With the final of Poland’s Szansa na Sukces drawing ever closer, the winner of semi-final one Kasia Dereń has released her song for Eurovision “Ufaj Mi”.
Kasia Deren – “Ufaj Mi” (Szansa na Sukces 2020)
In the song, Kasia tells you that you can count on her in this pulsating, uptempo pop track.
The verses are sung in Polish and the undeniably catchy chorus is sung in English.
Kasia co-wrote the music with Piotr Walcki and the lyrics were written by Marcin Januszkiewicz and Mateusz Krautwurst, whom she worked with on her previous single “Something Special”.
Kasia Dereń was a finalist on the second edition of The Voice Poland. She’s already had some Eurovision experience representing her country. She was a backing vocalist for Gromee and Luka Meijer’s song “Light Me Up” at Eurovision 2018.
The 35 year old made it to the final via the first semi – the Abba hits round. She sang a rendition of “Mamma Mia” and wowed the panel of Polish Eurovision veterans Michal Szpak, Cleo and Gromee, who put her through to this weekend’s grand final.
Szansa na Sukces – Eurowizja 2020: Final songs
Albert Černý “Lucy”
The Lake Malawi’s Albert Černý will sing “Lucy”.
The track is seeped in Eurovision. Its songwriters include JOWST (Norway 2017), César Sampson (Austria 2018) and Lasse Piirainen (Finland 2017). The song itself is inspired by Lucy Ayoub — one of the co-hosts of the 2019 contest.
Albert will be joined by the remaining members of Lake Malawi — Jeroným Šubrt and Antonín Hrabal. However, he’s unsure whether all three would go to Rotterdam should Albert win the selection.
You’ll recall that Lake Malawi represented Czech Republic at Eurovision 2019 with “Friend Of A Friend”. They finished 11th.
Alicja Szemplińska
Alicja Szemplińska has yet to reveal the name of her song. However, the contest favourite confirmed that her entry is written by Patryk Kumór, Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek and Laurell Barker.
Kumór was involved with both of Poland’s Junior Eurovision winning entries. Barker is a prolific songwriter. In 2019 she had three songs compete at Eurovision for Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
What do you think of “Ufaj Mi”? Do you think it will send Kasia to Rotterdam? Let us know in the comments.
Alicja Szemplinska
EBU will never let the adult ESC take place in a country where « no lgbt » areas where just created few days ago (google it !)
We all have to know that !
Btw this song is just boooooring
It was “created” months ago. Its just far right’s wishful thinking. Noone takes it seriously. Not even them (just propaganda).
And even if it wasn’t, its not LGBT contest… I mean, not yet
I usually like songs in native language. But not this one, I´m sorry.
Its okay but nothing spectacular.
These bi-language songs adding english are so ridiculous. So just because the public will hear ‘You can count on me” suddenly he will like the song more ?
What’s with the new jack swing Michael Jackson Dangerous era esque drum backing? It’s so out of place.
The song is a bit exhausting, chorus just keeps…going over and over and endless lyrics.
I am not feeling Poland this year so far, sorry. Tulsa were so amazing, it’s a hard act to follow imo.
I gave up after the 1st minute…
I got to 1:04
It’s not bad, but it feels exhausting in a way? Like I feel that it goes too fast, if that makes sense.
Alicja is the favourite to win it all anyway
I like it well enough… does seem a bit generic but that’s bad thing per say just an observation. I lole that it’s bilingual so it appeals to me more(as I hear English enough). But… Albert can sell a live performance he’s very charismatic so I’m not writing off him as I don’t hate his song but not in ,ove with it as well. I haven’t seen the two girls perfome live so I don’t k how what they’re capable of so I’m gonna really hold off on judging really(especially cause the third song isn’t released). So overall I like… Read more »
Lol, my typing was grade A there… guess that’s what I get for listening to the song at work during a fifteen minute break XD
With a revamp this could do well in ESC if it ends up winning
1. Lake Malawi “Lucy”
1/2. Alicja Szempli?ska ….
3. Kasia Dere? “Ufaj Mi” I’m sorry Kasia.
I am waiting for Alicja song
Good luck Poland
For all non-Polish speakers I put together a rough translation of the lyrics. You can see them below, I also included the already English chorus. I welcome other Poles and their suggestion. As I said this translation is not perfect but fares better than the google translate and should clear some things out 🙂 Despite the words, in spite of dreams I still believe That this need under the skin won’t pass. In the meantime I want to tell you once more, You got me, you got me, you got me. Every day, this principle stands, The less of you… Read more »
Your translation is so much better than mine, great job 🙂 Just one thing, I couldn’t really understand what Kasia was singing in the second line of the second verse, so I looked up the lyrics in the description of “Ufaj Mi” YT video, and as it turns out the line was “Silni wtulaja sie na sile w swiat”, which I think could be translated as “The strong are cuddling up into the world by force” (whatever that means).
