I'm so pissed off and I'm not even from Poland. Jann and Gladiator had everything you need for Eurovision success. There's no way Blanka could actually win, like NO WAY. Something went really wrong. Poles, fight for you freedom of speech and democracy.
@@Lukar___ There is not a chance they will reject Blanka. Why you say that? Im devastated that Jann didn't win, but lets get real. Blanka will go and there is no other way around.
Samee 😭. He was obviously very nervous because it was his first big performance, but the song is so unique and powerful. He would certainly improve until Eurovision, I can't believe juries didnt have faith in him 😕
Just so you can compare: The winning song: Blanka „Solo” Music:: Maciej Puchalski, Mikołaj Trybulec, Bartłomiej Rzeczycki, Marcin Górecki, Blanka Stajkow, Lyrics: Blanka Stajkow, Maria Droberg, Julia Sundberg Jann „Gladiator” Music: Jann Lyrics: Jann No further comments needed
Jann actually wrote this song all by himself! It's his satiric view on corrupted music industry, and how some people reject all moral and ethical principles in order to become famous & get the attention. Ironically, this song depicts exactly what happened with polish national final last sunday:)
This was his first live television performance and he did such an amazing show. It's such a shame he will not represent us in Eurovision. I think about it every day how much of a worldwide (or at least european) career he would have got if TVP production did not rig it. It's painful but it is how it is in this country.
I am 40 years old and I am not easily impressed by young artists. But this incredibly talented boy!... His charisma, authenticity and energy literally blew my mind!!! Jann, you are awesome! Greetings from Australia
This is a real winner from Poland ❗❗ He got our SMS votes! We continue to fight for justice in our country! ⛓️🖤 End of dictatorship and TV corruption in Poland! ⛔⛔⛔⛔ Jann to Eurovision! ⛓️🖤⛓️🖤
I'm still not over that drama with Poland, I'm still so sad because Jann in my opinion could have been the best result for Poland this century. So much attitude, charisma, stage presence. He might have been nervous so that explains his vocals being shaky a bit but guys - it was hist first tv performance. And that last note, omg he NAILED it! I can't stop watching that performance, it would have looked amazing in Liverpool. I've never been this gutted about anyone nonqualifying from national selection but this is the biggest robbery ever. Poland 🇵🇱 I'm so gutted and we are with you. I've been so heartbroken since Sunday that words can't even express it.
The same... We should not forget that the audio transmitted by the broadcaster was badly mixed, on recordings from the audience smartphones everything do sound better! I think that he was simply happy about the fans' support in the studio, and he could not suppress the smile and maybe this were these shaky moments :)
I'm not gonna lie - I prefer that performance than studio version. I JUST LOVE THIS LIVE PERFORMANCE because we get to see Jann's charisma and I absolutely enjoy watching him on stage. I'm still shocked because he would have been my winner this year which (to me) has never happened before. (placing Poland as a winner)
Yeah and I fully agree with Deban that what Jann might have been missing vocally he fully compensates in like all the other areas of movement, passion, wardrobe etc.
@@theincomparablemess Saame! Poland was my winner pre-selection (and I didn't think someone would top Vesna for me this season), now for me Poland is second to last. Sorry, not Poland, but TVP. I will continue to pretend that Poland is not participating this year until broadcaster fixes it's rigged result (which I highly doubt)
Definitely not a century - he easily could hit a strong top 10 this year. But I don't think any of the entries this year had a chance to actually win. He was a better and more fair option though. Hopefully EBU does open investigation, cause there is just too many issues with this event.
everyone had 9 days to prepare performances so let's be real, if Jann won he would have gotten rid off his breathing problems. His song is harder to both sing and dance, Blanka's song isn't hard to sing at all. Also he sang in national opera when he was 12 so he definitely can sing.
The sound on TV was terrible in comparison to the videos shot in the studio. And I think it's worth mentioning, Blanka had been working on her dance for a month or even longer, she performed the song many times on TVP. Jann and his team did the staging in just a few days
@@arvadekadava3198 That reaally speaks volumes about the difference in their talent tho🥲 Blanka literally had months to prepare for her performance being TVP's favorite after all,yet it still couldn't hold a candle to Jann's performance.
Cierto , y los fans polacos dicen que ella presentaba esta canción desde antes de navidad y año nuevo en cada programa de TVP , que un jurado le hizo la coreografía y le dieron bailarines, esto es tan malditamente injusto . Espero caigan todos esos corruptos. Deberían elegir a dedo pero hacen el show para darle esperanza a la gente de que está votando a su favorito solo para sacarle dinero y eligen en bambalinas a quien mejor se vende .
The production had a sound issue, his microphone was louder than the music so it sounded like karaoke. Once you realise that this is the issue, you realise that he’s an amazing performer. Also, I saw recordings from the audience in the hall, and he sounded amazing in these recordings. The production probably lowered the music for the TV viewers, but that's not how it sounded in the hall, so there is a mismatch between his singing and the background music.
Jann is a one man army. He could be this year's Maneskin from Poland and be a public favorite at the grand final. We love him and we know his real value!
I am from Italy and I can definitely say that Jann could be one of the winner and who takes all in Liverpool but ofc TVP is corrupted asf so Blanka with his solo 💀 will represent Poland
"I'm picking your new favourite. You buy it and I savour it." This song is about show business. Ironically, that's what happened during these Polish pre-selections. Respect to Jann for creating lyrics, music and the concept of the music video for this song
Thank you guys!! a week passed and the fandom is still heartbroken. But hey, Jann is getting MASSIVE popularity at the moment, with the tour sold out in 24 h
This guy is a genius and he owned the stage. He is a victim of what he sings about. You need to put yourself in the dirt, and give the show to be loved. And yes, as a kid he was singing in the national opera.
Real artist, with style, charyzma, image. Not plastic product like Blanka. For me on live better than clip. Poland with Jann was in top 10 definitely. With Blanka can be down down down..
