Poland POLAND 2016 - Michał Szpak - Colour of Your Life

[A-lister]

I understand that many of us who were and are #TeamMargaret are pissed now, but it is not fair to be so hateful towards Michal just because he has won. Furthermore, I cannot understand how some of you WISH LAST PLACE IN SEMI just because of that. Are your hearts rotten?
You don't like the song? That is alright, but instead of wasting your time on the hates, support your favorites or do something productive.

You're kidding right? I can't speak for others, but I'm no child, I don't need to "hate on Michal" because I was on #TeamMargaret, I simply dislike his entry and disliked the song before it was even known that Margaret would enter. I don't wish for Poland to come last in the semi, I just think it will be in the bottom and with this entry deservingly so.

As for people pointing out that Margaret was weak, I agree with the point you made... the whole Polish selection was an amateur production in a TV-studio, if people thought it would look like that on a big ESC stage then they have zero imagination...

Oh well, now we have to deal with this dated cheese, let's see where it will take Poland... I'm afraid not far but then again ESC can be unpredictable... with the right mix of diaspora votes (not that it has helped Poland much in the past) and juries (they like crap like this) it might qualify afterall... however you have to rely on more votes than that.

 

[HSV1887]

When I saw the title of this topic, I thought I was imagening things. Poland had so many better-suited songs in the national final and then they're sending this? Nothing against Michal. He has a great voice, but the song is way too old-fashioned and forgettable to make an impact on the Eurovision stage.

After I saw the results, I got curious and checked out most of the performances from the national final. It pains me to say it, but I was disappointed with the live vocals of most of the favourites. I know there was a lot of hate for Margaret on this thread, but honestly, she was still one of the better ones. She wasn't perfect by any means and I certainly would have liked to have seen more energy on stage, but I honestly expected her to do worse. Edyta was a much bigger disappointment to me. If she had brought her A-game, she probably would have run away with this competition, but her live vocals were horrific. You could tell that she couldn't cope with the pressure of this national final. Therefore, it was probably a blessing in disguise that she lost because I don't think she would have sung any better in Stockholm. Natalia Szroeder's voice sounded very weak to me. You could barely hear her over the backup singers. The only one who performed well was Kasia Mos and sadly, she wasn't chosen either. I would have much rather seen her at ESC than Michal.

 

[simonPL]

Anyway, we can find 3 songs from NF on this week's Polish Airplay Top 100:

#19 - MARGARET - COOL ME DOWN
#29 - NATALIA SZROEDER - LUSTRA
#43 - EDYTA GÓRNIAK - GRATEFUL

And the chart positions from "New Singles" official airplay chart:
#1 - NATALIA SZROEDER - LUSTRA
#2 - EDYTA GÓRNIAK - GRATEFUL

 

[Artsipappa]

I like Michal's song. Catchy very well sung. This will most likely be my guilty pleasure of 2016. Just like Moldova was in 2015! And I'm looking to get top10 bets in for this too. So far he has THE best vocals of all the chosen songs.

 

[hugh]

Smart choice Poland, he sings the hell out of that song and I find it enjoyable to listen to, despite the cheesiness of the song.

 

[simonPL]

There are interesting articles related to Polish National Final:

1) http://muzyka.interia.pl/raporty/ra...-wyniki-ogladalnosci-finalu-prese,nId,2158310
Viewership of NF final was average - only 2,380,000 watched the final on Sunday. This is about 50% less than e.g. final of Eurovision Song Contest in 2015. TVP wanted to have over 6 Million viewers, but it was too much to expect IMO.

2) http://popruntheworld.pl/michal-szpak-kupowal-wyswietlenia-na-youtube/
This is about weird statistics of Michał Szpak's videos on YouTube. According to the numbers - there was a huge growth of daily views in January and February from countries like Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam, Phillipines, Indonesia and India and they are not connected with number of shares. Author gives us a lot of examples and screens and says that this is maybe some error of YouTube or those views were just bought.

3) http://www.rmf.fm/magazyn/news,2979...-zadaja-powtorzenia-polskich-preselekcji.html
RMF FM reports that Margaret's fans want to repetition of NF, because they disagree with the results. There is a petition which is signed by 2,389 people now - those people think that only Margaret is able to give Poland high position on the final. Comments under the article are deriding this idea, petition "to Polish government" have some spelling mistakes and it looks kinda unproffesional.

So... this is fun.

 

[Sammy]

There are interesting articles related to Polish National Final:

1) http://muzyka.interia.pl/raporty/ra...-wyniki-ogladalnosci-finalu-prese,nId,2158310
Viewership of NF final was average - only 2,380,000 watched the final on Sunday. This is about 50% less than e.g. final of Eurovision Song Contest in 2015. TVP wanted to have over 6 Million viewers, but it was too much to expect IMO.

2) http://popruntheworld.pl/michal-szpak-kupowal-wyswietlenia-na-youtube/
This is about weird statistics of Michał Szpak's videos on YouTube. According to the numbers - there was a huge growth of daily views in January and February from countries like Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam, Phillipines, Indonesia and India and they are not connected with number of shares. Author gives us a lot of examples and screens and says that this is maybe some error of YouTube or those views were just bought.

3) http://www.rmf.fm/magazyn/news,2979...-zadaja-powtorzenia-polskich-preselekcji.html
RMF FM reports that Margaret's fans want to repetition of NF, because they disagree with the results. There is a petition which is signed by 2,389 people now - those people think that only Margaret is able to give Poland high position on the final. Comments under the article are deriding this idea, petition "to Polish government" have some spelling mistakes and it looks kinda unproffesional.

So... it's funny.

