Szansa na Sukces

Szansa na Sukces (English: A Chance for Success) is a Polish music talent show aired on the TV channel TVP2. The show ran from 1993 to 2012 and since 2019.

Szansa na Sukces
Genre	Talent show
Created by	Elżbieta Skrętkowska
Presented by	Wojciech Mann (1993–2012) Artur Orzech (2019–2021) Marek Sierocki (2021–2023) Artur Orzech (2024–present)
Judges	well-known artists, different in every episode
Country of origin	Poland
Original language	Polish
No. of seasons	27
Production
Running time	around 55 minutes
Original release
Network	TVP2
Release	14 November 1993 (1993-11-14) – 29 April 2012 (2012-04-29)
Release	7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) – present

In the program, aspiring singers perform covers of hit singles by Polish recording artist bands which are invited to the show (one band/artist each show). The original singer/group chooses the winner who will sing the same song at the main annual concert in Sala Kongresowa at Palace of Culture and Science. The show is currently^[when?] presented by Marek Sierocki. It was formerly hosted by Wojciech Mann and Artur Orzech.^{[citation needed]}

Revival

In summer 2019, TVP2 confirmed a reboot but with a different format. This reboot features young singers aged 9 to 14 hoping to represent Poland at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.^[1] On 2 January 2020, it was announced by TVP that it would be used to select the entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam.^[2]

Winners

Edition	Winner	Artist covered	Song covered
1	Justyna Steczkowska	Maanam	"Boskie Buenos"
2	Violetta Brzezińska	Alicja Majewska	"Jeszcze się tam żagiel bieli"
3	Anna Świątczak	Sława Przybylska	"Pamiętasz była jesień"
4	Katarzyna Cerekwicka	Ewa Bem	"Wyszłam za mąż, zaraz wracam"
5	Monika Salita	Irena Santor	"Walc Embarras"
6	Małgorzata Markiewicz	Violetta Villas	"List do matki"
7	Arkadiusz Makowski	Shakin 'Dudi	"Za 10 minut trzynasta"
8	Małgorzata Kuś	Edyta Geppert	"Jaka róża, taki cierń"
9	Beata Wald	Bajm	"Szklanka wody"
10	Marzena Korzonek and Aneta Figiel	Tadeusz Nalepa/IRA	"Modlitwa"/"Wiara"
11	Marcin Maliszewski	Stan Borys	"Jaskółka uwięziona"
12	Michał Gasz	Krystyna Prońko	"Papierowe ptaki"
13	Karolina Szarubka	Patrycja Markowska	"Drogi kolego"
14	Anna Józefina Lubieniecka	Wilki	"Eli lama sabachtani"
15	Nina Kodorska	Maryla Rodowicz	"Łza na rzęsie"
16	Daria Zawiałow	Kasia Cerekwicka	"Miłość"
17	Małgorzata Janek	Justyna Steczkowska	"Grawitacja"
18	Marcin Chudziński	Bajm	"Biała armia"
19	Winner was not chosen
20	Aleksandra Nykiel	Maryla Rodowicz	"Łatwopalni"
21	Izabela Zalewska	Alicja Majewska	"Jeszcze się tam żagiel bieli"
22	Viki Gabor	N/A	"Superhero"
23	Tomasz Jarosz	De Mono	"Póki na to czas"
24	Alicja Szemplińska	N/A	"Empires"
25	Alicja Tracz	N/A	"I'll Be Standing"
26	Łukasz Brodowski	Goya	"Tylko mnie kochaj"
27	Tomasz Bulzak	Czesław Niemen	"Sen o Warszawie"
28	Sara James	N/A	"Somebody"
29	Franciszek Barnowski	Wojciech Młynarski	"Nie ma jak u mamy"
30	Wiktor Kowalski	Irena Santor and Paweł Kukiz	"Już nie ma dzikich plaż"
31	Laura Bączkiewicz	N/A	"To the Moon"

Winners of the final SMS voting

• 2007 – Christina Bien
• 2008 – Robert Klemens
• 2009 – Mariusz Myrcha
• 2010 – Marzena Ugorna
• 2011 – Marcin Chudziński
• 2019 – Aleksandra Nykiel
• 2020 – Tomasz Jarosz
• 2021 – Tomasz Bulzak

References

1. Granger, Anthony (10 July 2019). "Poland: Szansa na sukces To Select Entrant For Junior Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
2. Gallagher, Robyn (2 January 2020). "Poland Will Use 'Szansa na Sukces' to Select Entry for Eurovision 2020". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

External links

Media related to Szansa na sukces at Wikimedia Commons