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 2008
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
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Before Eurovision

Piosenka dla Europy 2008

Piosenka dla Europy 2008 was the national final organised by TVP in order to select the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The show took place on 23 February 2008 at the TVP studios in Warsaw, hosted by Katarzyna Sowińska and Radosław Brzózka. A four-member jury panel and a public SMS vote exclusively selected the winner.

Competing entries

TVP opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries between 30 November 2007 and 2 January 2008. Only artists that had either released an album or single with national radio airplays, had competed in at least one professional song contest or music festival at a national level, or that had a valid contract with a record company were eligible to compete.[1] The broadcaster received 100 submissions at the closing of the deadline.[2] A nine-member selection committee selected ten entries from the received submissions to compete in the national final. The selection committee consisted of Piotr Klatt, Paweł Sztompke, Artur Orzech, Magda Czapińska, Zuzanna Łapicka, Agata Krysiak, Ryszard Poznakowski, Robert Obcowski and Tomasz Deszczyński. The selected entries were announced on 7 January 2008. Among the competing artists was Sandra Oxenryd, who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006. The competing artists were required to submit a promotional video for their song to TVP by 28 January 2008.[3]

On 11 January 2008, "Kiełbasa" performed by Krzysztof Zalewski was disqualified from the national final, and was replaced by "Do Something" performed by Plastic.[4] On 8 February 2008, "You've Got My Love" performed by Izabela Kopeć, "Blow Over" performed by Natasza Urbańska and "Noc kupaly" performed by Zywiolak were announced as wildcards invited by TVP to compete in the national final, however Zywiolak was later disqualified.[5]

Final

The televised final took place on 23 February 2008. Twelve entries competed and the winner, "For Life" performed by Isis Gee, was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a professional jury of four members - Maryla Rodowicz (singer), Janusz Kosiński (journalist), Paweł Sztompke (Polish Radio) and Adrian Stanisławski (OGAE Poland) and a public SMS vote.[6]

Final - 23 February 2008
Draw Artist Song Composer(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" Thomas G:son, Andreas Rickstrand 2 10 12 3
8 Afromental "Thing We've Got" Wojciech Lozowski, Bartosz Śniadecki 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" 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.[7] 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.[8] 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[9]
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. "Piosenka dla Europy 2008". OGAE Polska (in Polish). www.eurowizja.org. 2007-11-30. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  2. "Przyjmowanie utworów do Piosenki dla Europy 2008 zakończone". OGAE Polska (in Polish). www.eurowizja.org. 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. Floras, Stella (30 January 2008). "Polish finalists' video clips online". Esctoday.
  4. Floras, Stella (11 January 2008). "Poland: Piosenka dla Europy songs online". Esctoday.
  5. Jurczak, Pawel (15 February 2008). "Poland: National final song disqualified!". Esctoday.
  6. "POLISH NATIONAL FINAL 2008".
  7. Viniker, Barry (2007-09-28). "Eurovision: 2 semi finals confirmed!". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  8. Viniker, Barry (2007-09-28). "Eurovision: 2 semi finals confirmed!". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  9. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
  10. "EUROWIZJA.COM.PL - Konkurs Piosenki Eurowizji". Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  11. "Radek Brzózka przekaże głosy do Belgradu". Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-04-29.


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