Piosenka Dla Europy 2009
TVP confirmed that they will use the Piosenka dla Europy contest to select the Polish representative for the 2009 contest, which was planned to be held on 20 or 21 February. However, this date was changed by TVP to 14 February, purely for "commercial reasons". TVP made an open call for songs, and will select around seven songs to compete in the contest. They will be joined by up to five artists internally selected by TVP, bringing the total number of songs to a maximum of 11. The final line-up will be announced on 23 January.
The deadline of entries was set at 16 January to anyone wishing to enter, regardless of citezenship. However, TVP requires a minimum of one single or album to have been released per artists. Alternatively, artists must have competed in professional song contests or music festivals at a national level or have a working contract with a record label or a professional concert agency. 122 entries were received by TVP, 87 of which came from within Poland. The 12 finalists were named on 23 January. TVP later had to disqualify Katarzyna Skrzynecka's "Amazing", composed by Jud Friedman and Allan Rich, after it was revealed it had been performed in October 2007 on Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish verion of Dancing with the Stars. Mikromusic's "Kardamon i pieprz" was also later disqualified for the same reasons. The draw for the running order was held on 28 January.
The winner of Piosenka dla Europy 2009 was Lidia Kopania with "I Don't Wanna Leave". The song was the favourite in the televote, and came second in the jury vote. During the show, the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 winner Ruslana and last year's Polish entry Isis Gee performed.
3.8 million have been reported to have watched the 2009 Piosenka dla Europy, constituting a 28% audience share, being the most watched show that night.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stachursky | "I nie mów nic" | Daniel Maczura (m), Jacek Laszczok (l) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Det Betales | "Jacqueline" | Leif Melander (m & l), Peter Nord (m & l), Knut Oyvind Hagen (m & l) |
3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Man Meadow | "Love Is Gonna Get You" | Thomas G:son (m & l), Andreas Rickstrand (l) | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| 4 | Dali | "Everyday" | Viktar Rudenka (m & l), Aliaksandar Liutych (m), Igor Znyk (l) | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 5 | IRA | "Dobry czas" | Artur Gadowski (m), Wojciech Byrski (l) | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
| 6 | Artur Chamski | "Kilka słów" | Paweł Rurak Sokal (m), Andrzej Ignatowski (l) | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
| 7 | Marco Bocchino & Ola Szwed | "All My Life" | Marco Bocchino (m & l) | 8 | 10 | 18 | 2 |
| 8 | Tigrita Project | "Mon chocolat" | Klaudia Baszniak Kozłowska (m & l) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Renton | "I'm Not Sure" | Marek Karwowski (m & l), Paweł Szupiluk (m & l), Mariusz Gajewski (m), Łukasz Różycki (m) |
12 | 6 | 18 | 2 |
| 10 | Lidia Kopania | "I Don't Wanna Leave" | Alex Geringos (m & l), Bernd Klimpel (m & l) | 10 | 12 | 22 | 1 |
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