He's not ''struggling to sing'' this sounded SO MUCH BETTER live than on TV... there are videos taken from the public and it sounds like a whole different song
@@frajoladellagato The difference is that audience record what is really happening and TVP production CHANGED the sound, they lowered the music background and turned up his mic, and i think not even his. TVP just sucks at live performances
@@wild3estdreams10 People were screeming and applauding during his performance, so sound engineers turned up the vocal and muted surroundings and music
according to unofficial reports (TVP still has not published the detailed voting results or the results of the jury members), Jann won over 50% of all viewers' votes. Jann is a representative whom Poles have chosen and want. Blanka is a representative of the government television TVP, which is not the first time she manipulates the results. The jury's votes show that they either wanted Blanka to win or they didn't want Jann to win. Warner Music Poland could also be involved.
@@minraeyun5820 as a Romanian, I agree, she shamelessly stole Inna's specific sound, which is so crazy to me because she's both distinct but also extremely generic by Romanian standards 🤣
Honestly if this went to Eurovision I feel like Poland would have won 2023. This has so much charisma and gives me the same vibes Maneskin had and they won. Plus he's become so famous now and is selling out shows.
I don't think it's fair to compare Blanka and Jann vocals, because Jann's song was pretty hard to perform (all this falsetto for example), while Blanka's song was probably the easiest and most basic song in existence
Well, he only had 10 days to prepare it all, and he's from a small independent label so there is no big team or budget behind him.If he had won, he would have perfected the performance, cut back on some moves to improve sound, etc. Unfortunately, we will never see it. Also, there were some big issues with the sound in the studio, for most of the participants - there was too much compression, separation between the vocals and backing tracks, too loud vocals as compared to the backing track, and the mics were picking up things they shouldn't be picking up, like the breathing sounds.
Honestly? My first reaction was skeptical too and that's despite all the research I did on Jann and his approach to his work before the show, but the more I watch it, the more I realize every single move, camera shot and the way every single line sounds was way more intentional that it felt at first.... also, the voice changes, woooow. The way the guy not only can sing, but also convey so much through manipulating his voice on such nuanced level, the way he builds the tension and manages to make it look completely effortless, like he just ran on the stage and went for it.. out of this world.
I still can not believe I won't see this in Eurovision this year. I have no words to describe my feeling right now. Thanks for the reaction. Greetings from Brazil.
Your constant mentioning of Jann's vocal struggle undermine the relevance of this review. His performance was great. Any breath heard through a mic was an indicator of a human singing rather than a chatGPT bot. Every handling of an off-key note was a sign of his original and skillful approach towards vocal production and self-awareness. VOCAL CREATIVITY TOP TIER LEVEL. I wish every singer's off-key notes were as brilliant.
To są też pieski kapitalizmu, które przecież czerpią zyski z tego eurowizyjnego cyrku i "ich" opinie muszą być "wyważone". W pełni się z Twoim komentarzem zgadzam. Tutaj prostackie wywalenie tv ciemnogród wszystkiego co zebrał mikrofon Jaśka przed podkład muzyczny nie było w stanie obnażyć żadnych braków umiejętności wokalnych chłopaka. Jedynej rzeczy, której sam nie umiem ocenić, to umiejętności posługiwania się tym narzeczem języka germańskiego. W którejś z recenzji ktoś coś wspomniał, że momentami to wychodzi niedokładnie, ale wynika też z powodu zmian śpiewu nisko i wysoko, no ja tego nie jestem w stanie nawet ocenić.
Guys, thank you for this reaction. This performance wasn't perfect, but none was on that night. Jann sweeped everybody from the stage singlehandedly. And given that he would have 2 months to prepare to ESC and that he is an educated musician - a countertenor - I can't see any issues in here. I am so so gutted about what TVP did to us and to Europe.
Thank you for your support and publicising the issue ❤️ We the audience feel cheated just like 2021, but there an internal choice was made and there was nothing we could do. This is our representative.
Thank you guys for this reaction, we appreciate it. However, you seem to not be aware of what really happened here. If Blanka won by fair and square selections there would be no such drama. We assume that it was rigged and we have many reasons to think that. Its not just about Jann. Its about TVP propaganda.
Jann have the Jim Morrison vibe. whit, I say the Lena moment... so you see ihm, his presents and you can not take your eyes from him, like Jim M. and whit his smart smile... like by Lena your fill like a friend, Familie member and want report him!
I'm still devastated... He told that it would be 300% of this performance on actual Eurovision 😭 It could be so good... I hope he'll come back next year and do it even better, we going for the win with him ❤️
I am almost 50 years old, I have missed some form of grit for a long time in the pop genre. Something you can really feel. (excluding all metal here, because they have really delivered) but this has industrial elements, it has rock elements and a bit of opera. Its sexy. As I understand it was his first time performing on TV, no wonder he was nervous. But this young man has a great future ahead of him. I am in awe of this young man. to write and produce this masterpiece on his own, that takes huge talent. Very much looking forward to what Jann does next! Huge kudos!
The song is a commentary on the dark side of showbusiness, including the importance of having connections. The full quote of the "savour it" part is "I'm picking your new favorite, you buy it and I savour it", which, in terms of how pulling the strings in this world works, feels very ironic and meta, given the whole scandals. Like... that's basically what TVP tried to do with all this heavy promotion for Blanka. Just to clear up :) Thank you for this video, guys. You have no idea how much it means to Poles. Also.. is it weird that one of the reasons (among many other things) why I wanted Jann to go so much because I was hoping William would go all "B-D-S-M HAA-NEEEY" in his reaction video? 😅😅😅
I would love Jann to go for Eurovision but mostly it is not about Jann nor Blanka. It is about transparency and justice of voting that TVP did not provide :(
I am sad about this all the way from Australia. This would have gotten my 12 points- and this is one of my favourite years in a long time. This song was revolutionary, and I hope he gets so much success and attention from it because he deserves it. Poland deserved this.
Does TVP have any dignity? Don't they see all these reactions? At this point they should withdraw. Thank you wiwibloggs for this video. You have a big audience and spreading awareness is very important. If anything, people will know better than to vote for an unfairly chosen representative cause we don't need that in the final.
