Country Poland Selection date(s) 25 February 2014 Selected songwriter(s) Donatan
Cleo | Selection process Internal Selection Selected entrant Donatan and Cleo | |
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Selected song "My Słowianie - We Are Slavic" | ||
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.
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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. Their return to the contest was motivated by a reduction in participation fees by the European Broadcasting Union. 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. 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.
Internal selection
TVP selected the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 through an internal selection. 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. 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. The song "My Słowianie" had been released earlier in October 2013 and received media exposure for its music video which mocks Polish stereotypes.
At Eurovision
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. In the second semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Poland would perform 5th, following Georgia and preceding Austria. 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. In the final, the producers of the show decided that Poland would perform 9th, following Montenegro and preceding Greece.
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. 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 churning butter and washing laundry on stage.
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. The Polish spokesperson revealing the result of the Polish vote in the final was Paulina Chylewska.
Split voting results
The following five members comprise the Polish jury:
Semi-final 2
The Polish votes in the second semi-final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.
Final
The Polish votes in the second semi-final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.