Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Poland selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 on 14 February 2010. Telewizja Polska (TVP) held a national selection, Krajowe Eliminacje, to select the Polish entry for the contest, which was held in Oslo, Norway from 25 to 29 May 2010.

Marcin Mroziński, 2010's Polish representative in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country Poland
National selection
Selection processKrajowe Eliminacje 2010
Selection date(s)14 February 2010
Selected entrantMarcin Mroziński
Selected song"Legenda"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (13th, 44 points)
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Krajowe Eliminacje 2010

Krajowe Eliminacje 2010 was the national final organised by TVP in order to select the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The show took place on 14 February 2010 at the TVP Headquarters in Warsaw, hosted by Aleksandra Rosiak and Artur Orzech.

Format

The contest was almost identical to last year's Polish final, Piosenka dla Europy, however a number of changes had been made to the format: the professional jury used in previous years was abolished, and public televoting would exclusively select the winner. Televoting lines would be open from the beginning of the first performance, as with the Eurovision Song Contest itself.[1]

Competing entries

TVP opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries until 2 November 2009. All artists were required to be Polish and Polish songwriters were preferred.[2][3] The broadcaster received 122 submissions at the closing of the deadline. A ten-member selection committee selected four entries from the received submissions to compete in the national final.[4] The selection committee consisted of Wojciech Hoflik, Maria Szabłowska, Paweł Sztompke, Krzysztof Szewczyk, Boleslaw Pawica, Artur Orzech, Marek Lamprecht, Piotr Klatt, Mikołaj Dobrowolski and Tomasz Deszczyński.[5] The selected entries were announced on 25 November 2009. On 11 December 2009, the band PIN withdrew from the competition.[6]

An additional seven wildcard entries were selected (VIR[7][8], Sonic Lake, Nefer[9], Iwona Węgrowska, ZoSia, Leszcze[10] and Marcin Mroziński[11]) after TVP opened an additional submission period.[12] The wildcards were announced between 27 November 2009 and 28 January 2010.[13]

Final

The final took place on 14 February 2010. Ten entries competed and the winner, "Legenda" performed by Marcin Mroziński, was determined entirely by a public vote, receiving 33.61% of the final vote. Anna Cyzon came second with 15.13% and Iwona Węgrowska came third with 14.94%.[14][15]

Final – 14 February 2010
Draw Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s) Televote Place
1 Leszcze "Weekend" Bartosz Staniszewski, Maciej Miecznikowski 8.44% 5
2 Dziewczyny "Cash Box" Tomek Organek, Anna Karamon 1.92% 10
3 Iwona Węgrowska "Uwięziona" (Trapped) Adam Sztaba, Tadeusz Miecznikowski 14.94% 3
4 Marcin Mroziński "Legenda" (Legend) Marcin Nierubiec, Marcin Mroziński 33.61% 1
5 Aneta Figiel "Myśl o tobie" (A thought about you) Aneta Figiel 9.06% 4
6 Nefer "Chciałem zostać sam!" (I wanted to be alone!) Sławomir Romanowski, Izabela Romanowski 5.97% 6
7 ZoSia "To, co czuję (Jak ptak)" (That's what I feel (Like a bird)) Zosia Karbowiak 3.04% 9
8 Anna Cyzon "Love Me" Anna Cyzon, Jason Gleed 15.13% 2
9 Sonic Lake "There Is a Way" Szymon Guzowski, Michał Pietrzak, Julia Schiffter 3.44% 8
10 VIR "Sunrise" Mariusz Długosz, Andrzej Ruszała 4.45% 7

At Eurovision

Poland competed in the first semi-final of the contest, on 25 May 2010,performed 9th, following Bosnia and Herzegovina and preceding the Belgium,the Polish entry scored a total of 44 points and placed 13th, thus failing to qualify for the final on 29 May 2010.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 1 Poland came 13th with 44 points: the public awarded Poland 13th place with 38 points and the jury awarded 11th place with 58 points.

Points awarded by Poland[16]
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

See also

References
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  2. Floras, Stella (25 September 2009). "Poland: National final on Valentine's day". ESCToday. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  3. Siim, Jarmo (25 September 2009). "Poland decides on Valentine's Day". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  4. Floras, Stella (25 November 2009). "Poland: Four songs chosen to proceed to the final". ESCToday. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  5. "Poland 2010".
  6. Hondal, Victor (11 December 2009). "Band PIN withdraws from Polish national selection". ESCToday. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  7. Klier, Marcus (28 November 2009). "Poland: First wildcard for national final chosen". ESCToday. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  8. "Pierwsza "dzika karta" do koncertu finałowego Krajowych Eliminacji Eurowizji" (in Polish). Telewizja Polska. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  9. Hondal, Victor (11 December 2009). "Two more wildcards announced in Poland". ESCToday. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  10. al Kaziri, Ghassan (21 December 2009). "Three more acts added in the national selection". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  11. Hondal, Victor (28 January 2010). "Marcin Mrozinski, last Polish wildcard". ESCToday. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  12. "Wiemy, kto zaśpiewa w polskich eliminacjach do Eurowizji" (in Polish). TVP. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  13. Andreas (28 January 2010). "Poland: TVP announces final line-up". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  14. Dahlander, Gustav (14 February 2010). "Marcin Mrozinski to Eurovision for Poland!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  15. Klier, Marcus (14 February 2010). "Poland sends Marcin Mroziński to the Eurovision Song Contest". ESCToday. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  16. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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