Who wins will be decided by the jury chaired by Edyta Górniak, as well as the viewers.
Eurovision 2023. Polish preselections – we know the candidates
Ahlen with the song “Booty”
As you can read on her website, Ahlena was born and raised in Gdańsk and has always been interested in music, but only in 2020 did she start writing her own songs and producing music. He sings, writes lyrics and produces music, and describes his songs as a mix of pop, R&B and rap. At the time of writing (at 9:58 am), “Booty”, released in December, had 60 views on YouTube.
Blanka with the song “Solo”
This is a slightly more famous singer, “Solo” collected 9.1 thousand in four months. views. – _ It’s a love song that turned out to be a simple “dummy:”. It’s easy to lose your head for someone, but when it suddenly turns out that the other half is playing us, the optics changes 180 degrees. You have to be able to say enough. To understand that it is better for us … SOLO, because we will not disappoint ourselves – said the singer in the media on the occasion of the premiere of the song. She comes from Bulgaria, lived in the US and played in music clubs there, and last year she signed a contract with the Polish branch of a music label.
Dominik Dudek with the song “Be Good”
The winner of “The Voice of Poland” came forward with the song – as unofficially informs Eurowizja.org – experienced Eurovision artists. The composer duo Hotel Torino consists of Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek and Patryk Kumór, whose credits include, among others, hits for Viki Gabor (“Superhero” – victory at Junior Eurovision 2019), Alicja Szemplińska (“Empires” – Polish representative for the canceled Eurovision 2020) and Sara James (“Somebody” – second place at Junior Eurovision 2021).
Before he got to “The Voice of Poland”, Dudek was a construction worker, once also a vocalist of the band Redford. The official premiere of his Eurovision song is scheduled for February 16, but you can listen to his single from the TVP program.
Yan Majewski with the song “Champion”
She comes from Radom and is 17 years old. With “The Voice of Poland” he dropped out at the knockout stage, but still fights for popularity. He is preparing his debut album. He is both a composer and a songwriter.
Felivers with “My Sickness”
The boyband consists of Miłosz Fergiński, Wojciech Fortuna, Piotr Zborowski, Piotr Dąbrowski and Konrad Jażdżyk. Their second album is to include “My Sickness”, which they talked about in one of the interviews:
On this album, fans of a stronger sound will find something for themselves in the track ‘My Sickness’. We want to show ourselves to a wider audience, including older ones, but it doesn’t mean moving away from being ‘teen idols’.
Maja Hyży with the song “Never Hide”
Semi-finalist of the third edition of the “X Factor” program, where she competed with her then husband. In 2018, with the song “Błysk / Skin” she took seventh place in the pre-selections for the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest. In January 2020, she took part in the program “Chance for success. Eurovision 2020”, selecting the Polish representative in the 65th Eurovision Song Contest, also without success. Third time lucky?
Jann with the song “Gladiator”
The 24-year-old singer is the author of the lyrics and music for “Gladiator”. His real name is Jan Rozmanowski and he moved to Northern Ireland as a teenager with his family. He sang at the National Opera, studied at Flynn Performing Arts in Newry and studied vocal at the prestigious BIMM university in London (2018-2022). He has already performed on the stage with Ralph Kaminski.
Natasza Urbanska – “Lift up”
Singer, dancer, film, TV and theater-musical actress and TV presenter, privately married to Janusz Józefowicz. Since 1993, she has been associated with the Studio Buffo musical theater, where she performed in numerous performances and musical shows. She played in “1920. The Battle of Warsaw” and “365 Days”, she took part in many programs, such as “Dancing with the Stars”, “Bitwa na Głosy”. This is her third attempt – she has already participated in the national qualifying for the Eurovision Song Contest twice without success.
Alicja Szemplińska with the piece “New home”
She won the qualifiers in 2020, but had bad luck – the event was then canceled due to the pandemic. Many people thought that she should automatically go to Eurovision a year later, but the organizers were of a different opinion and sent Rafa³ Brzozowski. Maybe this time it will work?
Kuba Szmajkowski – “You do me”
The finalist of the first edition of “The Voice Kids”, later a member of the boyband 4Dreamers, prepared a solo proposal for Eurovision. The 20-year-old took fourth place last year in the final of the Polish qualifiers for the Eurovision Song Contest.
However, this is not the end, because TVP has the right to award one wild card, which can go to a person who is not submitted or eliminated.
By February 20, the artists must provide the organizers with the official audio version of the song they want to perform at the preselection. The winner, who will travel to Liverpool, will be announced on February 26 after 17:30.
Source: Gazeta
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