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TAKAYA

**TAKAYA** is the stage name of **Valieryja Sadoŭskaja** (Belarusian: Валерыя Садоўская, Russian: Валерия Садовская - Valeriya Sadovskaya, Ukrainian: Валерія Садовська - Valeriya Sadovs'ka), who was born on 11 June 1996 in Navahrudak, Belarus , and is a Belarusian singer and songwriter.

She won won the sixth edition of the Belarusian national selection Naš Puĺs Bjecca for The Origin Song Contest and was chosen to represent Belarus in the eighth edition of The Origin Song Contest, in Brussels, Belgium with her song "Vbyla myloho".

## Life and career

### Early life

Valieryja was born in Navahrudak, in the Hrodna region of Belarus, and studied music in the form of vocals and piano from a young age.

### Early career: Talent shows in Belarus and abroad

From the age of sixteen, Valieryja participated in numerous talent shows, some televised and some not, in Belarus and abroad, the most notable being her achieving first place in "Академия талантов" (Academy of Talents) on ONT as a seventeen year old. (The age limit for the contest was 18 or above.)

### Holos Krainy (The Voice of Ukraine) and move to Ukraine

Valieryja participated in the fifth season of Holos Krainy (The Voice of Ukraine) in 2015 in the team of Oleksandr Ponomariov. She made it to the live shows. Around this time, she also moved to Kyiv, Ukraine, and split her time in Kyiv and Minsk, whilst still being signed to Belarusian music label MediaCube Music. During this time she also covered famous artists such as Okean Elzy and Stromae (releasing a Belarusian language version of "Tous les memes") for MediaCube's projects.

### VALERIE

In 2016-2017 Valieryja used the stage name VALERIE, and released her debut EP *Dvaodin.* In the year of 2018, she did not release anything, while working on new material and trying to figure out what kind of music she would like to make and how to present it. However, during this time she completed her degree in translation from English and Italian at the Minsk State Linguistic University.

#### TAKAYA

On 19 September 2019, Valieryja released "Vbyla myloho" under hew new stage name TAKAYA ("Такая" is Russian and Belarusian and means "such" or "so"). She currently collaborates with sound producer Nick Niker, who also works with famous Ukrainian names such as Potap and Mozgi Entertainment.

## Naš Puĺs Bjecca participations

Valieryja has competed three times in Naš Puĺs Bjecca, the Belarusian selection of The Origin Song Contest. Her first participation was in the fourth edition, under the name VALERIE, with the song "Tvoï sny", and finished in fourth place. She participated in the following edition under the same name, with "V Poloni" and finished fifth out of 24 entries, but her big break was winning the sixth edition as TAKAYA with "Vbyla myloho". While she is active in both Ukrainian and Russian, and has some prior work in Belarusian, of her Naš Puĺs Bjecca entries have been in the Ukrainian language.
The Origin Song Contest 09

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**The Origin Song Contest 09**, often referred to as TOSC 09, would have been the ninth and final edition of The Origin Song Contest. The contest would have been hosted in Minsk, Belarus, following their victory at the eighth edition with the song "Vbyla myloho" by TAKAYA. The edition would have been held by Belteleradio at the Dinamo Stadium and hosted by Alexander Tobolskiy. However, the contest was cancelled on 18th July 2020 for a number of reasons.

Thirty-seven countries would have participated in the edition. Germany would have returned after one edition of absence, while Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy and North Macedonia had already confirmed their withdrawal.

## Location

### Bidding phase

A public bidding phase was held, with interested cities invited by Belteleradio to submit an application to host the contest along with the venue that would be used if successful. Four cities submitted bids, including the capital city (and host city of the seventh edition) Minsk.

Minsk was chosen as the host city with the Dinamo Stadium serving as venue; the construction of a roof was financed by the Belarusian government.

 Barysaŭ | Barysaŭ Arena | 13,126
 Homiel | Central Stadium | 14,307
 Minsk | Dinamo Stadium | 22,246
 Minsk Arena | 15,086

## Confirmed participants

### Returning artists

Fuel Fandango, this edition with Dani de Morón, would have represented Spain for the second consecutive edition, having placed tenth in the previous edition with "Despertaré".

## Other countries

* Croatia: On 8th May 2020, it was announced that the Croatian Head of Delegation would step down from his position and that Croatia would not be present at the edition, citing the recent earthquake, the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the country's non-qualification in the previous edition as reasons for the withdrawal.

The following countries participated in the previous edition but failed to confirm their participation in time:

* Bulgaria
* North Macedonia

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Piosenka dla Finlandii

**Piosenka dla Finlandii** was the first edition of Piosenka dla, a Polish music contest held by TVP to select the country's entry to The Origin Song Contest 02.

Five acts competed, of which two qualified to the superfinal. In both rounds the results were decided by televoting. Lanberry was the winner of the superfinal with the song "Zagadka" and won the opportunity to represent Poland at The Origin Song Contest 02 in Espoo, Finland.

## Results

### Final

The final took place on 14th May 2017. Lanberry and Ewelina qualified to the superfinal, whilst Beata, Tamara Gee and Sarsa were eliminated.

### Superfinal

The superfinal took place on 28th May 2017. Lanberry and Ewelina Lisowska participated as the top two of the final round. The winner was Lanberry, who received 51.62% of the vote.