To me the funniest thing about it all is how Blanka was heavily promoted on the radio, on TV, with sponsored posts and billboards on subway stations, while Jann was a "nobody", a relatively beginning indie artist, whose only promotion was the word of mouth... in a 11 days between the artists announcement and the show... and yet he crushed the televoting. Right now from a "nobody" he turned to an artist with a number 1 viral song on Spotify, he sold out 5 shows in like 10 hours, his song is the one youtubers around the world prefer to react over the "winning one". Quality prevails, people!
He has like 6 songs in the Spotify Viral 50 list right now in Poland, Gladiator being on spot #1. He is also charting on the viral lists in several countries. i.e. Ukraine, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. Sweden also invited him to the Melfest WKND pre-party, so... I guess he already won, even if he didn't.
JOINT STATEMENT OF THE POLISH EUROVISION MEDIA As we announced, on behalf of the community of fans and journalists dedicated to the Eurovision Song Contest, we have sent an appeal to the President of Telewizja Polska S.A., Mr Mateusz Matyszkowicz, to take a stand on the doubts that have arisen over the course of the Polish preselection "Tu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję" 2023. We referred to specific points of the preselection's rules, SMS voting and the Eurovision Song Contest itself, as well as other formal and ethical issues related to the course and results of the contest. We make the contents of the appeal available to the public.
Maybe you should listen to the lyrics instead of joking about the donuts over and over...the song is about the corruption, the bad sides of the celebrity world, and basically answers the questions why he was blocked from winning the preselections
I was more that happy to see his performance yesterday! He was a support act before Ralph Kamiński's concert. Jann is such an incredible, talented, magnetic, charismatic, charming, nice and humble young man!
I can't agree that Jann and Blanka have the same vocal level. Maybe Jann wasn't perfect, but actually I think that at the end of the performance he showed great skills. He sounds like a talented artist who just needs some more practice and Blanka sounds like someone who can't sing at all and should start learning from the beginning.
The problem with vocals was, the Polish goverment television (which was the organizator) did Jann dirty and kind of tried to mess up his performance. There are videos from people who recorded his performance using their smartphones and they have BETTER QUALITY than the public television has.
His vocals are light years better too!! From what I know this was his first preformance and maybe he ran out of breath(even so I think he was better than blanka, did you hear that high note "opera" thing??), but you have to check out other videos of him singing, he's so talanted. I stand by it
I just wanted to say that the laugh was intentional during "welcome to the party, i know it's kinda funny". He also did it in the music video version of this song
The best way to see whether Jann struggles with vocals is to watch him on chillizet live session, singing his song Promise. I have to say, this is not my favourite performance of his. Tvp definitely messed up the sound for the national finals. Also he is performing more as a live concert than a tv performance, I am sure he would have eventually found a solution. Now I am just happy to go see him on his tour in Poland.
Nemo „The Code” stole Jann’s composition, it’s the same! has pop, rap, opera, high notes at the end, starts with the same words, Jann would’ve slayed in 2023
Thanks you for this video. It's very importamt for Polish eurovision fans to maintain Buzz around this because TVP, Warner Music and Blanka are trying to wait IT out.
Jann would have been TOP 10 at Eurovision! He would’ve improved vocally by May! And his staging would probably be even bigger and crazier!! I will never forgive TVP for taking this away from us! Its been on repeating for weeks now!
He didn't sing so terribly. Audio from live phone recordings show they clearly botched the TV audio for him specifically or that something went wrong with all of their microphones together. There's definitely potential for more drama with other national finals. If you look at the juries for each national final seem to have attacked the taste of the televoters this year.
I don’t think the vocals were comparable with Blankas. He struggled a bit but his amazing vocals also shine through. It was only in parts it wasn’t great, plus he was having a full cardio work out on stage so now wonder. Also singing while laying down is difficult. If he had won I know he would have nailed it for the finale. No doubt.
This. On top of that, his song is extremely challenging vocally. Chest voice, falsetto, whistle voice, mixed voice with and without belting, rapping, all while moving through 3 octaves, crazy vocal dynamics and tonal switches, and not much time to catch a breath in between. And he dances like crazy on top of that. Blanka's is a mid-tempo, not-much-text basic song within one octave range and one single technique (or rather "technique", cause I do not think she actually has any) - all in chest voice (with some random, likely uncontrolled and unintentional mixed voice points), terrible mannerisms (Beeeybe), terrible articulation ("spell it ouuu"), being out of breath from the very beginning of the song, missing verses (e.g. before the human centipede moment the backing vocals are singing, but she is not) and messing up lyrics (in the final chorus she sings "sholo, solo", cause she likely mixes it up with "show ya, show ya"). Not singing the first song and the other song perfectly is not the same thing. Jann can easily sing Blanka's song. Blanka will not be able to even begin to sing Jann's. He also has the skills, so all he needed was more rehearsing and adjusting, so that his dancing does not compromise his singing. She would have to learn how to sing from scratch in two months.
I bet that the Polish jury was just a bunch of conservative pensioners. The same thing was with Latvia for a long time, when the jury was comprised of opera singers, conductors and some other people in their 80s. What can you expect from such a jury? Just from seeing this they couldn't sleep for a week.
LOL he didn't even win because of the jury riggage. It's Chanelle all over again but the thing is that Solo is not SloMo. OMG, that girl (Blanka) cannot sing live. Someone auto tune her Eurovision performance ASAP. It was like a bad karaoke night.
Jann is such an amazing artist. His performance was .. hypnotic! Too sad five people (jury) stole us the opportunity to see this masterpiece on the Eurovision stage. What were they thinking? And whoever says he is struggling singing.. hellooo! he is just taking us through different moods and feelings.. That is ART! ❤ @William: you need to get the meaning of Gladiator lyrics, man. 😄 Sometimes I get the impression, when you guys don't like an artist you are very superficial, not reviewing objectively ...Cheers.
Hey just wanna say something about how his vocal sounds. There's a shady thingy because there's a recording made during this performance with a phone camera. His vocals are wayyyymore on point. As if TV messed up sound during his performace. The actual vocal quality was better.
this had potential, the boy had potential ! i'm so sad for poland and jann not being able to send gladiator on liverpool's stage it could've been one of the greatest results for poland...
