Poland: TVP Director sheds some light on Eurovision 2022 plans

Poland: TVP Director sheds some light on Eurovision 2022 plans
Sunday, 29 August 2021

  • The Director of TVP, Poland's national broadcaster, Jacek Kurski has shed some light on the country's plans regarding its participation  in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Italy. 

    Poland intend to take part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Italy according to the plans revealed by the Director of TVP talking to Jastrząb Post  revealed the broadcaster's plans for the next edition of the competition. 

    Aksed how the preselection process will look like he stated: 

    "We don't know yet, but we want to start these preparations earlier. The problem lately has been that very unsatisfactory proposals have just been sent. We never revealed them, because it is difficult to reveal things that you gave up. Why make a fuss about it."

    Shedding light on how the next entry will be selected he said: 

    "I'd like us to reveal the Eurovision candidate maybe late, but they were working on this hit much earlier. Because then it's very late to start the promotion and find the right song."

    Kurski

    Jacek Kurski - Jesienna ramówka TVP 2021

    Based on Kurski's statement a national selection seems more unlikely at the current time and probably TVP will be going internal in order to select the country's next Eurovision hopeful. In any case more details on the how the next Polish representative will be selected and the repsective entry will come to light over the following weeks. 

     

    Poland in Eurovision 

    Poland debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 with Edyta Gorniak‘s To nie ja, achieving the best result for the country uo to date. The country which has participated 21 times in the contest and counts mixed results . It has managed a top 10 placing only three times. Due to poor results and financial issues and was absent from the competition for three consecutive years until their return in 2014.

    In 2018 Gromee feat Lukas Meijer represented the countey with their song Light me up but unfortunately were left out of the grand final. In 2019 Tulia with “Fire of Love (Pali się)“ represented the country but failed to reach the grand final as they finished 11th in the first semi final .

    In 2020 Alicja Szemplińska was set to represent the nation in Rotterdam with her song Empires, following her win in the national final “Szansa na sukces 2020″ . However the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 outbreak and Alicja never had the chance to perform her entry on Rotterdam Ahoy's stage. 

    This year  Rafał Brzozowski was internally selected to represent Poland in Rotterdam with his song "The Ride". The Polish act despite his energetic performance on stage didn't make it to the Grand final show. 

     

    News Source: Eurovoix/ Jastrząb Post

    Images: Cover:   EBU / ANDRES PUTTING - Jacek Kurski : Jesienna ramówka TVP 2021