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The Origin Song Project

**The Origin Song Project** is a song competition organised by the Cypriot public broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC). It is exclusively used as the selection method of the Cyprus for The Origin Song Contest. Despite the fact the festival has been very popular in Europe, it has yet to bring success for Cyprus.

## Background

After four consecutive non-qualification, the Cyprus broadcaster CyBC decided to organise a national selection with the intention to improve the country's results in the contest and bring the country back to the finals.

## Format

The format of the competition is usually consistent, with slight adjustments depending on the interest in the show as well as on other factors.

## Winners

Here is a list of all winners of Song for the Origin and their results at The Origin Song Contest.
Uno su Dieci

On the 8th May 2020 the sammarinese broadcaster Rtv announced that for the **ninth edition** of **The Origin Song Contest** a national selection called **Uno su Dieci** will be held to select the nation's entry. Previous edition the small country held its first ever national selection, **Uno su Sei**. **Giungla** won the selection with her song "In My Head" and collected a total of 80 points with a margin of 20 points to the runner-up Luca Vasta.

## Format

The **ten artists** chosen by the head of delegation will present their songs. The selection consists of two seperate rounds. In the **1st Round** ten juries from different countries will give out their 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points. The top three songs will move on to the **2nd Round** of the competition. An **International Panel** consisting of three judges from countries that did not vote in the 1st Round will give their critiques on the three final songs. Lastly the decision is up to the sammarinese head of delegation which song will move on as the winner.

On the official TOSC San Marino youtube channel Rtv has uploaded a video explaining the process of the selection.
Piosenka dla 07

**Piosenka dla #07** (literally 'A Song for #07' was the sixth edition of Piosenka dla, the national selection to choose the Polish representative for the seventh edition of The Origin Song Contest. Folk band Lor were internally chosen by TVP as the Polish representative, having previously represented the country at the fifth edition of the contest held in Gdańsk-Sopot and placed third with the song "Windmill".

The winning song of the selection was "Matches", written by Julia Skiba and Paulina Sumera, which won both the jury and televote with a total of 119 points. The runner up was "Machinarium" with 101 points, while "Bonum" placed third with one less point. The last placing song was "Ribbon", which scored 82 points.

## Background

Poland confirmed for the seventh edition seventh edition on the 11th April 2019, announcing that an artist had been internally selected and would perform a number of songs at Piosenka dla. Rumours were spread online about the artist, including Piosenka dla Szwajcarii last place DZIARMA, and alternative act Coals, who later denied that she was the artist. On the 9th May, it was confirmed that the national final would be named *Piosenka dla #07* and that six songs would take part. Finally, on 26th May, Lor were revealed as the act for the contest, making their reuturn after participating in Gdańsk-Sopot with "Windmill".

## Results

The show took place on 3rd September 2019 at the TVP studio in Warsaw, hosted by Paulina Sykut-Jeżyna. OBU executive supervisor Jaana Pelkonen appeared as a special guest and helped to present the televoting results. Six songs competed in the show, all composed by Julia Skiba and Paulina Sumera, members of the band. A total of 335,736 votes were received in the televote and "Matches" was crowned the winner with 119 points.

## Voting

For the third consecutive edition, a seven-member international jury had a fifty percent say in the results alongside the televote. The international juries this edition were selected by TVP in order to allow both new and previous juries to have a say in the results, and awarded 12, 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 points to the six songs.

The selected juries were as follows:

* Azerbaijan - First time as a jury
* Belarus - Former jury in Piosenka dla Lor and Piosenka dla MANNEI
* Belgium - Former jury in Piosenka dla Lor
* Croatia - First time as a jury
* Czech Republic - Former jury in Piosenka dla MANNEI
* Latvia - Former jury in Piosenka dla Lor and Piosenka dla MANNEI
* Moldova - First time as a jury
Turkey

**Turkey** debuted in the fifth edition of The Origin Song Contest. The Turkish broadcaster, TRT, is in charge of the country's participation at the contest.

## Contestants and Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Contest cancelled*
Piosenka dla Lor

**Piosenka dla Lor** (literally 'A Song for Lor'; gramatically accurate version: **Piosenka dla Loru**) was the fourth edition of Piosenka dla, the national selection to choose the Polish representative for The Origin Song Contest, picking the entry for the fifth edition of the contest. Lor was internally chosen by TVP as the Polish representative, and "Windmill", their song for the contest, was chosen from three by televoting and international juries.

## Background

On the 1st June 2018, TVP announced that the folk band Lor had been internally chosen for the contest, with the news revealed alongside a promotional video to introduce the band. It was announced that three songs: "Keaton", "Aquarius" and "Windmill" would participate in the national final, with the winner representing Poland as hosts of the fifth edition of the contest.

## Results

The final of Piosenka dla Lor took place on the 7th July 2018 at the TVP Studio in Warsaw. The song "Windmill" placed first in both the international jury and the televote, and therefore won the selection with 151 points. "Keaton" placed second with eight points less, whilst "Aquarius" came third with 126 points.

## Voting

For the first time in the Piosenka dla national final, the results were decided with a 50/50 televote-international jury split. The international juries were selected by TVP following certain criteria to do with the contest.