Sorry, but it seems you haven't listen the lyrics close enough, and that makes quite a lot of your comment's irrelevant. E.g., his smiling on the stage is a part of an act corresponding with lyrics. Gladiator was a fighter but also a slave.
Actually TVP posted a version which they mixed wrongly the vocals. They increased his mic levels and lower the instrumentals. I have heard his voice from a phone recording and he was on point and he didn't miss one note. I really think they put his recording worse and they auto tuned Blanka's. I have seen straight after the show Blanka's performance out of tune and then 3 days later they replaced to a version with her voice fixed. This is true. Singer here.
I am obsessed with him ! I don't think he was struggling with vocal ,it was more breath control he needs to work on. But he defined has charisma,style and not only he is good singer but he also look like a model ! So unfair 🤣 I can see people compare him to maneskin but it was actually his very first song that was "'strong and hard". His other songs are lyrical,alternative (check his beautiful ballad one missed call).
This would've been 1000x better than Solo, because the only thing he would've work on is breath control and voila - we have a strong top 10 in the final candidate But TVP of course thought differently
I'm so disappointed he couldn't go to Liverpool, So far my favorites songs were from Georgia, Sweden, France, Israël and Austria But actually gladiator is now by far my top 1 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥 Poland what have you done 😲
Totally agree with both. It was more memorable, unique, and YEAH, there were vocal & pronunciation issues during Jann's performance, but he had time to improve. Still cannot believe Solo is Polish song this year. Jann was a top 10 material.
Thanks for your video. I don't want to justify Jann's struggle with vocal, but in TV it sounded worse, that was his first ever performance in TV, and was smiling maybe because of stress. I'm sure he will work on it till May 🥲
There really weren't that many problems with the vocals... I don't know why people fixate on them so much when most of this "instability" like the little laughs were clearly an artistic choice corresponding with the lyrics and for the most part included on the original track.
Also, it is miles away from how he really laughs/smiles... he says himself that during the peformance he is "in-character"... and then some of the "shouty" verses are either a matter of conveying the emotion behind the lyrics like in a theatre performance or separating parts of the song to give it more texture (like between the chorus and the rap part and then between the rap part and the high note)
So glad you guys reacted to this, was hoping you would! The polish jurys just need to accept something bold and out there for once. Even if his vocals aren't perfect here, they're still pretty amazing and his presence is perfect!! Everything could have been honed before the big show, its his first ever tv performance AND i think the sound quality of the whole competition was a bit off anyway
Jann is a great artist. He's the real winner. The Poles feel cheated. It looks like the jury leader got "their" results directly from the earpiece, from someone above them, as some of the jury members seemed surprised by those results.
I'm so pissed off and I'm not even from Poland. Jann and Gladiator had everything you need for Eurovision success. There's no way Blanka could actually win, like NO WAY. Something went really wrong. Poles, fight for you freedom of speech and democracy.
For real,like in any other national selection,Solo would be six feet deep, obliterated by the juries and immediately forgotten by the public🥲
We're fighting for Jann 💪
There is a chance that Jann will go to Liverpool, we are still fighting in Poland .
@@Lukar___ There is not a chance they will reject Blanka. Why you say that? Im devastated that Jann didn't win, but lets get real. Blanka will go and there is no other way around.
Samee 😭. He was obviously very nervous because it was his first big performance, but the song is so unique and powerful.
He would certainly improve until Eurovision, I can't believe juries didnt have faith in him 😕
Just so you can compare:
The winning song:
Blanka „Solo”
Music:: Maciej Puchalski, Mikołaj Trybulec, Bartłomiej Rzeczycki, Marcin Górecki, Blanka Stajkow,
Lyrics: Blanka Stajkow, Maria Droberg, Julia Sundberg
Jann „Gladiator”
Music: Jann
Lyrics: Jann
No further comments needed
wow. even with all of that help,blanka still couldnt do any good
Jann actually wrote this song all by himself! It's his satiric view on corrupted music industry, and how some people reject all moral and ethical principles in order to become famous & get the attention. Ironically, this song depicts exactly what happened with polish national final last sunday:)
Those lyrics! So ironic...
I think he choose it for a reason, because he knew.. sadly
This was his first live television performance and he did such an amazing show. It's such a shame he will not represent us in Eurovision. I think about it every day how much of a worldwide (or at least european) career he would have got if TVP production did not rig it. It's painful but it is how it is in this country.
I think he will still succeed in his career, the youth worldwide are coming to love more experimental music more and more everyday
Apparently the sound was better live. TVP has a history of having terrible sounds in this competition.
@@jolantaanasiewicz5234 nie tylko młodzież. Fanami Janna są ludzie w każdym wieku, także emeryci. Cała Polska go pokochała za artyzm i skromność.
I understand Polish frustration. If I were Polish, I would move to Croatia.
I am 40 years old and I am not easily impressed by young artists. But this incredibly talented boy!... His charisma, authenticity and energy literally blew my mind!!!
Jann, you are awesome! Greetings from Australia
Greetings from Poland ❤
I dont like Aussies
Im 44 and im obsessed with this performance. Im not polish and im so sad for him and for the polish people. This was a dictatorship like move.
This is a real winner from Poland ❗❗
He got our SMS votes! We continue to fight for justice in our country! ⛓️🖤
End of dictatorship and TV corruption in Poland! ⛔⛔⛔⛔
Jann to Eurovision! ⛓️🖤⛓️🖤
Nie powinno się mieszać Eurowizji z polityką 🤡
@@Kamils2107 tvp już niestety to zrobiło
Seems this opened other deep topics, that are not so ok. Fight guys, love Jann, love Poland. With love from Lithuania ❤
It is said that he got 18k votes out of 35k, so over 50% of all votes, while average for participant should be 10%, Blanka got 6k so around 15%.
@@jolantaanasiewicz5234 od kiedy TVP to model do naśladowania? Nie nadążam za wami
I'm still not over that drama with Poland, I'm still so sad because Jann in my opinion could have been the best result for Poland this century. So much attitude, charisma, stage presence. He might have been nervous so that explains his vocals being shaky a bit but guys - it was hist first tv performance. And that last note, omg he NAILED it!
