Blanka wins Poland's Eurovision pre-selection with 'Solo'
26 February 2023 at 19:21 CET
Blanka wins 'Tu Bije Serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję!'
TVP
On Sunday 26 February, Poland got to select its entry to the 67th Eurovision Song Contest. The artist Blanka will have the honour of heading to Liverpool, with the song 'Solo'.
Sunday evening saw Polish broadcaster TVP host Tu Bije Serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję! - a 2-hour show of live music and entertainment, the mission of which was to find Poland its Eurovision Song Contest entry for 2023.
The show has a winner, and Poland has its song - Blanka will represent the country in Liverpool, with the catchy tune Solo.
Voting on the evening was done via both a public vote and an expert jury, with each of them contributing 50% of the scores. In the end, Blanca won, achieving the top combined score.
Half-Polish, half-Bulgarian, Blanka knew that she wanted to connect her life with music from when she was a teenager. She loves to perform plenty of complicated choreography on the stage, but she can also be found standing behind the decks, being a skilled DJ, too. The song Solo talks about a love which turned out to be something other than what it at first seemed.
Poland will perform in the Second Half of the Second Semi-Final at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.
You can listen to all 10 songs that competed in Sunday evening's Tu Bije Serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję!right here.
Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest
Poland joined the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994. Poland finished second in its debut year, which to date, remains the best placing for the country, with Edyta Górniak finishing in 2nd place.
The country reached the Top 10 for the 2nd time in 2003, with Ich Troje finishing in 7th place. Poland then failed to qualify from the Semi-Finals in 6 out of 7 years between 2005 and 2011, before withdrawing from the contest in 2012 and 2013 and returning in 2014.
The Eurovision Song Contest remains a popular event in Poland and, in 2016, the country won Eurovision Young Musicians. In 2017 Poland won Eurovision Young Dancers for the second time in a row. In 2018 and 2019, the country also won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
In 2022, Ochman earned Poland a 12-place finish at the Eurovision Song Contest with his song River.
The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden on Tuesday 7 May (First Semi-Final), Thursday 9 May (Second Semi-Final) and Saturday 11 May (Grand Final) 2024.
