Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, as confirmed by Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP). TVP continued to use the Piosenka dla Europy contest to select the Polish representative for the 2009 contest in Moscow. The 2009 edition of the contest was held on 14 February, with the winner decided by jury and televoting. The winner was Lidia Kopania with "I Don't Wanna Leave", represented Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in May 2009.[1][2][3]

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country Poland
National selection
Selection processPiosenka dla Europy 2009
50% Jury
50% Televoting
Selection date(s)14 February 2009
Selected entrantLidia Kopania
Selected song"I Don't Wanna Leave"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (12th, 43 points)
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2008 • 2009 • 2010►
Lidia Kopania Polish representative in 2009

Before Eurovision

Possible withdrawal

After coming 24th (second last) in the 2008 contest, talks within TVP suggested that Poland may withdraw from the 2009 contest. However, they indicated that their decision on withdrawal would be based on changes, if any, to the current voting system. TVP also suggested to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the contest's organisers, that an international jury should be put into use in the next contest, such as the one used in the Eurovision Dance Contest. TVP's spokeswoman, Aneta Wrona, indicated that Poland's decision would not be affected by the then-ongoing war in South Ossetia. TVP's decision might also have been affected by Poland's win in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008, and Poland being the possible host of the next edition.[4][5]

After the EBU revealed a new voting system for the final of the 2009 contest, introducing a mixture of televoting and jury voting, TVP officially confirmed their participation in Moscow.[6][7]

Piosenka dla Europy 2009

TVP confirmed that they will use the Piosenka dla Europy contest to select the Polish representative for the 2009 contest, which was planned to be held on 20 or 21 February 2009. However, this date was changed to 14 February 2019, purely for "commercial reasons".[8]

Competing entries

TVP opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries until 16 January 2009. However, TVP requires a minimum of one single or album to have been released per artists. Alternatively, artists must have competed in professional song contests or music festivals at a national level or have a working contract with a record label or a professional concert agency.[9][10] 122 entries were received by TVP, 87 of which came from within Poland. An eight-member selection committee selected around seven entries from the received submissions, which will be joined by up to five artists internally selected by TVP, bringing the total number of competing entries to a maximum of 12. The selection committee consisted of Zuzanna Łapicka (jury president), Paweł Sztompke (TVP1), Piotr Baron (Radio 3), Tomasz Miara (Radio ZET), Dariusz Maciborek (Radio RMF FM), Tomasz Deszczyński (OGAE Poland), Malgorzata Kosturkiewicz (TVP) and Piotr Klatt (TVP1). The 12 selected entries were announced on 23 January 2009.[9][10][11][12][13]

TVP later had to disqualify Katarzyna Skrzynecka's "Amazing", composed by Jud Friedman and Allan Rich, after it was revealed it had been performed in October 2007 on Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars.[14] Mikromusic's "Kardamon i pieprz" was also later disqualified for the same reasons.[15] The draw for the running order was held on 28 January 2009.[16][17]

Final

The final was held at the TVP Headquarters in Warsaw on 14 February 2009, hosted by Radek Brzózka and Paulina Chylewska. The winner was Lidia Kopania with "I Don't Wanna Leave". The song was the favourite in the televote, and came second in the jury vote.[1][2][3] During the show, the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 winner Ruslana and last year's Polish entry Isis Gee performed.[18]

3.8 million have been reported to have watched the contest, constituting a 28% audience share, being the most watched show that night.[19]

