Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Poland was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Czarna dziewczyna" performed by the duo Ivan & Delfin, written by Ivan Komarenko and Michal Szymanski and composed by Lukasz Lazer. The song was performed in both Polish and Russian, and had one of the fastest beats per minute in Eurovision's history.

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country Poland
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)29 January 2005
Selected entrantIvan & Delfin
Selected song"Czarna dziewczyna"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (11th,81 points)
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ivan and Delfin was formed in 2002 when the band members met each other in the City Café club. Ivan, Łukasz and Olo wrote lyrics and composed music for their debut album which was released in 2004. The first single was released in October 2003 and it was called ‘Jej Czarne Oczy’ (‘Her Black Eyes’). Since June 2004, Ivan & Delfin have performed several dozen shows around the country. The vocalist Ivan Komarenko is also in the most popular TV series in Poland (‘M Jak Miłość’). He is a very outspoken person and has starred in many magazines and TV shows. The band represented Poland in 2005, in Kiev, Ukraine.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

TVP opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries between 28 December 2004 and 20 January 2005. The broadcaster received 63 submissions at the closing of the deadline.[1] A 28-member selection committee reviewed the received submissions and selected the winner.

On 29 January 2005, "Czarna dziewczyna" performed by Ivan & Delfin was presented as the Polish entrant for the 2005 contest during the TVP1 programme Stratosfera. In addition to the presentation of the song, 2004 Polish Eurovision entrants Blue Café, 2003 Polish Eurovision entrants Ich Troje and 1995 Polish Eurovision entrant Justyna Steczkowska performed as guests.[2]

Internal Selection – Top 10[3]
Artist Song Composer(s) Points Place
Ivan & Delfin "Czarna dziewczyna" Łukasz Lazer, Ivan Komarenko, Paweł Radziszewski 141 1
Monika Jarosińska & Zenon Boczar "First Kiss" Zenon Boczar, Jullen Hepple 100 2
Abra "Piosenka bez tytulu" Artur Fox, Julian Matej 86 3
Agata Torzewska "Ma vie" Piotr Bańka, Agata Torzewska 68 4
Ewa Kowalska & Przyjaciele "Euro Smile" Michał Borowicz 67 5
Leonia "Miracle" Leoni Kuizenga, Jeremy Ebell, Bruce Smith 52 6
Krzysztof Antkowiak "Roses All Around" Krzysztof Antkowiak, Rafał Buks 49 7
Drum Machina "Jumpin'" Krzysztof Antkowiak, Marcin Liber 49 7
Lady Tullo "Full of Life" Magdalena Tul, Piotr Marcin 42 9
Zuzanna Szreder "Did I...?" Zuzanna Szreder 35 10

At Eurovision

Because Poland placed 17th at the 2004 contest, Ivan & Delfin were forced to compete in the semi-final. They performed 25th (last), following Denmark and came 11th with 81 points thus failed to qualify to the Grand Final. Therefore, Poland will have to compete in the semi-final again in 2006. The spokesperson who revealed Poland's votes for other countries was TVP host Maciej Orłoś.[4]

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

Points awarded by Poland

References
  1. Górecki, Kamil (28 January 2004). "TVP published rules internal selection". Esctoday.
  2. Jurczak, Pawel (20 January 2005). "Polish representative known on 29th January". Esctoday.
  3. "Results of Polish internal selection 2005". 1 July 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. Philips, Roel (17 May 2005). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
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