Poland in The Origin Song Contest 03

Poland took part in the third edition of The Origin Song Contest, which was hosted in Switzerland. The country was represented by Bovska with the song "Long Way", composed by Bovska (Magda Grabowska-Wacławek). The entry was selected through the national selection Piosenka dla Szwajcarii, organised by TVP, the Polish broadcaster.

## Before The Origin

TVP, the Polish broadcaster, announced on 8th August that the country would be present at the third edition of The Origin Song Contest. The broadcaster stated that following a reasonable result in the second edition, with the song "Zagadka" by Lanberry, there was no reason to withdraw. In addition to the confirmation of participation, it was also revealed that once again a national selection would take place to select the country's entry, titled Piosenka dla Szwajcarii.

### **Piosenka dla Szwajcarii**

*Main article: Piosenka dla Szwajcarii*
**Piosenka dla Szwajcarii**was the second edition of the Polish music competition Piosenka dla which selected the country's entry for The Origin Song Contest 03. Hosted by Anna Popek, who co-hosted the first edition of The Origin Song Contest, five songs competed in the selection, which consisted of a final and a superfinal. The final took place on 24th August 2017 and the superfinal on the 6th September. Both events were held at the TVP Studio in Warsaw.

#### **Superfinal**

The superfinal took place on 6th September 2017. Jula and Bovska participated as the top two of the final round. Despite placing second in the final with a significantly lower share of the votes than Jula, the winner of the superfinal was BOVSKA, scoring 12,450 votes and 50.05% of the vote.

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Each edition, a song that did not win the selection is chosen by the Polish OGAO club to represent them at the OGAO Second Chance Contest. Agata Dziarma Dziarmagowska, who placed fifth in the first round, was chosen to be the representative at the OGAO Second Chance Contest 03 with "Kawaii". She placed fourth with 69 points.

## At The Origin

   On 30th September 2017, the semi-final allocation draw for the edition took place at Bern City Hall, where the countries were allocated into halves of the two semi-finals. Poland was allocated into the first half of the second semi-final.

On 1st October, Bovska, last edition's representative Lanberry, and several members of the Polish delegation travelled to Minsk, Belarus to perform at the Minsk pre-party. Bovska performed her gold-certified song "Kaktus" whilst Lanberry performed her song from the second edition, "Zagadka", due to there not being a pre-party held last edition.

The betting odds for the edition placed Poland twenty-eighth of the thirty-seven participating countries with odds of 4.52, and thirteenth in the semi-final. This placed the nation between Greece and Cyprus in the betting odds and represented how likely Poland was to win outright.

On 7th October, the running order for the semi-finals was revealed, having been determined by the OBU like last edition. To avoid bias, the position of Poland is always drawn randomly, and this edition, just like last, Poland was drawn into the starting position of 05 in the second semi-final, this edition following Denmark and preceding Cyprus.

Following the completion of the lineup, the running order for the final was revealed, with Poland performing twenty-third, preceded by Belgium and followed by Albania. The country achieved eighteenth place with 49 points, placing sixteenth in the positive voting with 72 points, and seventeenth in the negative voting with -23 points. Following the final results, it was revealed Poland placed eighth in the semi-final with 51 points.

## **Voting**

### **Points awarded to Poland**

Points Awarded to Poland (Semi-final 2)
 * Cyprus
* Latvia
 5 points
 * Ireland
 -3 points
 * Monaco
* Netherlands

Points Awarded to Poland (Final)
 * Cyprus
* Latvia
* Sweden
 5 points
* Finland
* Hungary
* FYR Macedonia
 -5 points
 * Albania
* Denmark
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Monaco

### **Split Voting Results**

The following five members comprised the Polish jury:

* Natalia Przybysz - chairperson - singer
* Dominika Sojda - singer
* Marcin Piotrowski (aka Liber) - singer, rapper and songwriter
* Paweł Sztompke - radio presenter and music critic, Polskie Radio
* Natalia Szroeder - singer, songwriter

## See Also

* Poland
* The Origin Song Contest 03