Poland POLAND 2023 - Blanka - Solo

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[gigi_copp3]

Polish fans pls don’t come for me but

I think honestly all NF’s are more or less rigged in one way or another, even in so-called progressive Western European countries.

This is not the first and it won’t be the last NF to be rigged.

I know it’s unfortunate, but hateful comments should stop.

Chanel won Benidorm with only 4% televote support, where are all the fans who were sending her death threats for winning against Tanxugueiras?

This^
Even Mahmood won Sanremo 2019 being the 7th in the televote in the final, and in the final 3 he got 20% finishing behind both Ultimo and Il Volo... there were angry fans who were sending insults to Mahmood, and angry politicians that were aiming for a change in the rules.
Rigged finals have always existed and will exist forever, this time it was Poland's probably.

 

[MopManMoss]

How does blanka despite moving around and having some choreography somehow manage to have less energy than Roxen doing Cherry Red

 

[HayashiM]

YassSlayKween!
Not.

I chose not to write comments anymore when I give a bad note, but this warrants an exception.

If you want to sell me a slutbop, I am living for it, but ffs, do it properly. Give me Chanel, give me Eleni, give me Elena, give me Efendi, bref, give me a hot adult lady who might not have the most pristine vocals but can at least hold a note while putting some actual show on.

Everything about this - song, staging, styling - screams JESC done wrong. Which is probably the last thing you want to achieve when sex appeal is your main selling point.

I haven't heard any other songs from the selection, but saying a professional jury thinks this is the best Poland had to offer tells me all I really need to know.

I feel sorry for all Polish fans because of the rigging.

 

[burrito]

is it only me or he sounds miles better in this recording than it was like in tv broadcast?

 

[I bims]

is it only me or he sounds miles better in this recording than it was like in tv broadcast?

The bad quality can be more forgiving of notes he didn't really hit that well. The direct mic footage is less forgiving.

But the crowd going wild is all you need to know and makes me really happy.

 

[HayashiM]

This^
Even Mahmood won Sanremo 2019 being the 7th in the televote in the final, and in the final 3 he got 20% finishing behind both Ultimo and Il Volo... there were angry fans who were sending insults to Mahmood, and angry politicians that were aiming for a change in the rules.
Rigged finals have always existed and will exist forever, this time it was Poland's probably.

Sure, but with Mahmood, I don't think there was any conscious rigging, I find it's completely believable the juries indeed thought he was the best without any other influence (especially with him later coming only 27 points short of winning ESC).

Compared to this thing happening here? LMFAO

 

[Leydan]

Why are people so butthurt? Its giving Margaret losing to Michał Szpak, or Mirela losing to Manel. People are acting as if Blankas song didn't have loads of streams already - way waaaayy more than anyone elses and was already a hit song. Heck she even performed it abroad. Blanka was bad, but so was Jann. He was horrific live, screeching his way through the song and gasping for air every 2 seconds - it was messy as hell. I don't deny something sus may have happened but i don't think Blanka winning is some wild turn of events.

 

[Semra]

Ok, so I've been sleeping on it, licking my wounds and these are my random thoughts today:

Dominic was actually quite good. He would have drowned a little in all the SF2 male groups, but he was quality and if I was a Pole, I would not feel ashamed.

My daughter is a great vocalist and while Jann was not perfect it was mostly a breathing issue according to her. Some of his notes were actually great, especially at the end, and we don't really hear the bad vocals people are talking about. It's difficult to sing this song as it's more a performance with whispering/seductive sounds mixed with some operatic elements. The STAGING however was bad. There was nothing for him.

If I want a summer bop, I'll listen to SloMo (not my kind of song) and Despasito here on after. Much better quality for my sunshine getaways. I don't need Blanca.

Giving artists 8 - 10 or 12 points (televote) when the difference in votes could be in the hundred of thousands between the 10 point and the 12 point... is just WRONG. Sweden and many others do this also. How can this be fair? I'm glad we don't have this system in Norway.

 

[burrito]

Why are people so butthurt?

because it was just an internal selection with extra steps

People are acting as if Blankas song didn't have loads of streams already - way waaaayy more than anyone elses and was already a hit song. Heck she even performed it abroad.

a hit song doesn't necessarily make a decent eurovision entry

Blanka was bad, but so was Jann. He was horrific live, screeching his way through the song and gasping for air every 2 seconds - it was messy as hell. I don't deny something sus may have happened but i don't think Blanka winning is some wild turn of events.

both performances could be improved in those two months left to the actual contest - I am therefore pretty sure that Blanka will improve her performance, but so would Jann, but the difference is that Solo has much less potential to be remembered to say the least

 

[njdevils94]

That like to dislike ratio.