I can't stop watching that performance, it would have looked amazing in Liverpool. I've never been this gutted about anyone nonqualifying from national selection but this is the biggest robbery ever.
Poland 🇵🇱 I'm so gutted and we are with you. I've been so heartbroken since Sunday that words can't even express it.
The same...
We should not forget that the audio transmitted by the broadcaster was badly mixed, on recordings from the audience smartphones everything do sound better!
I think that he was simply happy about the fans' support in the studio, and he could not suppress the smile and maybe this were these shaky moments :)
I'm not gonna lie - I prefer that performance than studio version. I JUST LOVE THIS LIVE PERFORMANCE because we get to see Jann's charisma and I absolutely enjoy watching him on stage. I'm still shocked because he would have been my winner this year which (to me) has never happened before. (placing Poland as a winner)
Yeah and I fully agree with Deban that what Jann might have been missing vocally he fully compensates in like all the other areas of movement, passion, wardrobe etc.
@@theincomparablemess Saame! Poland was my winner pre-selection (and I didn't think someone would top Vesna for me this season), now for me Poland is second to last. Sorry, not Poland, but TVP. I will continue to pretend that Poland is not participating this year until broadcaster fixes it's rigged result (which I highly doubt)
Definitely not a century - he easily could hit a strong top 10 this year. But I don't think any of the entries this year had a chance to actually win. He was a better and more fair option though. Hopefully EBU does open investigation, cause there is just too many issues with this event.
everyone had 9 days to prepare performances so let's be real, if Jann won he would have gotten rid off his breathing problems. His song is harder to both sing and dance, Blanka's song isn't hard to sing at all. Also he sang in national opera when he was 12 so he definitely can sing.
The sound on TV was terrible in comparison to the videos shot in the studio. And I think it's worth mentioning, Blanka had been working on her dance for a month or even longer, she performed the song many times on TVP. Jann and his team did the staging in just a few days
@@arvadekadava3198 That reaally speaks volumes about the difference in their talent tho🥲
Blanka literally had months to prepare for her performance being TVP's favorite after all,yet it still couldn't hold a candle to Jann's performance.
Cierto , y los fans polacos dicen que ella presentaba esta canción desde antes de navidad y año nuevo en cada programa de TVP , que un jurado le hizo la coreografía y le dieron bailarines, esto es tan malditamente injusto . Espero caigan todos esos corruptos.
Deberían elegir a dedo pero hacen el show para darle esperanza a la gente de que está votando a su favorito solo para sacarle dinero y eligen en bambalinas a quien mejor se vende .
The production had a sound issue, his microphone was louder than the music so it sounded like karaoke. Once you realise that this is the issue, you realise that he’s an amazing performer. Also, I saw recordings from the audience in the hall, and he sounded amazing in these recordings. The production probably lowered the music for the TV viewers, but that's not how it sounded in the hall, so there is a mismatch between his singing and the background music.
They always do that every year. Polish preselections haven't had good sound for like past 5 years.
@@mjm3091 I mean Krystian Ochman was close to lose to another Blanka , Daria was her name
Jann is a one man army. He could be this year's Maneskin from Poland and be a public favorite at the grand final. We love him and we know his real value!
He reminds me Damiano's charisma too... Incredible star...
I am from Italy and I can definitely say that Jann could be one of the winner and who takes all in Liverpool but ofc TVP is corrupted asf so Blanka with his solo 💀 will represent Poland
"I'm picking your new favourite. You buy it and I savour it." This song is about show business. Ironically, that's what happened during these Polish pre-selections. Respect to Jann for creating lyrics, music and the concept of the music video for this song
Thank you guys!! a week passed and the fandom is still heartbroken. But hey, Jann is getting MASSIVE popularity at the moment, with the tour sold out in 24 h
Well he actually did it in 10h 😅
I hope there is still justice and Jann will represent Poland or we will be disqualified.
Nie pisz po angielsku tylko po to by szkodzić Polsce
@@Kamils2107 nie kazdy tu mowi po polsku, plus powiedzenie prawdy to nie szkodzenie (:
Też uważam, że lepszy walkower niż pewna kompromitacja.
@@annab.8414jaka kompromitacja???
@@Kamils2107 Czyżby? Myślę, że walka z korupcją o sprawiedliwość jest czymś, co powinniśmy sobie cenić jako Polacy. Jakie szkodzenie, się pytam?
This guy is a genius and he owned the stage. He is a victim of what he sings about. You need to put yourself in the dirt, and give the show to be loved. And yes, as a kid he was singing in the national opera.
Jann has a beautiful vocal. Check his other live performances. He is just amazing
Real artist, with style, charyzma, image. Not plastic product like Blanka.
For me on live better than clip.
Poland with Jann was in top 10 definitely. With Blanka can be down down down..
And maybe not in finale at all...
He's not ''struggling to sing'' this sounded SO MUCH BETTER live than on TV... there are videos taken from the public and it sounds like a whole different song
No it doesn’t. The issues just aren’t as obvious because it’s audience cell phone vs. a direct feed.
@@frajoladellagato You're delusional.
@@frajoladellagato The difference is that audience record what is really happening and TVP production CHANGED the sound, they lowered the music background and turned up his mic, and i think not even his. TVP just sucks at live performances
@@tommytowner792 k
@@wild3estdreams10 People were screeming and applauding during his performance, so sound engineers turned up the vocal and muted surroundings and music
according to unofficial reports (TVP still has not published the detailed voting results or the results of the jury members), Jann won over 50% of all viewers' votes. Jann is a representative whom Poles have chosen and want. Blanka is a representative of the government television TVP, which is not the first time she manipulates the results. The jury's votes show that they either wanted Blanka to win or they didn't want Jann to win. Warner Music Poland could also be involved.
