Poland: Alicja Szemplińska to Eurovision 2020

The Polish national selection concluded today with the final show of Szansa na Sukces 2020 , the show TVP used this year to select the Polish Eurovision 2020 act and entry. Big winner was Alicja Szemplińska who will represent the country in Rotterdam singing “Empires” .

This year TVP decided to choose its Eurovision 2020 hopeful through the show “Szansa na sukces 2020″. The show consists of 3 semi final rounds, during which we saw  7 acts compete. In each show there was a special guest, some songs of which will be performed by the competing acts. A special three member jury formed by past Eurovision participants, Cleo (Poland 2014), Michał Szpak (Poland 2016) and Gromee (Poland  2018) , determined the three acts that qualified to the final.

The three acts that won the ticket to the final were Kasia Dereń , Alicja Szemplińska and Albert Černý

The three finalist performed an original song , which was their music proposal for Eurovision 2020 and one old Eurovision entry. The past Eurovision entries performed during the final were:

1 Kasia Dereń – Satellite (Lena – Germany 2010 – 1st place)
2 Alicja Szemplińska – Euphoria (Loreen – Sweden 2012 – 1st place)
3 Albert Černý – Fairytale (Alexander Rybak – Norway 2009 – 1st place)

The three original songs that the three finalists sang on stage and were their candidte Eurovision 2020 entries were:

• Kasia Dereń – Count on me
• Alicja Szemplińska – Empires
• Albert Černý & Lake Malawi – Lucy

THE RESULT

The final outcome was determined by public voting (50%) and by a the show’s jury (50%) [Cleo –Michał Szpak – Gromee]. Alicja Szemplińska topped both votings and will be the next Polish Eurovision rerpesentative in Rotterdam with her entry “Empires” . Take a look at the overall scoreboard below: