Archive for the ‘Poland’ Category

Poland: TVP Not to Broadcast Eurovision

Posted: January 21, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Poland

  Poland – Eurovision fans in Poland have to cope with more bad news after Poland’s withdrawal from the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. TVP has revealed in their newsletter, that neither the semi-finals nor the Eurovision final will be broadcast in Poland this year. Polish fans have the option to watch the shows via the [...]

Poland: EBU Tries to Convince TVP to Stay

Posted: December 21, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Poland

Poland – The EBU doesn’t seem to let Poland go without a fight. The Polish national broadcaster had announced earlier through spokesperson Joanna Stempień-Rogalińska that they would not send an entry to Baku as they want to focus on the Euro 2012 Soccer Championship (to be held in Poland) and on the Olympics in London. [...]

Poland: No Withdrawal After All?

Posted: December 17, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Poland

  Poland -Poland seems to have taken “how to confuse Eurovision fans” lessons from its neighbour Slovakia. Yesterday a TVP1 facebook page had claimed that Poland would withdraw from Eurovision due to bad results and the upcoming European Soccer Championship which will be held in Poland. The facebook page of TVP.pl now claims that this [...]

Poland: Withdrawal from Eurovision [UPD]

Posted: December 16, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Poland

  Poland – The Polish national broadcaster TVP has apparently decided to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest. On their facebook profile, TVP announce that they won’t send an entry to Baku. One of the main reasons is the fact that one of the biggest television events in the world, the UEFA European Football Championship [...]

Poland: No News Yet

Posted: November 25, 2011 by eurovisionjack in Poland

Poland – It had been reported that Poland would decide about their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest today. However, nothing has been announced yet. The decision is expected to happen any time now whilst many Eurovision fans pray they wont withdraw from Europe’s favourite TV show. The reason TVP are thinking about withdrawing is  [...]

Will Poland withdraw from Eurovision?

Posted: November 7, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Poland

  Poland – According to oikotimes.com, the Polish broadcaster has still not decided whether to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 or not. A meeting will be held on November 24 to discuss the issue. Apparently the unsatisfactory results of Polish artists in the last couple of editions  as well as the financial burden [...]

Poland: “Magdalena Tul – Jestem” to ESC

Posted: February 14, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Poland

Poland – Tonight Poland became the 11th country to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Magdalena Tul and her song “Jestem” emerged as the clear winner of the selection receiving over 44% of the vote. The Polish national final “Krajowe Eliminacje 2011″ was held with a total of ten acts vying to [...]

Tonight: Poland Decides for Eurovision – Krajowe Eliminacje 2011

Posted: February 14, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Poland

Poland – Tonight the Polish national final will be held. In “Krajowe Eliminacje 2011″ a total of ten acts will be vying to represent Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest in the neighbouring country of Germany. A jury of 8 music experts had selected 4 entries from the open selection, while another 6 were invited [...]

Poland: The full national final line-up

Posted: January 19, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Poland

Poland – The Polish national broadcaster TVP has revealed 3 wildcards, which will be added to the songs which were selected out of submissions. Ajda Fijał, The Trash and the band IKA have thus been added to the line-up. The song “In Control” by The Positive, however, has been disqualified as it had been released [...]

Poland: 5 finalists announced

Posted: December 29, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Poland

Poland – The Polish national broadcaster TVP has just announced 5 of the finalists for their selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 “Krajowe Eliminacje 2011“. One of the songs has been uploaded to youtube over a year ago and thus will probably be disqualified. TVP reserves the right to give additional wildcards to established [...]

National finals: Poland, Macedonia and Israel

Posted: November 3, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in FYR Macedonia, Israel, Poland

Poland – TVP has just published the rules for the 2011 Polish national final and thus confirmed its participation in Düsseldorf next year. The national final is set for February 17, while songs can be submitted until December 21. The submitted songs will then be checked for accordance to the rules and will be revealed [...]

Score analysis 6: Semifinal 1

Posted: June 28, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Analysis, Estonia, Finland, FYR Macedonia, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovakia

17. Latvia – Aisha – What for? From 2005 until 2008 Latvia always made it to the final, but last year and this year, they were less fortunate. In 2009 they came last with “Intars Busulis” in the second semifinal and this year they repeat this failure coming last in the first semifinal. Aisha’s singing [...]

Eurovision recap (1)

Posted: June 4, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Malta, Poland

Ireland – After a disappointing 23rd place in Saturday’s final, controversy arises in Ireland.Ronan Keating, who wrote the Danish entry for Brink last year has critizised RTÉ for being baised towards 1993 winner Niamh Kavanagh during the selection process. He stated that other competitors had no real chance. The Irish national final was held March [...]