I hope Poland will be disqualified
that would be a Kaarija level of landslide with another voting system
More than that, many people additionally say that Blanka plagiarized the romanian song INNA - Up and has contacts with two jurors
@@minraeyun5820 as a Romanian, I agree, she shamelessly stole Inna's specific sound, which is so crazy to me because she's both distinct but also extremely generic by Romanian standards 🤣
@@minraeyun5820 I mean her dancers are straight up from one of the judge's dancing group and the choreography was also made by him.
To jest Janna własna kompozycja ❤
Piękna na dodatek ❤
To niezle gosc ma nierowno pod kopula
@@valiantthor5798he slayed
@@valiantthor5798 cała Europa ciśnie bekę z Blanki
Honestly if this went to Eurovision I feel like Poland would have won 2023. This has so much charisma and gives me the same vibes Maneskin had and they won. Plus he's become so famous now and is selling out shows.
BTW William, can you do magic and bring him to London Eurovision Party? Would love to see Jann performing Gladiator there. Thanks
William kills me :))))))
"With Blanka's Solo you wanted to turn it so low so you couldn't hear the vocals."
I don't think it's fair to compare Blanka and Jann vocals, because Jann's song was pretty hard to perform (all this falsetto for example), while Blanka's song was probably the easiest and most basic song in existence
Jann slayed.
We don't want Blanka. Our real winner is Jann. 🇵🇱⛓️🖤
Some say that his live performance was poor but I genuinely think that his vocals added to the eery vibe of the song... outstanding 🥳
Well, he only had 10 days to prepare it all, and he's from a small independent label so there is no big team or budget behind him.If he had won, he would have perfected the performance, cut back on some moves to improve sound, etc. Unfortunately, we will never see it.
Also, there were some big issues with the sound in the studio, for most of the participants - there was too much compression, separation between the vocals and backing tracks, too loud vocals as compared to the backing track, and the mics were picking up things they shouldn't be picking up, like the breathing sounds.
Honestly? My first reaction was skeptical too and that's despite all the research I did on Jann and his approach to his work before the show, but the more I watch it, the more I realize every single move, camera shot and the way every single line sounds was way more intentional that it felt at first.... also, the voice changes, woooow. The way the guy not only can sing, but also convey so much through manipulating his voice on such nuanced level, the way he builds the tension and manages to make it look completely effortless, like he just ran on the stage and went for it.. out of this world.
Oh, didn't you participate in last year's selection? As a part of Unmute, that is.
@@patrycja2164 totally agree!!
He just needs more breathe control at certain moments but overall 100 out of 10
Yessss, finally!!! Our true winner
Poland, do not stop to fight for Jann! He's just awesome!!!! Wishes from Lihuania
I still can not believe I won't see this in Eurovision this year. I have no words to describe my feeling right now. Thanks for the reaction. Greetings from Brazil.
Your constant mentioning of Jann's vocal struggle undermine the relevance of this review. His performance was great. Any breath heard through a mic was an indicator of a human singing rather than a chatGPT bot. Every handling of an off-key note was a sign of his original and skillful approach towards vocal production and self-awareness. VOCAL CREATIVITY TOP TIER LEVEL. I wish every singer's off-key notes were as brilliant.
To są też pieski kapitalizmu, które przecież czerpią zyski z tego eurowizyjnego cyrku i "ich" opinie muszą być "wyważone".
W pełni się z Twoim komentarzem zgadzam. Tutaj prostackie wywalenie tv ciemnogród wszystkiego co zebrał mikrofon Jaśka przed podkład muzyczny nie było w stanie obnażyć żadnych braków umiejętności wokalnych chłopaka.
Jedynej rzeczy, której sam nie umiem ocenić, to umiejętności posługiwania się tym narzeczem języka germańskiego. W którejś z recenzji ktoś coś wspomniał, że momentami to wychodzi niedokładnie, ale wynika też z powodu zmian śpiewu nisko i wysoko, no ja tego nie jestem w stanie nawet ocenić.
Guys, thank you for this reaction.
This performance wasn't perfect, but none was on that night. Jann sweeped everybody from the stage singlehandedly. And given that he would have 2 months to prepare to ESC and that he is an educated musician - a countertenor - I can't see any issues in here. I am so so gutted about what TVP did to us and to Europe.
I am not even from Poland and I wanna see him so bad on Eurovision performing this again 😭😭😭
It was perfect but TVP messed up the sound. Check recordings from audience
The meaning behind the lyrics of that song is what made me love the song straight away.
Thank you for your support and publicising the issue ❤️ We the audience feel cheated just like 2021, but there an internal choice was made and there was nothing we could do. This is our representative.
Internal choices do not have national finals.
Thank you guys for this reaction, we appreciate it. However, you seem to not be aware of what really happened here. If Blanka won by fair and square selections there would be no such drama. We assume that it was rigged and we have many reasons to think that. Its not just about Jann. Its about TVP propaganda.
Still hoping for a miracle so that Jann starts for Poland in the Final...
Jann have the Jim Morrison vibe. whit, I say the Lena moment... so you see ihm, his presents and you can not take your eyes from him, like Jim M. and whit his smart smile... like by Lena your fill like a friend, Familie member and want report him!
I'm still devastated... He told that it would be 300% of this performance on actual Eurovision 😭 It could be so good... I hope he'll come back next year and do it even better, we going for the win with him ❤️
There were a lot of technical issues in tv sound and that's why most of the songs sounded so bad. In the videos from arena it sounds so much better
I am almost 50 years old, I have missed some form of grit for a long time in the pop genre. Something you can really feel. (excluding all metal here, because they have really delivered) but this has industrial elements, it has rock elements and a bit of opera. Its sexy. As I understand it was his first time performing on TV, no wonder he was nervous. But this young man has a great future ahead of him. I am in awe of this young man. to write and produce this masterpiece on his own, that takes huge talent. Very much looking forward to what Jann does next! Huge kudos!
