Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Poland was represented by Isis Gee in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "For Life".

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country Poland
National selection
Selection processPiosenka dla Europy
Selection date(s)23 February 2008
Selected entrantIsis Gee
Selected song"For Life"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (10th, 42 points)
Final result24th, 14 points
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2007 • 2008 • 2009►

Before Eurovision

Piosenka dla Europy 2008

The national final Piosenka dla Europy 2008 was held on 23 February 2008. The winning entry was determined by combining the results of a public televote (50%) and a jury vote (50%). Both the jury and televoters gave top marks to Isis Gee, to represent Poland in Belgrade with her song "For Life".[1]

Final - 23 February 2008
Draw Artist Song (English translation) Songwriter(s) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Kasia Nova "The Devil" Harald Retinger, Ulrich Fischer 0 1 1 11
2 Edi Ann "Lovin’U" Edyta Kuczynska 7 5 12 4
3 Izabela Kopeć "You've Got My Love" Filip Kuncevicz, Izabela Kopec 4 6 10 6
4 Starnawski & Urban Noiz "It's Not A Game" Marcin Urban, Bozena Intrator 5 0 5 10
5 Queens "I Say My Body" Lukasz Pilch, Marcin Skoczylas 0 0 0 12
6 Isis Gee "For Life" Isis Gee 12 12 24 1
7 Man Meadow "Viva la Musica" (Music lives) Thomas G:son, Andreas Rickstrand 2 10 12 3
8 Afromental "Thing We’ve Got" Wojciech Lozowski, B. Sniadecki 3 4 7 9
9 Plastic "Do Something" Agnieszka Burcan 10 2 12 5
10 Sandra Oxenryd "Superhero" Knut-Oyvind Hagen, Andreas Rickstrand 6 3 9 8
11 Natasza Urbańska "Blow Over" Rickey Fernand 8 7 15 2
12 Margo "Dlatego walcz" (Therefore fight) Filip Siejka, Malgorzata Gadzinska 1 8 9 7

At Eurovision
Isis Gee performing at the 2008 contest

Since Poland had come in 14th in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, Isis Gee was obliged to perform her song in one of the two semi-finals of the 2008 contest.[2] The EBU split up countries with a friendly voting history into the two different semi-finals, to give a better chance to other countries to win, apart from the "Big Four" countries – Germany, Spain, France and the United Kingdom – and the host country Serbia, taking part in the semi-finals.[3] Poland took part in the first semi-final on 20 May 2008 performing 10th, following Norway and preceding the Ireland.Poland qualified to the final, placing 10th in the semi-final and scoring 42 points, reaching for the final for the first time since 2004. In the final, Poland also performed 10th following Croatia and preceding the Iceland, scoring 14 points and placed 24th.

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

Commentators and spokespersons

See also

References
  1. "POLISH NATIONAL FINAL 2008".
  2. Viniker, Barry (2007-09-28). "Eurovision: 2 semi finals confirmed!". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  3. Viniker, Barry (2007-09-28). "Eurovision: 2 semi finals confirmed!". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  4. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
  5. "EUROWIZJA.COM.PL - Konkurs Piosenki Eurowizji". Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  6. "Radek Brzózka przekaże głosy do Belgradu". Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-04-29.


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