Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, having selected their entry through the televised national final Krajowe Eliminacje, organised by Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP).[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country Poland
National selection
Selection processKrajowe Eliminacje 2011
Selection date(s)14 February 2011
Selected entrantMagdalena Tul
Selected song"Jestem"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (19th, 18 points)
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Krajowe Eliminacje 2011

Krajowe Eliminacje 2011 was the national final organised by TVP in order to select the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The show took place on 14 February 2011 at the TVP Headquarters in Warsaw, hosted by Odeta Moro-Figurska and Krzysztof Kasowski. Public SMS voting exclusively selected the winner.

Competing entries

TVP opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries between 3 November 2010 and 21 December 2010. Only Polish artists and songwriters were eligible to compete.[2] An eight-member selection committee selected five entries from the received submissions to compete in the national final. The selected entries were announced on 29 December 2010. The selection committee consisted of:[3]

  • Piotr Klatt (president) – Musician, songwriter, journalist and producer of music programmes at TVP, director of the Opole Festival
  • Maria Szabłowska – Music journalist of TVP and Polish Radio
  • Krzysztof Szewczyk – Music journalist of TVP and Polish Radio
  • Pawel Sztompke – Journalist and music critic, editorial director of music at Polish Radio
  • Marek Sierocki – Music journalist, artistic directors of the Opole Festival and Sopot Festival
  • Artur Orzech – Eurovision commentator, radio and television journalist and presenter
  • Mikołaj Dobrowolski – Television presenter, member of the division of Leisure, Culture and Entertainment Art at TVP
  • Tomasz Deszczyński – President of OGAE Poland

On 18 January 2011, "Control" performed by The Positive was disqualified from the national final as the song had been released before 1 September 2010. Between 18 January 2011 and 21 January 2011, Ada Fijał, Alizma, IKA, The Trash and ZoSia were announced as wildcards invited by TVP to compete in the national final.[4][5]

Final

The televised final took place on 14 February 2011. Ten entries competed and the winner, "Jestem" performed by Magdalena Tul, was determined entirely by a public SMS vote.

Final – 14 February 2011
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Magdalena Tul "Jestem" 59,984 1
2 SheMoans "Supergirl" 4,802 5
3 Ada Fijał "Hot Like Fire" 4,451 6
4 Alizma "Bow to the Bow" 17,212 3
5 IKA "Say" 2,374 10
6 Roan "Maybe" 2,968 8
7 Anna Gogola "Ktoś taki jak ty" 30,444 2
8 The Trash "Things Go Better With Rock" 6,013 4
9 ZoSia "Scream Out Louder" 3,939 7
10 Formuła RC "Ja i ty (gdy zgasna swiatla)" 2,549 9

At Eurovision

After initial reports that the song would be performed in English, under the title "First Class Ticket to Heaven", this was reverted to the original Polish version. Poland opened the first semi-final on 10 May, preceding Norway She came 19th scored a total of 18 points, thus failing to qualify for the final, this is the worst Polish result to date.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 1 Poland came 19th with 18 points: the public awarded Poland 17th place with 25 points and the jury awarded 18th place with 13 points.

Points awarded by Poland
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
  1. Busa, Alexandru (3 November 2010). "Poland confirms 2011 participation". EscToday.com. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  2. Escudero, Victor M. (5 November 2010). "Poland starts the quest". EBU. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  3. Hondal, Victor (25 December 2010). "Poland: Composition of the jury announced". EscToday.com. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  4. Hondal, Victor (18 January 2011). "Poland: Three wildcards in Eurovision selection announced". Esctoday.
  5. Hondal, Victor (21 January 2011). "Poland: Three more wildcards to compete". Esctoday.
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