They did him dirty... Recordings from the audience were better than official live version
I’m so proud of Jann ❤️ it’s the winner
I wanted to see this at Eurovision so bad :((
The song is a commentary on the dark side of showbusiness, including the importance of having connections. The full quote of the "savour it" part is "I'm picking your new favorite, you buy it and I savour it", which, in terms of how pulling the strings in this world works, feels very ironic and meta, given the whole scandals. Like... that's basically what TVP tried to do with all this heavy promotion for Blanka. Just to clear up :)
Thank you for this video, guys. You have no idea how much it means to Poles. Also.. is it weird that one of the reasons (among many other things) why I wanted Jann to go so much because I was hoping William would go all "B-D-S-M HAA-NEEEY" in his reaction video? 😅😅😅
I was waiting for this😌😅
I would love Jann to go for Eurovision but mostly it is not about Jann nor Blanka. It is about transparency and justice of voting that TVP did not provide :(
I am sad about this all the way from Australia. This would have gotten my 12 points- and this is one of my favourite years in a long time. This song was revolutionary, and I hope he gets so much success and attention from it because he deserves it. Poland deserved this.
Poland missed the most spectacular ESC entry of the last decades!
polish tvp is always missed , so we are as fans in dead position.......
Does TVP have any dignity? Don't they see all these reactions? At this point they should withdraw.
Thank you wiwibloggs for this video. You have a big audience and spreading awareness is very important. If anything, people will know better than to vote for an unfairly chosen representative cause we don't need that in the final.
Yaaay! I really wanted your reaction to Jann’s song and it’s finally here 😁 can’t wait❤
To me the funniest thing about it all is how Blanka was heavily promoted on the radio, on TV, with sponsored posts and billboards on subway stations, while Jann was a "nobody", a relatively beginning indie artist, whose only promotion was the word of mouth... in a 11 days between the artists announcement and the show... and yet he crushed the televoting. Right now from a "nobody" he turned to an artist with a number 1 viral song on Spotify, he sold out 5 shows in like 10 hours, his song is the one youtubers around the world prefer to react over the "winning one". Quality prevails, people!
He has like 6 songs in the Spotify Viral 50 list right now in Poland, Gladiator being on spot #1. He is also charting on the viral lists in several countries. i.e. Ukraine, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. Sweden also invited him to the Melfest WKND pre-party, so... I guess he already won, even if he didn't.
His vocal is perfect, tv made some job to his audio to make him sound worse.
Videos from the audience sounded so much better and his voice was really good! They managed to even mess up the audio on tv...
And I really don't want to sound like crazy fangirl, but even audio from smartphone was better...
He smashed the competition baby!!! no matter what he slayed they were wrong not to send it☮❤
JOINT STATEMENT OF THE POLISH EUROVISION MEDIA
As we announced, on behalf of the community of fans and journalists dedicated to the Eurovision Song Contest, we have sent an appeal to the President of Telewizja Polska S.A., Mr Mateusz Matyszkowicz, to take a stand on the doubts that have arisen over the course of the Polish preselection "Tu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję" 2023.
We referred to specific points of the preselection's rules, SMS voting and the Eurovision Song Contest itself, as well as other formal and ethical issues related to the course and results of the contest. We make the contents of the appeal available to the public.
Maybe you should listen to the lyrics instead of joking about the donuts over and over...the song is about the corruption, the bad sides of the celebrity world, and basically answers the questions why he was blocked from winning the preselections
Jann had only 10 days to prepare staging. Blanka on the other hand: months...!!!
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"Smash your competition, baby
Show us some good entertainment
Victory's your only payment"
I was more that happy to see his performance yesterday! He was a support act before Ralph Kamiński's concert. Jann is such an incredible, talented, magnetic, charismatic, charming, nice and humble young man!
I can't agree that Jann and Blanka have the same vocal level. Maybe Jann wasn't perfect, but actually I think that at the end of the performance he showed great skills. He sounds like a talented artist who just needs some more practice and Blanka sounds like someone who can't sing at all and should start learning from the beginning.
The problem with vocals was, the Polish goverment television (which was the organizator) did Jann dirty and kind of tried to mess up his performance. There are videos from people who recorded his performance using their smartphones and they have BETTER QUALITY than the public television has.
His vocals are light years better too!! From what I know this was his first preformance and maybe he ran out of breath(even so I think he was better than blanka, did you hear that high note "opera" thing??), but you have to check out other videos of him singing, he's so talanted. I stand by it
I just wanted to say that the laugh was intentional during "welcome to the party, i know it's kinda funny". He also did it in the music video version of this song
The best way to see whether Jann struggles with vocals is to watch him on chillizet live session, singing his song Promise. I have to say, this is not my favourite performance of his. Tvp definitely messed up the sound for the national finals. Also he is performing more as a live concert than a tv performance, I am sure he would have eventually found a solution. Now I am just happy to go see him on his tour in Poland.
Nemo „The Code” stole Jann’s composition, it’s the same! has pop, rap, opera, high notes at the end, starts with the same words, Jann would’ve slayed in 2023
Another thing is that, the videos of Jann's performance from phone sound better than the television ones.
WE STILL FIGHTING ✊🏻
JANN POLISH HERO👌👏🇵🇱
Thanks you for this video. It's very importamt for Polish eurovision fans to maintain Buzz around this because TVP, Warner Music and Blanka are trying to wait IT out.
Jann would have been TOP 10 at Eurovision! He would’ve improved vocally by May! And his staging would probably be even bigger and crazier!! I will never forgive TVP for taking this away from us! Its been on repeating for weeks now!
Have you heard any recordings with mobiles from the show? He doesn't need to improve his vocals - they are very good - TV must send with better sound.
He didn't sing so terribly. Audio from live phone recordings show they clearly botched the TV audio for him specifically or that something went wrong with all of their microphones together. There's definitely potential for more drama with other national finals. If you look at the juries for each national final seem to have attacked the taste of the televoters this year.
I don’t think the vocals were comparable with Blankas. He struggled a bit but his amazing vocals also shine through. It was only in parts it wasn’t great, plus he was having a full cardio work out on stage so now wonder. Also singing while laying down is difficult. If he had won I know he would have nailed it for the finale. No doubt.
This. On top of that, his song is extremely challenging vocally. Chest voice, falsetto, whistle voice, mixed voice with and without belting, rapping, all while moving through 3 octaves, crazy vocal dynamics and tonal switches, and not much time to catch a breath in between. And he dances like crazy on top of that.