2389 supporters out of 2,380000 viewers. Wow! Impressive! Success guaranteed!

 

[revallsay]

^

People are so stupid.

 

[Sammy]

on every video of Margarets performance in the NF the audio is silenced now (at least here in Austria)....

 

[revallsay]

Some people can't lose.

 

[simonPL]

^
Speaking of numbers, let's be honest... comparing Margaret to any other participant of the final, she wins all - YT views, fans on FB, number of album copies sold, airplay plays, Instagram fans etc. There is one exception - number of the votes in NF, BUT we still don't know how many people voted during NF (we know only %) and I don't think this is a huge amount, so there is no need to laugh at those 2.400 people. One vote was 25 times more expensive than regular SMS, so...

But IMO this petition is just funny.

The videos are muted because of her music label and all the "rights". They also were doing it before NF, so this is not suspicious if you are looking for hidden agenda.

 

[Mii11]

To all the haters out there, Margaret has one message:

I'm your goddess, on your knees down down down down down down. I'm hotter than fire. Water can't cool me down. Water can't cool e do-o-own. Oh-oh, oh-oh, I’m dancing like flames and nothing can cool me down. Watch me I run this town

 

[Nicholas123]

Gosh are we still talking about Margaret?

Get over it people. She competed and she lost. L-O -S-T

I can write it again for you. She lost!!!!!

I think it is better to concentrate on Poland's real reresentative and his song. Margaret is yesterday's news...

 

[GianlucaTomoe]

Well, I kinda agree with Nicholas123. Let's give these 5 minutes of fame to that... thing that is representing Poland in ESC this year, because after May nobody will remember about it anymore. There's really no need to talk about Margaret anymore, after all she has a career that she can carry on without any problems and without necessarily being connected to ESC.

 

[Mii11]

Gosh are we still talking about Margaret?

Get over it people. She competed and she lost. L-O -S-T

I can write it again for you. She lost!!!!!

I think it is better to concentrate on Poland's real reresentative and his song. Margaret it yesterday's news...

Poland's real representative is so boring that he will never be in the spotlight. Sorry
On the contrary, Cool Me Down and Grateful were extraordinary and gave Poland chance to win the contest after many years of misery. Sadly Polish public seem to appreciate some X Factor has-beens more than real artists. Edyta and Margaret are Eurovision stars and shall never be forgotten

 

[revallsay]

Poland's real representative is so boring that he will never be in the spotlight. Sorry
On the contrary, Cool Me Down and Grateful were extraordinary and gave Poland chance to win the contest after many years of misery. Sadly Polish public seem to appreciate some X Factor has-beens more than real artists. Edyta and Margaret are Eurovision stars and shall never be forgotten

OMG, you know so much about media and show business in Poland. Much more than I do it seems.

 

[Gambit]

One more thing 'bout Margaret..

There is a video from her live performance on Krajowe Eliminacje not from TV but someone who was there. And you know what? Is it me, or she sounds a lot better? And here's the thing - did TVP manipulated her performance?
It has been muted on YouTube already, but someone shared a file.
http://sendfile.es/pokaz/728615---dnhi.html

You cannot watch her perfomance from TV too, because it was deleted, I don't know why. There's also a voice telling that her performance during Świat się Kręci was manipulated too. Someone told that there was another video, from there and she was still better than how they showed her though she was sick; commented it on TVP's profile and they responded like 'why are you sharing a video that hasn't got the rights?' only.

 

[Gera11]

:? :?

 

[Yoozek]

One more thing 'bout Margaret..

There is a video from her live performance on Krajowe Eliminacje not from TV but someone who was there. And you know what? Is it me, or she sounds a lot better? And here's the thing - did TVP manipulated her performance?
It has been muted on YouTube already, but someone shared a file.
http://sendfile.es/pokaz/728615---dnhi.html

You cannot watch her perfomance from TV too, because it was deleted, I don't know why. There's also a voice telling that her performance during Świat się Kręci was manipulated too. Someone told that there was another video, from there and she was still better than how they showed her though she was sick; commented it on TVP's profile and they responded like 'why are you sharing a video that hasn't got the rights?' only.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Okay then. Everytime I come back to this topic I have even better reasons to lmao way too hard.
Everyone sounded better in studio than in TV. Both Szpak, Górniak, Margaret and the rest 6. It's obvious that in tv the audio is clearer and cleaner so it's easier to say if someone fails at singing or not. Margaret just sucks at live performances. Get used to it and stop pretending that she's the next Lara Fabian. Cause it's getting pretty annoying when fanbase of hers just keeps saying "oh I'm pretty sure she'll finally sound fine live" cause she won't.

TVP blocked not only her video, but all świat się kręci and NF videos cause those are THEIR videos and they have a right to do so. You can find everything you want on itvp youtube account and on tvp.pl. It's really not that hard to use google search at all.

It's Szpak who goes to Sweden. Cause, you know, she won with Margaret. More votes and that kind of stuff.. Get used to it or you can continue crying that margaret was surely sabotaged with that poor voice of hers (if anyone was sabotaged that evening, it was Edyta who got her dress wrecked by a kiddo from Margaret's team. Does she keep crying? She just said to her fans that she is sorry she sang badly at the very beginning of the song and that's it). ^^

 

[GianlucaTomoe]

TVP blocked not only her video, but all świat się kręci and NF videos cause those are THEIR videos and they have a right to do so. You can find everything you want on itvp youtube account and on tvp.pl. It's really not that hard to use google search at all.

No, actually there aren't any videos from the NF in the itvp YouTube account.

Jeez, the Polish eurofans this year totally lost the plot, didn't they?