 

[lilka]

I said Edyta would vote for someone who wouldn't rob her of her 2nd place. And I could have actually been right.

I didn't see the whole show, but did Sierocki in fact say Blanka had an "amazing voice"? Then what does Edyta Górniak have?

 

[Looren]

That like to dislike ratio.

Feeling bad for her, she doesn't deserve such hate

 

[gigi_copp3]

Giving artists 8 - 10 or 12 points (televote) when the difference in votes could be in the hundred of thousands between the 10 point and the 12 point... is just WRONG. Sweden and many others do this also. How can this be fair? I'm glad we don't have this system in Norway.

This is kinda fair. I mean, televote and jury need the same scale: if jury has the 12-10-8 points meanwhile the televote has percentage, the jury is useless. And for juries, the system 12-10-8 is the fairest. It depends on how they vote: if jurors have to do a ranking on their own or giving numeric votes, their vote would be useless; if they have to do a choice with tokens or something, they could easily rig.

 

[Deleted member 12761]

Can I just casually chime in and say:
If any annoying straggot complains again that the eurovision bubble only likes "yas slay female pop songs", when people dislike a song they like, I will show them this poll.

So tired of this stupid (lowkey homophobic) conspiracy/complaint that we only want 40 pop divas performing at Eurovision.

Thanks Blanka for helping putting this bullshit to rest. Now go into your corner and give us nothing.

Yes, thank you. As a gay guy I prefer songs with ethno elements much more plus I also enjoy other genres like Australia this year. But even if, so what? What's this obsession with people overanalyzing gays. So what if they like a good yas queen bop. Like you said it's just homophobic. Yes, the fraction exists but so do other groups. It's just preference.

 

[Iker]

YassSlayKween!
Not.

I chose not to write comments anymore when I give a bad note, but this warrants an exception.

If you want to sell me a slutbop, I am living for it, but ffs, do it properly. Give me Chanel, give me Eleni, give me Elena, give me Efendi, bref, give me a hot adult lady who might not have the most pristine vocals but can at least hold a note while putting some actual show on.

Everything about this - song, staging, styling - screems JESC done wrong. Which is probably the last thing you want to achieve when sex appeal is your main selling point.

I haven't heard any other songs from the selection, but saying a professional jury thinks this is the best Poland had to offer tells me all I really need to know.

I feel sorry for all Polish fans because of the rigging.

What's your opinion on the song Gladiator and your view on Jann's performance?

 

[Semra]

This is kinda fair. I mean, televote and jury need the same scale: if jury has the 12-10-8 points meanwhile the televote has percentage, the jury is useless. And for juries, the system 12-10-8 is the fairest. It depends on how they vote: if jurors have to do a ranking on their own or giving numeric votes, their vote would be useless; if they have to do a choice with tokens or something, they could easily rig.

But the jurors are just a few people. Contrasting that to the public vote. I see what you mean but following your logic I guess I would just prefer a 25% jury 75% people split. I actually more often agree with juries. But I do think they sit on too much power.

 

[Franzilein]

Just saw the linked video. I guess this is after she won, did something bad happen or why does she radiate the charisma of a brick wall? Everybody is happy for her and she is like ._.

 

[gigi_copp3]

I think this is definitely my guilty pleasure of the year, but it's a strange sensation.
No matter if this will do good or will flop, I will laugh really hard in both the cases

 

[simori95]

The Song is actually decent. Not great or very memorable (or deserving of a Eurovision Final) but indeed listenable. Just the delivery makes it fall apart and I don’t think it will get much better till may. With Jann, as some already stated he was mostly breathy but the vocal itself wasn’t bad. The staging was kinda bad but the potential of the song still shone through. Whether the jury rigged anything or not, the outcome is indeed disappointing and undeserved from my personal point of view. That said, now we have Blanka and it wasn’t disastrous, so I will give a generous 5 in the poll. But yeah, another suspicious NF that leaves a sour taste.

 

[Sammy]

I think this is definitely my guilty pleasure of the year, but it's a strange sensation.
No matter if this will do good or will flop, I will laugh really hard in both the cases

I couldn‘t have said it better! You speak my mind!