Alicja Maria Szemplińska (born 29 April 2002), also known mononymously as Alicja, is a Polish singer. She won season 10 of ''

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'' in 2019. The following year, she won Poland's national Eurovision selection competition '' Szansa na sukces'' with her song "

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", which she would have performed at the second semi-final of the

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on 14 May 2020. On 18 March 2020, the contest was cancelled due to the

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. Although Alicja expressed her desire to represent Poland in the

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, she was ultimately not chosen to represent Poland again and

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was chosen instead.

Discography

Singles

* "Prawie my" (2019) * "

" (2020) * "Gdzieś" (2020) * "Pusto" (2020) * "Kolęda dla Nieobecnych" (2020) * "Na Pamięć" (2020) * "Growing Up" (2021) * "Ej, stop!" (2021) * "Spójrz" (2021) * "IDK" (2022) * "Movin' On" (2022) * "W Moim Garażu" (2022) * "Sekret" (2022) * "Stick Together" (2022) * "New Home" (2023)

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2002 births Living people The Voice (franchise) contestants Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2020 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Poland 21st-century Polish women singers 21st-century Polish singers People from Ciechanów {{Poland-singer-stub