Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007


Poland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Time to Party" written by Kamil Varen, David Junior Serame, and Mateusz Krezan, and performed by the duo The Jet Set. The Polish participating broadcaster, Telewizja Polska, organised the national final Piosenka dla Europy 2007 in order to select its entry for the contest. The national final took place on 3 February 2007 and featured ten entries. "Time to Party" performed by The Jet Set was selected as the winner after gaining the most public votes.
Poland competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2007. Performing in position 14, "Time to Party" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Poland placed fourteenth out of the 28 participating countries in the semi-final with 75 points.

Background

Prior to the 2007 contest, Telewizja Polska had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Poland eleven times since its first entry in. Its highest placement in the contest, to this point, has been second place, achieved with its debut entry with the song "To nie ja!" performed by Edyta Górniak. It has only, thus far, reached the top ten on one other occasion, when "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic" performed by Ich Troje finished seventh. In, Poland failed to qualify from the semi-final round, once again failing to qualify to the final in with their entry "Follow My Heart" performed by Ich Troje.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, TVP organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed its participation in the 2007 contest on 13 September 2006. In 2006, TVP organised a televised national final that featured a competition among several artists and songs in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, a selection procedure that continued for its 2007 entry.

Before Eurovision

Piosenka dla Europy 2007 was the national final organised by TVP in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The show took place on 3 February 2007 at the Studio 5 of TVP in Warsaw, hosted by Artur Orzech and Paulina Chylewska. Public televoting exclusively selected the winner. The show was broadcast on TVP1 and TVP Polonia as well as streamed online at the broadcaster's website tvp.pl. The national final was watched by 3 million viewers in Poland with a market share of 23%.

Competing entries

TVP opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries between 13 September 2007 and 15 November 2007. The broadcaster received 90 submissions at the closing of the deadline. A three-member selection committee selected ten entries from the received submissions to compete in the national final. The selection committee consisted of Gina Komasa, Piotr Klatt and Zygmunt Kulka. The selected entries were announced on 23 November 2006.

Final

The televised final took place on 3 February 2007. Ten entries competed and the winner, "Time to Party" performed by the Jet Set, was determined entirely by a public vote. Only the winner was announced, but the top 3 are known. A four-member expert panel also provided feedback regarding the songs during the show. The experts consisted of Jacek Cygan, Grzegorz Skawiński, Agustin Egurrola and Maciej Zień. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the band Wilki performed as the interval act.
DrawArtistSongSongwriterPlace
1Anna Szarmach"Open Your Mind"Marek Boretti, Grzegorz Jabłoński
2Charizma"Emily"Charizma
3Button Hackers"On My Mind"Sylwia Skoczylas, Paweł Steczek
4Vino"Come in My Heart"Maciek Winogrodzki, Maciej Gładysz, Michał Burzymowski, Krzysztof Poliński
5Mollęda"No Second Chance"Michał Wojnarowski, Jakub Molęda, Maciej Molęda
6The Jet Set"Time to Party"Kamil Varen, David Junior Serame, Mateusz Krezan1
7Natasza Urbańska"I Like It Loud"Natasza Urbańska3
8Hania Stach"Regroup"Sola Akingbola, Janice Robinson2
9"Love in the Air"Claes Andreasson, Torbjörn Wassenius, Mikael Erlandsson
10Bikini"Don't Judge Me"Ewa Broczek, Magdalena Dzwojda

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" and the ten highest placed finishers in the are required to qualify from the semi-final on 10 May 2007 in order to compete for the final on 12 May 2007; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final. On 12 March 2007, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order for the semi-final and Poland was set to perform in position 14, following the entry from and before the entry from.
The semi-final and the final were broadcast in Poland on TVP1 and TVP Polonia with commentary by Artur Orzech. TVP appointed Maciej Orłoś as its spokesperson to announce the Polish votes during the final.

Semi-final

The Jet Set took part in technical rehearsals on 5 and 7 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 9 and 10 May. The Polish performance featured the members of the Jet Set joined by four dancers on stage. Sasha Strunin performed in a red dress with black and red-laced boots, while David Junior Serame performed in a vest and striped trousers. The performance began with Strunin and the female dancers in a silver cage with built-in pyrotechnic firework effects, covered with a red cloth which was later removed to reveal the female performers. After escaping the cage to join the male performers, Strunin concluded the performance by ending up back in the cage. The stage was predominantly red with the LED screens displaying star-studded bling, red chains and golden wireframe cityscapes. The performance also featured smoke effects. The choreographers for the Polish performance were Agustin Egurrola and Maja Korzeniowska.
At the end of the show, Poland was not announced among the top 10 entries in the semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Poland placed fourteenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 75 points.

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Poland and awarded by Poland in the semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to in the semi-final and to in the final of the contest.

Points awarded to Poland

Points awarded by Poland

ScoreCountry
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point

ScoreCountry
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point