The selected juries were as follows:

* Albania - Has awarded high average points to the eventual winner.
* Norway - Has regularly awarded points to Poland.
* Belgium - Has a 100% qualification record from hosting national finals
* Finland - Has received the most points from Poland across all editions.
* Monaco - Has deducted points from Poland when totaled together.
* Belarus - Has consistently improved their placing in the contest through the development of a national final.
* Latvia - Has achieved recent success at the contest.
Pre-Party for The Origin Song Contest 05

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Monaco held a pre-party for the fifth edition of The Origin Song Contest on August 23, 2018.

The event took place at "Salle du Canton" in Monaco and was presented by Izïa Higelin, who also tried to represent Monaco in the fifth edition, but was rejected by the song council of the OBU.

Each participating country in the fifth edition of The Origin Song Contest was allowed to submit up to two live performances of songs from their country, whether they were from their representatives, other acts from the national finals or just general known acts in their music industry.
Sounds Lithuanian! 3

**"Sounds Lithuanian! 3"** is the third edition of the Lithuanian National Selection for **The Origin Song Contest 08**.

## Format

At the end of 2019, *LRT* published a special form where Lithuanians all over the world were able to send their song to participate in the selection. Later on, at the beginning of 2020, *LRT* announced, that the selection will consist of 3 shows: semi-finals and a final. The first semi-final will include 3 artists only, however, all of them will perform 3 songs thus making 9 songs forming the semi-final. The second semi-final will consist of 9 musicians and all of them will sing their only song. There will be 3 qualifiers on each show, making 6 songs compete in the grand final.

## Semi-Final 1

The semi-final was opened by Gabrielle Marr and her song Kings of Nowhere which represented Lithuania in The Origin Song Contest 07. Evgenya Redko, Okata and Ruta Loop performed 3 songs each in this semi-final. 3 songs qualified to the Grand Final which was held in Palanga.

## Semi-Final 2

The semi-final was opened by Gabrielle Marr and her song Kings of Nowhere which represented Lithuania in The Origin Song Contest 07. 9 acts performed in this semi-final. 3 songs qualified to the Grand Final which was held in Palanga. This semi-final marked the debut of Samogitian and Russian languages in **Sounds Lithuanian! 3** sang respectively by Austieja and Fanera.

## Grand Final

The semi-final was opened by "Pabandom Iš Naujo" participants The Roop, KaYra and Monique. Monique has participated in The Origin Song Contest 04 together with Justinas Jarutis, coming 10th in the Grand Final which is the best Lithuanian result in the contest ever.
Windmill

"**Windmil**" is a song by Polish band Lor, written by Paulina Sumera and Julia Skiba. As the winner of the national selection Piosenka dla Lor, it was chosen to represent hosts Poland in The Origin Song Contest 05 in Gdańsk-Sopot, Poland. The song was released on 23rd September 2015 as a single, however a revamped version was released as part of the band's 2019 debut album *Lowlight*.

The song was pre-qualified to the grand final, where it placed third with 138 points: Poland's highest-scoring entry to date. The entry placed eighth in the negatives with -14 points, and won the positive voting with 152 points.

## Lyrics

Have you seen that man?

Broken pieces of his plan

Taken by the wind

To the place where you have been

Corner of the room

I think I saw your brother moon

He came out of the grey

He was sad, but that's okay

Windmill,

Are you still afraid of nothing?

(Is the wind still your friend?)

Are you still afraid of something?

(Is it you who command?)

Are you still afraid of wind?

Oh, Windmill,

You're a place where I can cry

(If I want, when I'm sad)

You're a place where I can lie

(When I'm tired, when I'm down)

You're a place where I can die

Up, below, so far

Nothing happens in the dark

Are you still afraid?

There is nothing you should say

I saw your brother moon

I hope that you will see him soon

He'll take you with the wind

To the place where you have been

Windmill,

Are you still afraid of nothing?

(Is the wind still your friend?)

Are you still afraid of something?

(Is it you who command?)

Are you still afraid of wind?

Oh, Windmill,

You're a place where I can cry

(If I want, when I'm sad)

You're a place where I can lie

(When I'm tired, when I'm down)

You're a place where I can die

Windmill,

Are you still afraid of nothing?

(Is the wind still your friend?)

Are you still afraid of something?

(Is it you who command?)

Are you still afraid of wind?

Oh, Windmill,

You're a place where I can cry

(If I want, when I'm sad)

You're a place where I can lie

(When I'm tired, when I'm down)

You're a place where I can die

Running 'round the hall

Holding breath and holding soul

Blinded by the moon

Waiting for another noon

Hiding pride so fast

Like it happened in the past

Wind is blowing still

On the hill you have been

Windmill,

Are you still afraid of nothing?

Are you still afraid of something?

Are you still afraid of wind?

Oh, Windmill,

You're a place where I can cry

You're a place where I can lie

You're a place where I can die
Song for the Origin 04

**Song for the Origin 04** was the fourth edition of the show Song for the Origin, the Czech selection method for The Origin Song Contest. It was used to choose the Czech representatives for the ninth edition of the contest. The show took place on 27th June 2020 and consisted of a single final with 11 entries.

The selection was won by Klára Vytisková with her song "Burn". She represented the Czech Republic at The Origin Song Contest 09 in TBA, Belarus.

