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 | ||||
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Country | Poland | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Krajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji 2004 | |||
Selection date(s) | 24 January 2004 | |||
Selected entrant | Blue Café | |||
Selected song | "Love Song" | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 17th, 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 | |||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Composer(s) | Televote | Place |
1 | Łukasz Zagrobelny & Offside | "Dreaming About You" | Artur Ambroziak, Roberto Kalicki, Krzystof Czub | 5,532 | 12 |
2 | Małgorzata Ostrowska | "Nie uwierzę" | Małgorzata Ostrowska, Ken Rose, Kip Winger | 1,431 | 15 |
3 | Goya | "All My Senses" | Goya, Magdalena Wójcik | 24,566 | 6 |
4 | Kasia Klich | "Let Me Introduce" | Katarzyna Klich, Jarosław Płocica | 15,090 | 8 |
5 | Planeta | "Easy Money" | Jacek Adamczyk | 9,648 | 9 |
6 | SiStars | "Freedom" | Natialia Przybysz, Marek Piotrowski, Bartek Królik | 22,107 | 7 |
7 | Janusz Radek | "Pocztówka z Avignonu" | Andrzej Mogielnicki, Romuald Lipko | 28,607 | 5 |
8 | Golden Life | "Labyrinth of Life" | Golden Life, Iwona Turbiar | 6,690 | 11 |
9 | Blue Café | "Love Song" | Tatiana Okupnik, Paweł Rurak-Sokal | 57,125 | 1 |
10 | Łzy | "Julia, tak na imię mam" | Anna Wyszkoni, Adam Konkol | 54,625 | 2 |
11 | Alicja Janosz | "I'm Still Alive" | Samuel Engh, Leif Sundin, Daniel Boquist, Mark Tysper | 30,952 | 4 |
12 | Krzysztof Kiljański | "Stay" | Krzysztof Kiljański, Witold Cisło | 7,835 | 10 |
13 | Magda Steczkowska & Indigo | "Mogę dziś" | Indigo, Edyta Warszawska | 2,008 | 14 |
14 | Kowalski | "Sen Kowalskiego" | Kowalski, Robert Brunne | 3,697 | 13 |
15 | Marcin Rozynek | "Nick of Time" | Marcin Rozynek | 51,736 | 3 |
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 |
References
- Górecki, Kamil (6 November 2003). "Names of Polish finalists released".
- "POLISH NATIONAL FINAL 2004".
- "Krajowe Eliminacje 2004".