Empires (Alicja Szemplińska Song)
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Empires (Alicja Szemplińska Song)
"Empires" is a song by Polish singer Alicja Szemplińska. It was selected to be the entrant for Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on 23 February 2020. Szemplińska would have performed the song at the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 14 May 2020, if not for the cancelation of Eurovision 2020. Background The song was composed by Patryk Kumór, Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, Frazer Mac and Laurell Barker as 17-year-old Szemplińska's original song to perform during Poland's national selection for Eurovision, '' Szansa na sukces'', which Szemplińska subsequently won. On February 23, 2020, the song was premiered to TVP2 viewers during the Polish Eurovision preselection held in the format of a special edition of Szansa na sukces. Eurovision 2020. The composition competed with the songs "Lucy" by Lake Malawi (which was performed during the selection by the band's vocalist Albert Černý) and "Count On Me" (the English-langu ...
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Alicja Szemplińska
Alicja Maria Szemplińska (born 29 April 2002), also known mononymously as Alicja, is a Polish singer. She won season 10 of ''The Voice of Poland'' in 2019. The following year, she won Poland's national Eurovision selection competition '' Szansa na sukces'' with her song "Empires", which she would have performed at the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam on 14 May 2020. On 18 March 2020, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Alicja expressed her desire to represent Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, she was ultimately not chosen to represent Poland again and Rafał Brzozowski was chosen instead. Discography Singles * "Prawie my" (2019) * "Empires An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ..." (2020) * "GdzieŠ...
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Universal Music Polska
Universal Music Polska Sp. z o.o. (Universal Music Poland), is a Polish subsidiary of Universal Music Group, it was founded in 1998 in Warsaw. Labels CEO is Maciej Kutak after Jan Kubicki's departure. Label was founded after PolyGram, within its Polish subsidiary was brought by Seagram and Universal Music Group was formed. UMP took over PolyGram Poland catalogue which included titles by such artists as Edyta Bartosiewicz, Renata DÄ…bkowska, Lidia Kopania, Kasia Kowalska and Sweet Noise among others. Although first albums under the label Universal Music Polska have been released in 1999. UMP catalogue includes also Izabelin Studio (founded in 1989) releases which have been originally brought by PolyGram Poland in 1994 which included titles by such artists as Kolaboranci, Big Day and Closterkeller among others. Universal Music Polska runs a subsidiary Magic Records Sp. z o.o. which was formed in 1998 with owners of record label Magic Records s.c. which releases dance and electro ...
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Laurell Barker
Laurell Barker (born April 20, 1979), also known mononymously as Laurell, is a Canadian singer and songwriter currently residing in Malmö, Sweden. She has co-written songs with numerous artists, including Twice, Eleni Foureira and Oh My Girl. She won a Juno Award in 2018 for Dance Recording of the Year. In 2019, Barker was deemed the first female songwriter to have three songs competing in a Eurovision Song Contest final. Discography ;As main artist ;As featured artist Songwriting discography Eurovision Song Contest entries National final entries '' Eurovision: You Decide'' entries (United Kingdom) Melodifestivalen entries (Sweden) '' Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow'' entries (Switzerland) ''Eurovizijos Atranka'' entries (Lithuania) Dansk Melodi Grand Prix entries (Denmark) National final entries (Germany) Melodi Grand Prix entries (Norway) Beovizija ''Beovizija'' ( sr, Беовизија) was a music festival established in 2003. Si ...
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Poland In The Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Poland originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Empires" written by Dominik Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, Patrik Kumór, Laurell Barker and Frazer Mac. The song was performed by Alicja Szemplińska. The Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) organised the national final in order to select the Polish entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The national final consisted of three semi-finals featured seven contestants each on 2, 9 and 16 February 2020, respectively, and a final on 23 February 2020 featuring the three qualifying contestants. "Empires" performed by Alicja Szemplińska was selected as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a six-member jury panel and a public vote. Poland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2020. However, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Background Prior to the 2020 ...
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Eurovision Song Contest 2020
The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was planned to be the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It would have taken place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, following the country's victory at the with the song "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence. The contest was cancelled on 18 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making the first time in the contest's 64-year history that an edition was not held. The contest was scheduled to be held at Rotterdam Ahoy and would consist of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May, and a final on 16 May 2020. Forty-one countries would have participated in the contest; and would have returned after their absence from the 2019 contest, while and had confirmed their non-participation after taking part in the previous edition. All 41 competing artists and songs were confirmed by the relevant broadcasters by early March 2020. Following the cancellation, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) began discussions of potential carryovers for the , such as the host ci ...
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Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"New Meuse"'' inland shipping channel, dug to connect to the Meuse first, but now to the Rhine instead. Rotterdam's history goes back to 1270, when a dam was constructed in the Rotte. In 1340, Rotterdam was granted city rights by William IV, Count of Holland. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.7 million, is the 10th-largest in the European Union and the most populous in the country. A major logistic and economic centre, Rotterdam is Europe's largest seaport. In 2020, it had a population of 651,446 and is home to over 180 nationalities. Rotterdam is known for its university, riverside setting, lively cultural life, maritime heritage and modern architecture. The near-complete destruction ...
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Radio Zet () is a Polish commercial radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio .... External linksOfficial website Radio stations in Poland Mass media in Warsaw Radio stations established in 1990 1990 establishments in Poland {{Europe-radio-station-stub ...
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The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. Based on the Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951, Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (apart from ), making it the longest-running annual international televised music competition and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU, as well as invited associate members, are eligible to compete, and 52 countries have participated at least once. Each participating broadcaster sen ...
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Eurovision Songs Of 2020
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. Based on the Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951, Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (apart from ), making it the longest-running annual international televised music competition and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU, as well as invited associate members, are eligible to compete, and 52 countries have participated at least once. Each participating broadcaster sen ...
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