## Background

On 8th May, the Czech confirmed their participation at The Origin Song Contest 08. The very same day, it was also announced that the show Song for the Origin will return as the selection method of the Czech entry for the upcoming edition of TOSC for the fourth edition in a row. There were rumours there would be changes in the format, such as internally selecting an artist and holding a national selection to choose a song; however, those were proven to be untrue.

## Format

Song for the Origin 04 was the fourth edition of the contest. It was a single-night event and was held in the country's capital, Prague. Eleven songs participated in the final, with the international juries and the national televote voting for their favourite. The entry that obtained the highest score from both the jury and the public was declared the winner and was given the rights to represent the Czech Republic at The Origin Song Contest 09.

### Presenters

The show was presented by Czech singer and TOSC 02 representative Elis Mraz.

## Competing entries

The 11 chosen entries were revealed on 25th May 2020.

### Selected entries

Never Sol returned to the competition after placing 10th in Song for the Origin 03. Other notable participants were Barbora Mochowa and PALMA, both of whom were rumoured by Czech media to have been chosen internally.

     *Winner*

## Final

The final was held on TBA in the O2 Arena in Prague.

### International jury vote

The international juries were chosen by the broadcaster on a number of different criteria. The selected juries were as follows:

* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Finland
* Germany
* Ireland
* Latvia
* Poland
* Slovenia

## Incidents

*TBA*

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Origine Monégasque...Écoute-Nous! 09

Téle Monté-Carlo, also known as TMC, is Monaco's broadcaster responsible for the Monégasque participation in The Origin Song Contest.

The event took place at "Salle du Canton" in Monaco and was presented by Izïa Higelin.

## Voting procedure

In the ninth edition, every country awarded each participant a number of points between 1 and 100 as televote, just like in the previous editions. Additionally, each voting country submits a jury vote, awarding 10, 8, and 6 to 1 point to the songs, of which they think, that they have the highest chances of getting a good result in TOSC. Furthermore, from the seventh edition on, the total televote points of each country were added together and then distributed in percentages to the individual participant. This ensures, that the votes are equally weighted.
Sounds Lithuanian! 1

**"Sounds Lithuanian! 1"** was the first edition of the Lithuanian National Selection for **The Origin Song Contest 06**.

## Format

At the end of December 2018, **LRT** published a form, where Lithuanians all over the World were able to submit their participation at **The Origin Song Contest 06**. LRT also stated, that 2-3 participants would take part in the selection. However, on **January 7** LRT revealed that 4 artists will take part in the selection.

## Final

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Balder

Balder is the main antagonist of the first Bayonetta game; he is also the father of Bayonetta.He is the bearer of the Right Eye, that oversees the light.

List of appearances by order of first release date.

* Games
	+ Bayonetta (Game) - 29 October 2009
	+ Bayonetta 2 - 24 October 2014

* Anime Film
	+ Bayonetta: Bloody Fate - 23 November 2013

## Gallery

Balder in the first Bayonetta game.Balder in Bayonetta: Bloody FateBalder in Bayonetta 2.
The Origin Song Contest Wiki/Poll archive

The is an archive of polls featured on the Homepage since April 2017. The dates listed are when the polls were created and closed.

## 2017

### **TOSC 01: Do you like the winner?**

Dates: 17 April 2017 – 6 August 2017

* Yes: 11 votes (61.11%)
* No: 7 votes (38.88%)

### **TOSC 02: Do you like the theme art?**

Dates: 13 May 2017 – 16 September 2017

* Yes: 19 votes (90.48%)
* No: 2 votes (9.52%)

### **TOSC 02: Do you like the winner?**

Dates: 6 August 2017 - 16 December 2017

* Yes: 14 votes (77.78%)
* No: 4 votes(22.22%)

### **TOSC 03: Do you like the theme art?**

Dates: 3 September 2017 – 23 December 2017

* Yes: 11 votes (91.67%)
* No: 1 vote (8.33%)

### **TOSC 03: Do you like the winner?**

Dates: 16 December 2017 – 21 September 2018

* Yes: 19 votes (73.08%)
* No: 7 votes (26.92%)

### **TOSC 04: Do you like the theme art?**

Dates: 23 December 2017 – 21 September 2018

* Yes: 22 votes (78.57%)
* No: 6 (21.43%)

## 2018

### **TOSC 04: Do you like the winner?**

Dates: 21 September 2018 – 27 January 2019

* Yes: 4 votes (30.77%)
* No: 9 votes (69.23%)

### **TOSC 05: Do you like the theme art?**

Dates: 21 September 2018 – 27 January 2019

* Yes: 11 votes (78.57%)
* No: 3 votes (21.43%)

## 2019

### **TOSC 05: Do you like the winner?**

Dates: 27 January 2019 – 5 August 2019

* Yes: 7 votes (58.33%)
* No: 5 votes (41.67%)

### **TOSC 06: Do you like the theme art?**

Dates: 27 January 2019 – 5 August 2019

* Yes: 20 votes (90.91%)
* No: 2 votes (9.09%)

### **TOSC 06: Do you like the winner?**

Dates: 5 August 2019 – 7 May 2020

* Yes: 26 votes (89.66%)
* No: 3 votes (10.34%)

### **TOSC 07: Do you like the theme art?**

Dates: 29 September 2019 – 7 May 2020

* Yes: 19 votes (86.36%)
* No: 3 votes (13.64%)

## 2020

### **TOSC 07: Do you like the winner?**

Dates: 7 May 2020 – TBA

* Yes: TBA
* No: TBA

### **TOSC 08: Do you like the theme art?**

Dates: 7 May 2020 – TBA

* Yes: TBA
* No: TBA
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 02

**Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 02** is the second edition of the Finnish music contest Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu , which selects Finland's entry for The Origin Song Contest. The competition is organised by Yleisradio Oy (YLE) and will take place in April 2017.

