public, TVP reported that once all votes had been registered the top three placings announced on the night remained the same, although they released only the percentage of votes received by the top three songs rather than an exact votes tally.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Ich Troje performed 20th in the running order, following France and preceding Latvia. At the close of voting "Keine Grenzen-Żadnych granic" had received 90 points (including a maximum 12 from Germany), placing Poland 7th of the 26 entries, the country's first top 10 finish since their second place debut in 1994 giving country its second-best position ever in the contest to date. The 12 points from the Polish televote were awarded to Belgium.[4] Meaning that Poland automatically qualified for the final in the 2004 contest.

Voting

12 points Belgium
10 points Ukraine
8 points Romania
7 points Sweden
6 points Norway
5 points Germany
4 points Russia
3 points France
2 points Turkey
1 point Iceland

Points awarded to Poland

Points awarded to Poland (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References

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