Szymon Wydra (; born March 11, 1976 in

Radom Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the seat of a separate Radom Voivodeship (1975–1 ...

) is a Polish

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vocalist, poet and finalist on the first edition of Polish ''

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''. He is also a

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of Carpe Diem.

Career

Wydra's first music band, ''Nadzieja'' (''Hope''), existed for two years and played punk rock. He has been vocalist and leader of his own band, Szymon Wydra & Carpe Diem, since 1992. He took part in a popular Polish TV show '' Szansa na sukces'' (''Chance for success'') in 2001 and achieved respect but was not the winner. He performed again in the same show in February of the following year, singing a song by Ryszard Rynkowski and being chosen by him as the winning participant. On December 13, 2002, his band released their first album, entitled ''Teraz wiem'' (''Now I know''). Their second album, ''Bezczas'' was released in 2005. In August 2007, Wydra was placed among five performers in the semi-final of Polish qualifications for the

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. Then he performed with his band the song ''Gdzie jesteś dziś'' (''Where are you today?'') but the jury decided that Poland would be represented by another band,

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with their song ''A gdy jest już ciemno''. He strongly criticized illegal

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ing of his work from the

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in one of his most recent interview, going so far as to claim once that it was worse than murder.

Discography

Studio albums

References

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