Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country	Poland
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selection date(s)	25 February 2014
Selected entrant	Donatan and Cleo
Selected song	"My Słowianie - We Are Slavic"
Selected songwriter(s)	Donatan Cleo
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (8th, 70 points)
Final result	14th, 62 points
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Their entry was selected internally by the Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP). Donatan and Cleo represented Poland with the self-written song "My Słowianie - We Are Slavic", which qualified from the second semi-final to compete in the final. Poland placed 14th in the final, scoring 62 points.

Return to the contest

On 5 December 2013, TVP confirmed that Poland would be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest for the 2014 edition after a two-year absence.^[1] Their return to the contest was motivated by a reduction in participation fees by the European Broadcasting Union.^[2] TVP withdrew from the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 stating that the broadcaster would be focusing on the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship (which Poland co-hosted with Ukraine) and the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[3] For the 2013 Contest, the TVP board of directors decided against returning to the contest with reasons such as the contest lacking focus on music and the presence of voting among neighbouring countries behind the decision.^[4]

Internal selection

TVP selected the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 through an internal selection.^[5] Donatan and Cleo were heavily rumoured to be selected by TVP in the months prior to the selection announcement and on 20 February 2014, Donatan and Cleo confirmed via their social media accounts that they attended a meeting with TVP regarding the 2014 contest.^[6] On 25 February 2014, it was announced that Donatan and Cleo would represent Poland with their song "My Słowianie" during the TVP programme Świat się kręci.^[7][8] The song "My Słowianie" had been released earlier in October 2013 and received media exposure for its music video which mocks Polish stereotypes.^[9]

At Eurovision

Cleo at the second semi-final dress rehearsal

During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall, Poland was drawn to compete in the first half of the second semi-final on 8 May 2014.^[10] In the second semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Poland would perform 5th, following Georgia and preceding Austria.^[11] Poland qualified from the second semi-final and competed in the final on 10 May 2014. During the winner's press conference for the second semi-final qualifiers, Poland was allocated to compete in the first half of the final.^[12] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Poland would perform 9th, following Montenegro and preceding Greece.^[13]

• In the semi-final the public placed Poland 3rd with 116 points, the jury gave Poland 34 points placing it 12th. Overall Poland placed 8th with 70 points.
• In the Final the public awarded Poland 162 points placing 5th, the jury gave Poland 23 points placing 23rd. Overall Poland placed 14th with 62 points.

At the contest, Donatan and Cleo performed their song in a Polish and English language mix under the title "My Słowianie - We Are Slavic". On stage, Cleo appeared without Donatan and was instead joined by three female backing vocalists who also performed choreography: Alesia Turonak, Sylwia Klan and Anna Łapińska, and an additional two female models: Ola Ciupa and Paula Tomala.^[14] The three backing vocalists were from the Mazowsze folk group. The performance featured the backing vocalists and models dressed in traditional Polish outfits with the two models suggestively^[15] churning butter and washing laundry on stage.^[16]

In Poland, both the semi-finals and final were broadcast live on TVP1 and TVP Polonia, as well as on delay one day later on TVP Rozrywka. All shows were commentated by Artur Orzech.^[17] The Polish spokesperson revealing the result of the Polish vote in the final was Paulina Chylewska.^[18]

Points awarded to Poland

Points Awarded to Poland (Semi-Final 2)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Germany	Belarus  Italy		Norway
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Slovenia	Israel  Lithuania  United Kingdom	Greece  Macedonia   Switzerland	Austria  Ireland	Malta

Points Awarded to Poland (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Germany	Italy	Belarus  Ukraine
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
France  Macedonia	Montenegro	Hungary  Iceland	Azerbaijan  Moldova  Norway  Sweden	Greece  Slovenia

Points awarded by Poland

Semi-final 2 Points awarded in second semi-final: 12 points   Switzerland 10 points  Austria 8 points  Finland 7 points  Belarus 6 points  Norway 5 points  Ireland 4 points  Malta 3 points  Slovenia 2 points  Lithuania 1 point  Greece

Final Points awarded in the final: 12 points  Netherlands 10 points   Switzerland 8 points  Germany 7 points  Norway 6 points  Denmark 5 points  Ukraine 4 points  Sweden 3 points  Finland 2 points  Spain 1 point  Armenia

Split voting results

The following five members comprise the Polish jury:^[19]

• Paweł Sztompke – Chairperson – radio journalist
• Dorota Szpetkowska – journalist
• Krzysztof Kasowski – singer
• Magdalena Tul – singer, represented Poland in the 2011 Contest
• Mietek Szcześniak – singer, represented Poland in the 1999 Contest

Semi-final 2

The Polish votes in the second semi-final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.^[20]

Semi-final 2 – Polish Results
Draw	Country	P. Sztompke	D. Szpetkowska	K. Kasowski	M. Tul	M. Szcześniak	Average Jury Rank	Televote Rank	Combined Rank	Scoreboard (Points)
01	Malta	1	1	1	1	1	1	12	7	4
02	Israel	13	12	10	9	13	13	11	13
03	Norway	5	2	11	2	4	3	9	5	6
04	Georgia	4	9	14	13	5	11	14	14
05	Poland
06	Austria	6	8	8	10	10	8	1	2	10
07	Lithuania	7	4	12	3	3	5	10	9	2
08	Finland	2	3	2	4	7	2	8	3	8
09	Ireland	8	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	5
10	Belarus	9	10	3	12	9	9	3	4	7
11	Macedonia	10	11	6	5	8	7	13	12
12	Switzerland	3	5	9	6	2	4	2	1	12
13	Greece	12	14	13	14	12	14	4	10	1
14	Slovenia	11	7	4	8	14	10	5	8	3
15	Romania	14	13	5	11	11	12	6	11

Final

The Polish votes in the second semi-final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.^[21]

Final – Polish Results
Draw	Country	P. Sztompke	D. Szpetkowska	K. Kasowski	M. Tul	M. Szcześniak	Average Jury Rank	Televote Rank	Combined Rank	Scoreboard (Points)
01	Ukraine	9	14	18	17	17	16	3	6	5
02	Belarus	17	13	13	20	18	18	8	14
03	Azerbaijan	8	15	21	7	7	10	23	19
04	Iceland	15	23	3	12	15	12	18	15
05	Norway	7	6	5	13	4	5	12	4	7
06	Romania	25	24	14	19	21	22	17	23
07	Armenia	18	11	23	10	12	15	7	10	1
08	Montenegro	19	21	19	16	23	21	25	24
09	Poland
10	Greece	6	25	25	25	25	23	9	17
11	Austria	24	18	7	18	16	19	4	11
12	Germany	5	8	17	5	5	7	5	3	8
13	Sweden	10	16	22	11	13	13	6	7	4
14	France	16	17	6	14	11	11	20	16
15	Russia	20	19	11	23	20	20	14	20
16	Italy	21	20	20	24	24	24	24	25
17	Slovenia	23	10	10	15	22	17	15	18
18	Finland	4	3	4	8	8	3	16	8	3
19	Spain	14	7	16	6	6	9	11	9	2
20	Switzerland	2	5	9	9	2	4	1	2	10
21	Hungary	13	4	8	4	10	6	19	13
22	Malta	3	2	2	2	3	2	22	12
23	Denmark	12	9	12	3	9	8	10	5	6
24	Netherlands	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	12
25	San Marino	22	22	24	22	19	25	13	22
26	United Kingdom	11	12	15	21	14	14	21	21

See also

• Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 2014

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