Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Poland was represented by Blue Café in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Love Song".

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country Poland
National selection
Selection processKrajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji 2004
Selection date(s)24 January 2004
Selected entrantBlue Café
Selected song"Love Song"
Finals performance
Final result17th, 27 points
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Krajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji 2004

Krajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji 2004 was the national final organised by TVP in order to select the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. The show took place on 24 January 2004 at the TVP studios in Warsaw, hosted by Tomasz Kammel and Magdalena Mołek. 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 73 submissions at the closing of the deadline. A seven-member selection committee selected fifteen entries from the received submissions to compete in the national final. The selection committee consisted of Marek Sierocki, Janusz Kosiński, Hirek Wrona, Zygmunt Kukla, Piotr Metz, Piotr Klatt, Bartosz Jastrzębowski. The selected entries were announced on 6 November 2003.[1] There were again some of the biggest names in the Polish music industry that had been tempted to take part.

Final

The televised final took place on 24 January 2004. Fifteen entries competed and the winner, "Love Song" performed by Blue Café, was determined entirely by a public SMS vote. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2003 Eurovision winner Sertab Erener and Italian singer In-Grid performed as the interval acts.[2][3]

Final – 24 January 2004
DrawArtistSong Composer(s)TelevotePlace
1Łukasz Zagrobelny & Offside"Dreaming About You" Artur Ambroziak, Roberto Kalicki, Krzystof Czub 5,53212
2Małgorzata Ostrowska"Nie uwierzę" Małgorzata Ostrowska, Ken Rose, Kip Winger 1,43115
3Goya"All My Senses" Goya, Magdalena Wójcik 24,5666
4Kasia Klich"Let Me Introduce" Katarzyna Klich, Jarosław Płocica 15,0908
5Planeta"Easy Money" Jacek Adamczyk 9,6489
6SiStars"Freedom" Natialia Przybysz, Marek Piotrowski, Bartek Królik 22,1077
7Janusz Radek"Pocztówka z Avignonu" Andrzej Mogielnicki, Romuald Lipko 28,6075
8Golden Life"Labyrinth of Life" Golden Life, Iwona Turbiar 6,69011
9Blue Café"Love Song" Tatiana Okupnik, Paweł Rurak-Sokal 57,1251
10Łzy"Julia, tak na imię mam" Anna Wyszkoni, Adam Konkol 54,6252
11Alicja Janosz"I'm Still Alive" Samuel Engh, Leif Sundin, Daniel Boquist, Mark Tysper30,9524
12Krzysztof Kiljański"Stay" Krzysztof Kiljański, Witold Cisło 7,83510
13Magda Steczkowska & Indigo"Mogę dziś" Indigo, Edyta Warszawska 2,00814
14Kowalski"Sen Kowalskiego" Kowalski, Robert Brunne 3,69713
15Marcin Rozynek"Nick of Time" Marcin Rozynek51,7363

At Eurovision

For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest. Since Poland placed 7th in the previous contest year, Poland automatically qualified to compete in the final along with the Big Four countries and nine other nations that were also successful in the 2003 Contest.

Poland performed 19th, after Ireland and before United Kingdom. Despite an elaborate performance, Poland only scored 27 points, which placed then at 17th. As Poland failed to reach the top 12 in the final, the country was forced to compete in the semi-final of the 2005 Contest.

Final

12 points Ukraine
10 points Sweden
8 points Turkey
7 points Greece
6 points Germany
5 points Serbia and Montenegro
4 points Cyprus
3 points Malta
2 points United Kingdom
1 point Spain

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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