Poland POLAND 2025 - Justyna Steczkowska - Gaja

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Trece]

Wonder if this is the producers going all in on trying to finally squash all the endless "death slot" chat after Ukraine's success in the final last year... Just can't foresee Justyna crashing and burning - she won't win, but I reckon she'll qualify fairly easily still.

I throught so until saw that Montenegro was given death slot in sf2. So no, they should give it to Sweden and Austria and have 100% qualification rate for 02 slot this year

 

[theditz83]

I throught so until saw that Montenegro was given death slot in sf2. So no, they should give it to Sweden and Austria and have 100% qualification rate for 02 slot this year

That is true tbh - I hadn't watched the SF2 RO video before my comment here, and when I did see Montenegro in 2nd place I was like... Dang, there goes that theory!

 

[Mrm]

EBU, you know what!!!!

I have one thing to tell you:

Zargo
Raga
Urra
Gara
Jarga
Jarun
Era
Czarodoro

You can’t hurt GAJA, DO YOU HEAR ME?!?!?

 

[han-g]

actually has a great draw, right after the young boys she will serve mature woman, and then Slovenia til Norway is a complete trainwreck.

She will be the first good vocals of the semi and that can matter to the televote

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

I think this will qualify no matter where it is in the RO, tbh.

Don't think it will get much jury love in the final. Televote love, it will get a bit but I can't see it being top 10 in the final

 

[Trece]

I think this will qualify no matter where it is in the RO, tbh.

Don't think it will get much jury love in the final. Televote love, it will get a bit but I can't see it being top 10 in the final

İ mean Sweden will qualify no matter where it is yet given best spot of 1st half

 

[han-g]

İ mean Sweden will qualify no matter where it is yet given best spot of 1st half

To be fair (as per usual) Sweden definitely needs the break

 

[ESC94]

Had to downgrade it from to after listening to it again. It´s just too messy and trashy and would be unfair to the other countries I rated with .

 

[ESC94]

Today it was turn at the ESC kompakt songchecks 2025.

Songcheck ESC 2025 (3) – Polen: „GAJA“ von Justyna Steczkowska - ESC kompakt

Genau 30 Jahre nach ihrer ersten Teilnahme am Eurovision Song Contest ist Justyna Steczkowska (Aufmacherbild) wieder mit dabei: In Basel tritt sie im Mai mit dem Song „GAJA“ an. Darin b…

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The verdict of the bloggers


Douze Points: More is usually more. But here, it´s just pure chaos. My campy soul revels the production with outfits, dancers, and gimmicks – and by doing so, makes me forget that it's supposed to be about the song. That is just rusing past me – despite the long notes. It's just impossible for me to remember a single line of the song or the melody. But I'm looking forward to the parodies of the entry at the ECG fan club meeting in Cologne and will award divinely elated .

Manu: Justyna is, of course, THE "Welcome Back" story of the year—and I'm celebrating that. Unfortunately, "GAJA" offers more chaos than music for me personally, and it took me a while to even find the song's central theme. But I'm already looking forward to the energetic performance and Justyna's "Wild Dances."

Max: The song has a lot of fans in the bubble, but it's nothing for me. The song could have already been competing on over a decade ago. Yes, it tries to sound mystical, but for me, it just creates chaos. At least Justyna is a truly amazing performer, and there's a lot on offer—even if the song isn't as amazing as the show. Sorry, Poland!

Peter: Not original, but funky. It's so cool that 2025 is the year of the national languages. I like Eastern European ethnic funk with screaming. Great staging, refreshing bassline. Kind of cool, even though it all has been already there.

Rick: I can't quite explain what I find so fascinating about this piece. It's probably the combination of the mysterious vibe, Justynas full body movement, and the catchy dance beat. The only thing I deduct are the veeery long drawn-out notes. That's too theatrical for me. Otherwise, cool!

The points of the other bloggers:

Benny - Berenike - Chris Danio - Giulia - Laureen -

 

[Mainshow]

Had to downgrade it from to after listening to it again. It´s just too messy and trashy and would be unfair to the other countries I rated with .

Same here. I still think I'm quite generous giving that song pts - It's just a chaotic, trashy, noisy collection of sounds and a long note performed all over again.
Since Poland is quite lucky and has to perform in semi 1, I still don't mind to see it qualify but I haven't got into it yet. The more I listen to it, the less I like it (and I just listen to it to warm up to it..like once per week).
Great performancer, impressive vocals but horribly noisy entry