Blanka's is a mid-tempo, not-much-text basic song within one octave range and one single technique (or rather "technique", cause I do not think she actually has any) - all in chest voice (with some random, likely uncontrolled and unintentional mixed voice points), terrible mannerisms (Beeeybe), terrible articulation ("spell it ouuu"), being out of breath from the very beginning of the song, missing verses (e.g. before the human centipede moment the backing vocals are singing, but she is not) and messing up lyrics (in the final chorus she sings "sholo, solo", cause she likely mixes it up with "show ya, show ya").
Not singing the first song and the other song perfectly is not the same thing. Jann can easily sing Blanka's song. Blanka will not be able to even begin to sing Jann's. He also has the skills, so all he needed was more rehearsing and adjusting, so that his dancing does not compromise his singing. She would have to learn how to sing from scratch in two months.
I bet that the Polish jury was just a bunch of conservative pensioners. The same thing was with Latvia for a long time, when the jury was comprised of opera singers, conductors and some other people in their 80s. What can you expect from such a jury? Just from seeing this they couldn't sleep for a week.
Jann is the real winner! And I’m not even from Poland.
He totally should have won… it blows my mind that he didn’t. I’m actually pissed.
LOL he didn't even win because of the jury riggage. It's Chanelle all over again but the thing is that Solo is not SloMo. OMG, that girl (Blanka) cannot sing live. Someone auto tune her Eurovision performance ASAP. It was like a bad karaoke night.
Jann is such an amazing artist. His performance was .. hypnotic! Too sad five people (jury) stole us the opportunity to see this masterpiece on the Eurovision stage. What were they thinking? And whoever says he is struggling singing.. hellooo! he is just taking us through different moods and feelings.. That is ART! ❤ @William: you need to get the meaning of Gladiator lyrics, man. 😄 Sometimes I get the impression, when you guys don't like an artist you are very superficial, not reviewing objectively ...Cheers.
Hey just wanna say something about how his vocal sounds. There's a shady thingy because there's a recording made during this performance with a phone camera. His vocals are wayyyymore on point. As if TV messed up sound during his performace. The actual vocal quality was better.
this had potential, the boy had potential ! i'm so sad for poland and jann not being able to send gladiator on liverpool's stage it could've been one of the greatest results for poland...
Sorry, but it seems you haven't listen the lyrics close enough, and that makes quite a lot of your comment's irrelevant. E.g., his smiling on the stage is a part of an act corresponding with lyrics. Gladiator was a fighter but also a slave.
This was his first performance on TV. He did it without dancers, backing vocals and so on...very sad. Although it is not my type of music, I LOVE THIS
Actually TVP posted a version which they mixed wrongly the vocals. They increased his mic levels and lower the instrumentals. I have heard his voice from a phone recording and he was on point and he didn't miss one note. I really think they put his recording worse and they auto tuned Blanka's. I have seen straight after the show Blanka's performance out of tune and then 3 days later they replaced to a version with her voice fixed. This is true. Singer here.
He is number 1 in the Polish charts 🥳🔥
Absolutely love this song, should this song
Should have beat Blanka, that jury was terrible
Only Jann - Poland free, eurovision 2023
I wanted Jann so badly 🇩🇪💔🇵🇱
We too, I'm devastated 🥲
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He's not struggling
He did that on purpose
Yeah, we can also hear his laughter in the music video. And he is literally saying "I know it's kind of funny", c'mon.
I am obsessed with him ! I don't think he was struggling with vocal ,it was more breath control he needs to work on. But he defined has charisma,style and not only he is good singer but he also look like a model ! So unfair 🤣 I can see people compare him to maneskin but it was actually his very first song that was "'strong and hard". His other songs are lyrical,alternative (check his beautiful ballad one missed call).
I love that not only people from poland love him
I am overwhelmed with his beauty 😳❤️
Thanks for the reaction. Greetings from Poland! ⛓🖤⛓
This would've been 1000x better than Solo, because the only thing he would've work on is breath control and voila - we have a strong top 10 in the final candidate
But TVP of course thought differently
The rumours say that Jann had around 18000 votes which is more than half of all of the votes. Blanka had around 6000
I'm so disappointed he couldn't go to Liverpool,
So far my favorites songs were from Georgia, Sweden, France, Israël and Austria
But actually gladiator is now by far my top 1
😥😥😥😥😥😥😥
Poland what have you done 😲
Totally agree with both. It was more memorable, unique, and YEAH, there were vocal & pronunciation issues during Jann's performance, but he had time to improve.
Still cannot believe Solo is Polish song this year. Jann was a top 10 material.
Jann ❤ - the real 🇵🇱 representative
BRILLIANT- I love it! It should have won- GREAT CHARISMA also!
Thanks for your video. I don't want to justify Jann's struggle with vocal, but in TV it sounded worse, that was his first ever performance in TV, and was smiling maybe because of stress. I'm sure he will work on it till May 🥲
Sorry, he would work...
I think he was smiling because of the lyrics, it' s ironic.
There really weren't that many problems with the vocals... I don't know why people fixate on them so much when most of this "instability" like the little laughs were clearly an artistic choice corresponding with the lyrics and for the most part included on the original track.
He literally laughs right before 'I know it's kinda funny' xd
Also, it is miles away from how he really laughs/smiles... he says himself that during the peformance he is "in-character"... and then some of the "shouty" verses are either a matter of conveying the emotion behind the lyrics like in a theatre performance or separating parts of the song to give it more texture (like between the chorus and the rap part and then between the rap part and the high note)
The Real Winner 😞😓🥺
So glad you guys reacted to this, was hoping you would! The polish jurys just need to accept something bold and out there for once. Even if his vocals aren't perfect here, they're still pretty amazing and his presence is perfect!! Everything could have been honed before the big show, its his first ever tv performance AND i think the sound quality of the whole competition was a bit off anyway
The real winner
Jann is a great artist. He's the real winner. The Poles feel cheated. It looks like the jury leader got "their" results directly from the earpiece, from someone above them, as some of the jury members seemed surprised by those results.