The venue for the festival is the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland

## Competing Entries

The six competing artists along with their songs were revealed to the public on the 4th of April 2017. The songs were previewed altogether.

 Jenni Vartiainen
 Laura Närhi
 Olivera
 SAARA

### Returning artists

SAARA participated in the first edition of UMK with the song "California", placing fourth with 935 points.
Supernova

**Supernova** is a music competition organised by the Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV)in order to determinate the country's representative for the The Origin Song Contest.

The festival has already made three top 6 finishes for Latvia, therefore automatically qualifying them to the grand final in the next edition of TOSC, and also three top 10 finishes at the contest.

## Selection of contestants

### Languages

Since there are no restrictions regarding the language of the entries, the songs can be performed in any language. As of the ninth edition eight languages have appeared on the Supernova stage, with English being the most popular one with 116 appearances.

 65
 4
 2
 1
 Spanish

## Hosting

Usually the semi-finals and second chance round is hosted in Ventspils and Liepāja, while the final has always been hosted in Riga.

## Rounds

One edition of Supernova lasts about two months and lately has consisted of six shows: four semifinals, in which seven songs compete; a Second Chance round featuring songs which narrowly missed out on qualification from the semifinals; and a grand final. Twelve songs comprise the final: two automatic qualifiers from each of the semifinals, and the four most popular songs in the Second Chance round.

### Semi-finals and Second Chance

Under the current system, four semifinals are hosted once in a week and seven songs compete in each show.

Unlike in the final, no juries are used; televoting decides the results. The songs are performed with voting lines open for about one and a half day for the first round of voting; the 5 songs receiving the most votes in the first round qualify to the second round. These remaining top 5 battle again for two places in the final and Second Chance round - the 1st and 2nd placed songs qualify to the final, and the 3rd and 4th placed songs progress to Second Chance.

The Second Chance round is the fifth heat in which the last four places in the final are decided. The third- and fourth-placed songs from each semifinal (eight songs in total) compete in the event.
The eight songs become divided into four duels, from which each winner qualifies to the final.

### Final

Twelve songs participate: two from each semifinal, four from the Second Chance round.
A running order is decided by the competition's supervisors to ensure that similar songs and artists are kept apart in the final.

The winner will represent Latvia in the The Origin Song Contest.

## Winners

All Latvia The Origin Song Contests representatives have come from Supernova to date, except Marta Grigale in the 1st edition of TOSC as the internal selection had been used. Latvia has achieved only top 10 finishes since the introduction of Supernova including three top 6 finishes, therefore automatically qualifying to the Grand Final next edition.

***(t)** - Only televoting was used to determine the winner in the final.*
Piosenka dla MANNEI

**Piosenka dla MANNEI**(literally 'A Song for MANNEI') was the fifth edition of Piosenka dla, the national selection to choose the Polish representative for The Origin Song Contest, picking the entry for the sixth edition of the contest. MANNEI was internally chosen by TVP as the Polish representative with "Savage" chosen as her entry by televoting and international juries.

## Background

On 4th January 2019, TVP announced that singer MANNEI had been chosen internally to represent Poland, much like Lor in the previous edition. Three songs: "Juice", "Łapię tlen" and "Savage" would participate in the national final, with the winner representing Poland at the sixth edition of the contest., held in Sweden.

## Results

The show took place on 30th January 2019 at the TVP studio in Warsaw, hosted by Paulina Sykut-Jeżyna. Although the winning song in the international jury vote was "Łapię tlen", it placed last in the televote with 27.47% of the vote. The televote winner, "Juice", placed with the juries. meaning that "Savage" - the runner-up in both votes - was declared winner with 146 points, seven points ahead of runner-up "Juice" and ten ahead of third placing "Łapię tlen".

## Voting

Following the success and high ratings of Piosenka dla Lor, for the second time in the national final, the results were decided with a 50/50 televote-international jury split. The international juries were selected by TVP following certain criteria to do with the contest.

The selected juries were as follows:

* ~~Andorra - Has not given Poland any points since The Origin Song Contest 02.~~
* Belarus - Has awarded the highest average points to Poland per show.
* Czech Republic - Has returned to the contest and maintained their 100% qualification record.
* Faroe Islands - One of the most consistent countries in the contest but doesn't normally award Poland points.
* Greece - Achieved their best placing by far after introducing a new delegation.
* Latvia - Has consistently placed high since the launch of Supernova, the Latvian national selection.
* Romania - Backup jury, replaced Andorra
* Spain - Has recently awarded high points to the eventual winner.
Pre-Party for The Origin Song Contest 08

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Monaco will hold a pre-party for the eighth edition of The Origin Song Contest in March 2020.

The event will take place at "Salle du Canton" in Monaco, just as the last pre-party and the Monégasque national finals, and was presented by Izïa Higelin once again.

