POLAND

The Polish final took place of 14th February.

The show starts with a Valentines message and a song by K.A.S.A.

After that famous Polish celebrities send their Valentines wishes to the Eurosong contestants and wish them luck.

Magdalena Tul – Jestem (I am)
Magdlena is dressed and looks a bit Karolina (FYROM) She is walking about the stage flanked by dancers and 3 female backing singers. By the looks of it she isn’t doing very much of the singing in the chorus at all and seems to concentrating on dancing instead. During the instrumental in the middle she does some backward rolls Weird. The chorus is really poor and there is no visual or aural hook at all

SheMoans - Supergirl
The 5 girls are dressed a la Lady Gaga meets Yo Gabba Gabba. The song is an edgy rocky version of “Poker Face”. The chorus is quite catchy but strangely the words “Super Girl” don’t appear. They only occur in the verses when whispered by a backing singer. The middle chanting part of the song doesn’t work which is a shame. The girls can actually perform. Not a bad song at all.

Ajda Fijal - Hot like fire
This is a 40s-50s inspired number, like a watered down “Candyman” This era is also reflected in the style the outfits. She has 2 female, 2 male singers and a dancer/saxophonist. Unfortunately Ajda’s voce just isn’t up to scratch. Her accent is not to bad but the ends n the phrases fall of their notes. The echoing part in the middle is the best part. Could have been amazing.


Then Patrycja Markowska sings “Satisfaction” whilst valentine messages scroll the screen

Alizma - Bow to the bow
The girls are dressed like French maids and are clinging to their violins. They are backed by a rapper and 2 baking singers. The girls’ voices are very thin and small and when they sing separately you can barely hear them. Their dancing is minimal too. The chorus is just awful. The rapper should just have appeared by himself. I never want to see or hear that again

IKA - Say
This is another indie type rock song with a female singer. She has a very strange low shouty voice which during the chorus feels really strained. Sound likes something that Silbermond would do. Not really much of a performance going at as everyone seems to be playing on the spot. The chorus does get catchier and more memorable as it progresses. This is actually not a bad song, vey radio friendly.

Then a performance by Stachursky, including more Valentines messages

Roan - Maybe
Another rock band takes the stage. This one seems a little more active than the previous ones. The background is very drum heavy which is a little off-putting. There is not much of a tune to this song and isn’t really sing able to. I get the feeling that the lyrics and vocals of the song are not doing justice to the backing track. The ending of the song is possibly the strongest part. NO winner.

Anna Gogola - Ktos taki jak ty (Someone like you)
Anna is performing with a band but they all seem very individual and not together as one. This is more of a dancy/rocky/schlager song. The bridge of the song is very catchy and gets you hooked. The tune is very simple and the progression of the chorus is very predictable. The backing music feels a little dated, like a DJ Oetzi reject. Would be very interested to hear an English version.

The Trash - Things go better with rock
Another rock song! Starting to get bored now... This is more of an old fashioned rock song like Bon Jovi or Def Leppard in the ‘80s. The band seems to look very dated in leather, apart from the lead singer who looks like a hippy Mick Jagger. Bizarre. The singing /shouting is not nice to the ear and most of it is very much out of tune. The song is no good at all.

Another Valentines performance from Goya

ZoSia - Scream out louder
ZoSia is standing behind a keyboard and has two male backing singers next to her. This an 80’s influenced electro-rock song sounds like something Pink might perform. She is struggling with the low notes in the verses but her voice sours during the choruses. The chorus is quite strong if not a bit shouty. The middle part of the song needs more power and performance to it.

Formula RC - Ja, ty i ty i ja (Me, you and you and me)
This is more of a laid back jazzy rock song, something like Maroon 5 but in Polish. The band have guitarists, a drummer and a saxophonist. The chorus gets quite rocky which is a bit of a shame as I am now fed up of rock songs! The verses are too pedestrian and the choruses are a little to dark for Eurovision and are just not memorable at all. Not a winner.

While the televote is taking place Varius Manx takes the stage and sings a few songs followed by Renton

With 10 mins of voting time to go the top 3 are as follows

1 Magdalena Tul
2 Anna Gogolia
3 Alizma

However Magdalena correctly has 41% of the total vote, so I think this’ll be a runaway winner…

More tunes now from Patrycja Markowska and Blenders

The voting time is now over !

Stachursky takes the stage again, followed by Chemia


1 Magdalena Tul 44.47%
2 Anna Gogola 22.57%
3 Alizma 12.76%
4 The Trash 4.58%
5 SheMoans 3.56%
6 Ajda Fijal 3.30%
7 ZoSia 2.92%
8 Roan 2.20%
9 Formula RC 1.89 %
10 IKA 1.76 %

This means Magdalena Tul will represent Poland with the song “Jestem”


SINGER – Magdalena Tul
SONG – Jestem
MUSIC – Magdalena Tul
WORDS – Magdalena Tul