Draw Artist Song (English translation) Lyrics (l) / Music (m) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Stachursky "I nie mów nic" (And don't say anything) Daniel Maczura (m), Jacek Laszczok (l) 1 5 6 9
2 Det Betales "Jacqueline" Leif Melander (m & l), Peter Nord (m & l), Knut Oyvind Hagen (m & l) 3 1 4 10
3 Man Meadow "Love Is Gonna Get You" Thomas G:son (m & l), Andreas Rickstrand (l) 2 7 9 6
4 Dali "Everyday" Viktar Rudenka (m & l), Aliaksandar Liutych (m), Igor Znyk (l) 6 2 8 7
5 IRA "Dobry czas" (Good time) Artur Gadowski (m), Wojciech Byrski (l) 7 4 11 5
6 Artur Chamski "Kilka słów" (Some words) Paweł Rurak Sokal (m), Andrzej Ignatowski (l) 5 8 13 4
7 Marco Bocchino & Ola Szwed "All My Life" Marco Bocchino (m & l) 8 10 18 2
8 Tigrita Project "Mon chocolat" (My chocolate) Klaudia Baszniak Kozłowska (m & l) 4 3 7 8
9 Renton "I'm Not Sure" Marek Karwowski (m & l), Paweł Szupiluk (m & l), Mariusz Gajewski (m), Łukasz Różycki (m) 12 6 18 2
10 Lidia Kopania "I Don't Wanna Leave" Alex Geringos (m & l), Bernd Klimpel (m & l) 10 12 22 1

Promotion

After winning Piosenka dla Europy, Kopania visited some of the competing countries at Eurovision to promote her Eurovision entry. Kopania performed "I Don't Wanna Leave" during the Latvian national final on 28 February,[20][21] as well as during the Ukrainian national final on 8 March.[22] She has also been lined up to perform during the UK Eurovision Preview Party on 17 April in London, United Kingdom and the Eurovision Promo Concert in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 18 April.[23][24]

At Eurovision
Lidia Kopania performing in the second semi-final held on 14 May 2019

Poland had competed in the second semi-final of the 2009 Contest, held on 14 May 2009,performed 5th, after Serbia and before Norway she ended 12th with 43 points failing to qualify to the Grand Final.

The televotes were converted into points, as shown in the points column.

Draw Country Televote Points
1  Croatia 1,077 0
2  Ireland 1,746 3
3  Latvia 230 0
4  Serbia 820 0
5 Poland — —
6  Norway 4,926 10
7  Cyprus 1,171 0
8  Slovakia 1,314 0
9  Denmark 1,513 1
10  Slovenia 417 0
11  Hungary 392 0
12  Azerbaijan 16,347 12
13  Greece 1,575 2
14  Lithuania 2,582 4
15  Moldova 2,642 5
16  Albania 2,900 6
17  Ukraine 3,827 7
18  Estonia 4,028 8
19  Netherlands 1,025 0

Final voting

Poland's televoting for the grand final were as follows: [25]

The televotes were then converted into points, as shown in the televote points column. As the 50/50 rule had also been re-introduced a jury of 5 professionals in music from Poland also voted. These votes were then combined and converted into the point system as shown in the final column.[26]

Draw Country Jury Televote Total Final
Points
Votes Points
1  Lithuania 0 2,898 0 0 0
2  Israel 0 1,152 0 0 0
3  France 1 2,598 0 1 0
4  Sweden 0 2,528 0 0 0
5  Croatia 0 1,502 0 0 0
6  Portugal 0 683 0 0 0
7  Iceland 5 2,995 1 6 1
8  Greece 0 2,842 0 0 0
9  Armenia 0 5,678 6 6 2
10  Russia 2 5,369 5 7 3
11  Azerbaijan 0 19,009 10 10 6
12  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1,227 0 0 0
13  Moldova 6 3,559 3 9 5
14  Malta 0 2,078 0 0 0
15  Estonia 4 8,416 8 12 8
16  Denmark 12 2,516 0 12 7
17  Germany 3 2,478 0 3 0
18  Turkey 0 2,644 0 0 0
19  Albania 0 5,178 4 4 0
20  Norway 10 20,836 12 22 12
21  Ukraine 8 7,140 7 15 10
22  Romania 0 1,039 0 0 0
23  United Kingdom 7 3,504 2 9 4
24  Finland 0 2,174 0 0 0
25  Spain 0 914 0 0 0

Points awarded by Poland[27]
Points awarded to Poland (Semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

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