Each participating country in the eighth edition of The Origin Song Contest is allowed to submit up to two live performances of songs from their country, whether they were from their representatives, other acts from the national finals or just general known acts in their music industry.
Previews and Betting Odds

The **previews** and the **betting odds** were introduced during the first edition of The Origin Song Contest.

## Previews

The previews were first introduced in the first edition and each showed several of the songs participating in the edition. The countries are allocated to their preview based on when they revealed their entry.

Most of the broadcasters open a poll and let people vote for their favourites from each preview. The rankings of the countries in the previews by each broadcaster are used for the betting odds with the average place of each country representing their chances to win the contest.

## Betting Odds

The betting odds were also first introduced in the first edition. The rankings of each broadcaster in the previews were combined and the average score of each country represented their odds to win the contest. Since their introduction in the first edition, the betting odds have predicted three winners right: Finland in the first edition, Switzerland in the second edition and Belarus in the sixth edition. Most of the betting odds' top 10–15 had similar results in the contest.

However, there were several occasions where the favourites of the betting odds did not manage to do well. To date, "Faded", Slovakia's entry in the seventh edition is the most under-performing song, non-qualifying and placing 36th out of 43 despite being eleventh in the odds. On the other hand, "Morana", the Czech entry in the same edition, finished seventh, twenty-three places higher than expected (although as the Czech Republic were pre-qualified, they could not finish thirtieth as the odds dictated).

The entry with the best odds was the Finnish entry in the first edition, "Elefantin Paino" by Ellinoora. The entry with the worst odds to date is Slovenia's song from the sixth edition, "Parfum" by I.V.Y.. Until this edition, the record-holder was the Portuguese entry in the first edition, "Meu Amor de Longe" performed by Raquel Tavares, which is to this day eternalised in the contest's generic intro.

## Winners' positions

This table shows the odds and ranks the eventual winners of the contest had at the time.
Poland in The Origin Song Contest 08

Poland participated for the eighth consecutive time in the eighth edition of The Origin Song Contest, held in Brussels, Belgium. TVP, the Polish broadcaster, internally selected DZIARMA to represent the country, while her entry "Demony" was chosen through the national final Piosenka dla #08. The entry was pre-qualified to the final, where it placed 16th with 39 points, receiving 12 points from Luxembourg.

## Before TOSC

Poland's participation at the edition was confirmed on the 26th December 2019, however it was not until the 19th January that the selection format was confirmed, with the internal selection of a female artist alluded to by TVP promotional material. On 1st February, this artist was confirmed, in spite of rumours of acts such as sanah, to be singer and rapper DZIARMA. TVP confirmed that DZIARMA would perform six of her tracks, including the five songs from her recently released debut EP *V*, in Piosenka dla #08, with the winner representing the country in Belgium.

### **Piosenka dla #08**

Piosenka dla #08 (literally 'A Song for #08') was held on 21st March at the TVP studio in Warsaw, choosing DZIARMA's entry for the contest. The show was hosted by Anna Popek, and DZIARMA performed six songs. Both the international jury and televote voted in favour of "Demony", written by DZIARMA and 帰国者, giving the song a landslide victory and making it the Polish entry for the contest.

## At TOSC

The allocation draw for the two semi-finals took place on the 1st April 2020, and Poland, as one of the "big 6" countries due to Lor's fourth place in the previous edition with "Matches", was allocated to vote in the second semi-final, along with Belarus and hosts Belgium. It was later confirmed, alongside the publication of the semi-final running order, that Poland would be performing in the first half of the grand final.

DZIARMA was also scheduled to perform at the official pre-party held in Monaco, with edition seven representatives Lor. However, the event was cancelled in response to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.

Following the two semi-finals, the running order for the grand final was revealed on 27th April; Poland had been chosen to open the grand final, before the entry from Finland which was given second position. At the close of the voting, "Demony" finished sixteenth with 39 points - fourteenth place in the positives with 71 points (including 12 points from Luxembourg), and twenty-second in the negatives with -32 points.

## Voting

### **Points awarded to Poland**

Points Awarded to Poland (Final)
 * Luxembourg
* Ukraine
 5 points
* Norway
* Czech Republic
* France
* Ireland
 -5 points
 * Estonia
* Slovakia
* Sweden
* United Kingdom
* Spain

### **Points awarded by Poland**

#### **Split voting results**

The following five members comprised the Azerbaijani jury:

* Patryk Kumór - songwriter
* Sara Boruc-Mannei (aka MANNEI) - singer, model, represented Poland in The Origin Song Contest 06
* Magdalena Mielcarz (aka LVMA BLACK) - actress, model, singer
* Zuzanna Jurczak (aka sanah) - singer-songwriter
* Paulina Czapla - singer
Origine Monégasque...Écoute-Nous! 07

Téle Monté-Carlo, also known as TMC, is Monaco's broadcaster responsible for the Monégasque participation in The Origin Song Contest.

The event took place at "Salle du Canton" in Monaco and was presented by Izïa Higelin.

## Voting

In the seventh edition, every juror country awarded each participant a number of points between 1 and 100. Furthermore, from the seventh edition on, the total points of each jury are added together and then distributed in percentages to the individual participant. This ensures, that the votes from every jury are equally weighted.

## Participants

Together with Pomme, Arcadian are now the artists, who participated the most times in Monaco's national selection.

