Poland: Blanka wins Tu Bije Serce Europy 2023

Poland has selected its Eurovision 2023 entrant through the national final show Tu Bije Serce Europy. This year’s winner is Blanka with her song SOLO.

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The voting system for Tu Bije Serce Europy consisted of a 50% Jury and 50% Televote system.

For the jury vote, Blanka finished at first place while fan favorites Dominik Dudek, Jann and Alicja finished at 2nd, 4th and 6th place respectively:

Blanka also finished first in the aggregate vote while fan favorites Jann, Dominik Dudek and Alicja finished at 2nd, 3rd and 6th place respectively.

UPDATE 2: TVP has released the complete results for Tu Bije Serce Europy after public pressure coming from Polish viewers and international Eurovision fans.

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Fan reactions to Blanka’s victory

Blanka’s victory in Tu Bije Serce Europy garnered mixed reactions from Eurovision fans and Polish viewers who tuned in to the show.

First and foremost, there were those who were supportive of Blanka’s victory at the national final such as Shane, a British Eurovision fan:

YES QUINTO I am VERY happy #blanka won #tubijeserceeuropy. I can't stop listening to #solo. I am #OBSESSED! I will be cheering for #Poland at #Eurovision2023 100%#Eurowizja pic.twitter.com/1w7q2dgHFb
— Shane's Eurovision Review (@EurovisionShane) February 27, 2023

Polish Twitch streamer Krukon Voumen also congratulated Blanca on her victory:

gratulacjaaaa BLANKA 🤍 dasz rade! ✨
— 🦅Krukon Voumen🦅 (@_voumen) February 26, 2023

Translation: Congratulations Blanka! You can do it!

On the other hand, there were also those who were not quite thrilled with Blanka’s victory:

jann i'm so sorry sweetie
— lev (@osamuwrr) February 26, 2023

Nahh jakby ok czaje ze Jann mógł nie wygrać ale było tak dużo lepszych propozycji niż Blanka? Dosłownie, Dudek, Alicja, Felivers? pls 😭 ale co się dziwić jak Egurrola jej układal choreo a siedzi w jury 💀 #tubijeserceeuropy #eurowizja
— Gasky 🪩 (@mrsGasky) February 26, 2023

Translation: Nahh as if ok lurking that Jann might not win but there were so many better proposals than Blanka? Literally, Dudek, Alicja, Felivers? pls 😭 but why wonder how Egurrola arranged her choreo and she is in the jury 💀 #tubijeserceeuropy #eurowizja

So what happens now?

Now that Blanka is officially the Polish entrant to Eurovision 2023 with her song, “Solo”, she will be appearing in Eurovision pre-parties across Europe and her song would now be entering into airplay in radio stations outside of Poland, as well. Previously, her song was on heavy rotation in Polish radio stations and this even earned her a spot at the New Year’s Eve concert of TVP.

Finally, Poland will be competing on Semi-Final 2 of Eurovision 2023 where it will have the chance to be among the ten qualifiers into the Grand Final.

(UPDATE: We reported earlier that the second set of votes shown in the national final were the televote. We have since been told by Polish viewers that this was the aggregate vote and the televote was never released. We apologize for the mistake in our previous version of this article)