Jakub Władysław "Kuba" Wojewódzki (; born 2 August 1963), is a Polish

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, and

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Career

Wojewódzki was a judge on the Polish ''

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'', in 2002 and 2005. He also was the Polish representative on the ''

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'' on 25 December 2003. In the 1980s, he was a member of punk bands called ''System'' and ''New Dada''. Currently, he is a drummer in the band called ''Klatu''. Since 2002 2006 he has been working Kuba Wojewodzki

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October 4, 2002 June 18, 2006 Since September 24, 2006, he has been working for TVN. He has his own TV show called ''Kuba Wojewódzki'' and is a judge on ''

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'', September 13, 2008 November 27, 2010 2008–2010 2017 Final 10 Edycja Mam Talent the Polish edition of

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and since 2011–2014 also on ''

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''.

Controversies

He was criticized for being extremely harsh on ''X Factor'' contestants and for making racist comments. While translating for

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n-born auditionee John James Egwu who spoke limited Polish, he claimed that contestant had answered "I married a white woman and then ate her" when asked what he was doing in Poland, and mistranslated "I studied here" as "She was a bit gristly." Wojewódzki then encouraged the audience to laugh at the contestant. In his talk show, he explores numerous controversial issues. On one of his shows (aired on 25 March 2008), a cartoonist Marek Raczkowski inserted the Polish flag into dog faeces, in the protest against littering public places and criticizing owners who do not clean after their pets. He tried to send a message that other nations are more responsible in that matter. The incident was widely discussed by the media. On his morning radio show for radio

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, in June 2011, he said that perhaps there should be "a national register of

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" and stated that that day's show was sponsored by the Warsaw branch of the

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. His comments were condemned by members of ethnic minorities in Poland. The radio station was fined 50,000 zlotys and Wojewódzki's comments were described in the report of the radio authorities (

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) as being "unambiguously racist" ("jednoznacznie rasistowskie"). In October, 2013, Wojewódzki claimed to be hurt by an unknown assaulter who burned his face and neck with acid. As revealed later by the police, the fluid was not acid, it was a non-corrosive substance. Wojewódzki for several years acted as a

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for controversial alcohol businessman

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. In early 2024, he apologized for his former advocacy regarding

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and withdrew his support for Palikots enterprises, after the latter became in fact defunct because of indebtedness. Before, he had been feed together with Palikot for illicit alcohol advertisement in social media.

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