Ødyssey and Breana Marin won the national final, however, Pi Ja Ma was chosen to represent Monaco at the seventh edition of TOSC in Belarus. TMC thought that "Vertigo" would be a more original choice for Monaco.

Monégasque artist Josh Stanley was first for a long time during the voting, but he only managed to become fourth in the end.

The voting system was changed a little for the seventh edition. The total points of each jury were added up and then distributed in percentages (multiplied by 10000) to the individual participant. This ensured, that the votes from every jury are equally weighted.
Sounds Lithuanian! 2

**"Sounds Lithuanian! 2"** was the second edition of the Lithuanian National Selection for **The Origin Song Contest 07**.

## Format

Although the application process began in March, **LRT** decided to cancel the national selection due to the conflicts in the delegation. All the participants from the semi-final 1 weren't able to re-submit their songs for the next edition of the contest. Instead, Gabrielle Marr was chosen to represent the country with her song "Kings of Nowhere".

## Semi-Final 1

A total of seven songs competed in the first semi-final. However, after a controversal departure of the Head of Delegation the national selection was canceled, leaving all the songs used in this semi-final being not available to compete in the future selections. The acts that qualified to the grand final received a special prize for competing in the national selection.
Piosenka dla Niemiec

**Piosenka dla Niemiec** (literally "A Song for Germany") was the third edition of Piosenka dla, a TVP-organised music festival, to select the Polish entry for The Origin Song Contest 04.
Six acts competed, with two qualifying to the superfinal. In both rounds the results were decided by televoting. The winner was Honorata Skarbek with the song "Na koniec świata", which represented Poland at the The Origin Song Contest 04 in Cologne, Germany.

## Participants

### Returning artists

Sarsa returned to the selection after placing fourth in Piosenka dla Finlandii, this time with the song "Motyle i ćmy". She placed fourth again.

## Results

### Final

The final took place on 20th December 2017. Honorata and Dominika qualified to the final, whilst Alicja, Sarsa and Daria were eliminated.

### Superfinal

The superfinal took place on 30 December 2017. Honorate and Dominika participated as the top two of the final round. Honorata Skarbek was the winner by a margin of 31 votes and represented Poland in The Origin Song Contest 04 with the song "Na koniec świata".

 05
Switzerland

**Switzerland** debuted in the first edition of The Origin Song Contest. The Swiss broadcaster, SRF, is in charge of the country's participation at the contest.

## Contestants and Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Contest cancelled*
United Kingdom

The **United Kingdom** debuted in the first edition of The Origin Song Contest. The British broadcaster, BBC, is in charge of the country's participation at the contest.

## Contestants and Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Contest cancelled*
Slovakia

**Slovakia** debuted in the first edition of The Origin Song Contest. The Slovak broadcaster, RTVS, is in charge of the country's participation at the contest.

## Contestants and Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Contest cancelled*
Poland in The Origin Song Contest 07

Poland participated in the seventh edition of The Origin Song Contest, held in Minsk, Belarus. TVP, the Polish broadcaster, internally selected folk band Lor to represent the country, while their song "Matches" was chosen through the national final Piosenka dla #07. Lor previously represented Poland in the fifth edition of the contest, held in Gdańsk-Sopot, where they placed third with the song "Windmill".

"Matches" won the first semi-final with 135 points and placed fourth in the final with 150 points, receiving 12 points in the final from Iceland and Ukraine and earning the country its third top six placement and fourth pre-qualification to the final in the eighth edition.

## Before TOSC

Poland's participation at the seventh edition was confirmed on the 11th April 2019. It was announced that, for the third consecutive edition, an artist would be internally chosen with their song chosen via the Piosenka dla national selection. It was also stated that an increased number of songs may participate at the selection; it was later confirmed on the 9th May that six songs would take part in Piosenka dla #07.

In spite of rumours about alternative duo Coals and rapper DZIARMA being chosen to represent the country, these proved false when it was announced on 28th May that folk band Lor would represent Poland for the second time, performing six of the songs released on their debut album *Lowlight*.

### **Piosenka dla #07**

*Main article: Piosenka dla #07*
**Piosenka dla #07** ('A song for #07') took place on 3rd September 2019 at the TVP studio in Warsaw, hosted by Paulina Sykut-Jeżyna with Jaana Pelkonen appearing as a special guest to help deliver the televote results. The show featured performances of six songs from the *Lowlight* album, which were all written by Julia Skiba and Paulina Sumera. After winning both the international jury and the televote, "Matches" was selected as the Polish entry with 119 points.

## Voting

### **Points awarded to Poland**

Points Awarded to Poland (Semi-final 1)
 * Belarus
* Iceland
* Moldova
* Faroe Islands
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* North Macedonia
 5 points
 * Sweden
 -3 points

Points Awarded to Poland (Final)
 * Iceland
* Ukraine
* Cyprus
* Ireland
* Netherlands
* Germany
* Latvia
 5 points
 * Andorra
* Bulgaria
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
* Georgia
* Greece
* Sweden
* Hungary
* North Macedonia
* Luxembourg
 -5 points
* Romania

### **Points awarded by Poland**

#### **Split voting results**

The following five members comprised the Polish jury.

* Arkadiusz Glensk (aka Fismoll) - chairperson - singer-songwriter, guitarist
* Diana Ciecierska - singer
* Roksana Pindor (aka Saszan) - singer-songwriter, blogger
* Jacek Sienkiewicz - singer-songwriter, producer, one half of Kwiat Jabłoni
* Beata Kozidrak - singer-songwriter, participated in Piosenka dla Finlandii
Zagadka

**"Zagadka"** (English: Mystery) is a song by Polish singer Lanberry, written by Lanberry with Piotr Siejka. The song won the Polish national final, Piosenka dla Finlandii, winning the right to represent Poland at the second edition of The Origin Song Contest in Espoo, Finland. The song was released as a single as well as part of Lanberry's 2017 re-release album *Lanberry - Edycja Specjalna*.

The song placed fifth in its semi-final with 82 points, qualifying to the grand final, where it finished in 12th place with 52 points: ninth in the positive vote with 94 points, but last in the negatives with -42 points. As a special bilingual version was performed at the contest, "Zagadka" was the first song to be performed in multiple languages.

## Lyrics (Official TOSC Version)

Jestem zagadką

Uczuć pułapką

Lepiej omijaj mnie

Wciąż oceniana

Niezrozumiana

Ukryta gdzieś we mgle

Rzucam ci wyzwanie

Jeszcze dziś

Czy umiesz złączyć wątki

Za mną iść

Jestem zagadką

Twoją zagadką

Rzucam ci wyzwanie

Jeszcze dziś

Czy umiesz złączyć wątki

Za mną iść

Bo jestem zagadką

Twoją zagadką

Jestem zagadką dnia

To całkiem nowa ja

Biegnę prosto przed siebie

Z tobą albo bez ciebie

To całkiem nowa ja

Life’s getting’ bigger

Just pull the trigger

Shoot me with all your words

I think I had enough of playing it safe

This time I’m gonna do whatever it takes

So how do you like me?

How do you like me?

How do you like me now?

How do you like me now?

Tell me, how do you see me?

I just wish you could see me

How do you like me now?

Znowu tworzę siebie na nowo

Potrafię być sobą

Uciekam

Znowu tworzę siebie na nowo

Potrafię być sobą

Uciekam

Jestem zagadką dnia

To całkiem nowa ja

Biegnę prosto przed siebie

Z tobą albo bez ciebie

To całkiem nowa ja

Jestem zagadką dnia

To całkiem nowa ja

Tell me, how do you see me?

I just wish you could see me

How do you like me now?
Sounds Lithuanian!

**Sounds Lithuanian!** is a music competition organized by the Lithuanian broadcaster Lietuvos Televizija (LRT) in order to determine the country's representative for The Origin Song Contest.

## Winners

Starting from the sixth edition, Lithuania has always chosen their song using the national selection. (With the exception in the second edition of "Sounds Lithuanian!").
Fairy Queen

The Fairy Queen is the Fairy that rules over all of the Fairies and Great Fairies in The Legend of Zelda series. They are known to be much more powerful than the Great Fairies, and as such, they can empower Link with abilities that no Great Fairy can bestow upon the young hero.

List of appearances by order of first release date.

* Games
	+ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - 21 November 1991
	+ The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX - 28 October 1998
	+ The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages - 27 February 2001
	+ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords - 2 December 2002
	+ The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - 13 December 2002
	+ The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures - 18 March 2004
	+ The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD - 4 October 2013
	+ Hyrule Warriors - 14 August 2014 (As Costume)
	+ Hyrule Warriors Legends - 21 January 2016 (As Costume)

## Gallery

Fairy Queen in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four SwordsFairy Queen in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DXFairy Queen in The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of AgesFairy Queen in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind WakerFairy Queen in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords AdventuresFairy Queen in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HDMaster Quest Map Costumes in Hyrule Warriors and Hyrule Warriors Legends - Fi wearing costume based on Fairy Queen
Supernova 4

**"Supernova 4"** is the third edition of the Latvian music festival, Supernova, to selected Latvia's entry to The Origin Song Contest.

The format of the competition will consist of three shows : two semi-final rounds and one final. An initial 16 entries will be selected for the competition through one method : an open call for song submissions. The show will be hosted by Eva Johansone.

The winning song will compete for Latvia at the The Origin Song Contest to be held in Germany.

## Format

Supernova 4, organised by Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), will be 3rd edition of the contest in which the competition will take place in the capital of Latvia - Riga in the Arēna Rīga. 16 entries will compete in the semi-finals, with eight entries taking part in each show. The top three entries from each semi-final advance directly to the final.

### Entry selection

Entries for the competition will be selected through two methods:

* 13 entries will be chosen by a selection panel from submissions received by LTV through an open call for songs.
* 3 entries will be chosen by a selection panel from submissions received by Latvijas Radio 5 through an open call for songs.

LTV opened two submission contests that accepted entries between 1 and 10 December 2017 for interested artists and songwriters to submit their proposals for the competition. Entries submitted for the competition were required to be released after 2013 and with singer/band that holds Latvian citizenship. The choice of language was free.

Following the conclusion of the submission periods, LTV received 53 entries while Latvijas Radio 5 received 38 entries. LTV and Latvijas Radio 5 will create a shortlist of entries from the received submissions and will form a selection panel that will be tasked to select 16 entries for the competition.

### Presenters

At a press conference on 12 December 2017, Eva Johansone was announced as the host for Supernova 4.

## Competing entries

Information regarding the selected artists were publicised by LTV on 14 December 2017.