Thank you so much that’s so nice of you 🙂 Yes, this particular phrase seems pretty far fetched in both Polish and Englishl… I like your version, I was trying to streamline it somehow but it just kept getting clunkier 😀
The translation of the Polish parts: Despite the words, despite the dreams I still believe That my secret desire won’t go away Meanwhile I want to say it once again: You’ve got me, you’ve got me, you’ve got me Every day this rule appears to be true: The less I see you the more tears there are And yet again I want to release this message into the ether: You’ve got me, you’ve got me, you’ve got me You can trust me, I don’t want to ask you for anything more You can trust me, my heart will be able… Read more »
It ain’t that difficult for me since I’m a native speaker. And objectively speaking there are languages that are way harder to learn than Polish, e.g. Hungarian, Icelandic or Mandarin Chinese. Well, it also depends on what language you speak, but you get the idea.
I had a friend who was Chinese and when we compared our languages he said Polish is among the hardest languages to learn.
She’s singing “you can COUNT on me”. “Ufaj mi” is about trusting your loved one.
I’m Polish and I was expecting much more from Kasia. I hoped that Poland will send sth upbeat but this isn’t very good. So Alicja will probably win with another ballad.
It’s got that cheap, plasticky computer pop sound to it that I’ve grown a little tired of. But it’s got a decent melody.
This song ain’t bad at all even if I don’t understand a word. It’s very radio friendly and better than Albert ?erný .
Apparently it’s not gonna be released before the show.
It’s Alicja’s record label decision not hers
Really forgettable song.
A good song for Eurovision must be a mix of Kristian Kostov, Dizzee Rascal and The Chainsmokers.
Lake Malawi was one of my favourites at Eurovision 2019 and Lucy doesn’t disappoint. I prefer Lucy to this one
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Polish lyrics in verses are bunch of random “cool sounding” words sticked together. Like you hear a sentence, you know what does it mean but in general it doesn’t make any sense and most of the time has nothing to do with neither previous nor next sentence. Reminds me of certain Polish musician that starts with letter S… xd But it doesn’t matter if you can’t understand Polish like most of the audience. I like chorus much more. That being said, I don’t think it would do great. Borderline qualifier maybe? So like always. I don’t think she wins it… Read more »
I meant higher chances than Albert in Szansa na Sukces final.
It sounds more memorable than “Lucy”, but I won’t repeat the mistake of judging a Lake Malawi song before watching how their likeability will raise its game.
Tylko Alicja Szempli?ska, ona musi wygra? plisssssss 🙂
Jestem zawiedziony. Czyli ju? tylko nadzieja w szemplinskiej
I had just a quick listen and I can’t listen once again right now (I’m at work lol). The first worrying thing is that I can’t really remember the song right now and we all know that a good Eurovision song should be immediately memorable. As a Polish person, right now, I definitely prefer Lucy, even though I don’t think it is a perfect song. But at least it feels authentic. The problem with Kasia’s song is that it seems to me that you can hear that someone tried to hard to write a song here without being really inspired.… Read more »
It’s a radio song, pleasant but not very interesting
I’m surprised to see positive comments below because people in Poland are really disappointed with this entry. Maybe we didn’t expect something extraordinary but there are a lot of opinions that such a talented person as Kasia could sing much better songs. Well, I’m curious about Alicja’s song. It’s probably a ballad, so I hope it won’t be too pretentious and pathetic. I like ballads but not that kind.
For me it’s like with Belgium. I don’t hate it, I just wish it was better.
Any chance Poland vote for Lake Malawi?
it’s better than “lucy” but the third song could be even better
I really like it, would be a great entry for Poland imo.
The English bits sound like some of the dance tracks by Edyta Gorniak
It’s a good song. A bit simple though. She also has a problem in the high register even on the studio track, so makes me wonder what it will sound like live.
she’s really talented, it will be amazing live
I just hope we won’t see Lake Malawi again. Please ladies win!!!
Why? Having Luke Malawi again would be so fun. We know they deliver quality and charisma from the way they absolutely lifted Friend of a Friend once they stood on that stage. And IMO Lucy is a much better song. It’s very contemporary and has a cool sound which we could need in Eurovision. It would stand out. Not to mention how fun it would be to have the artist/band who represented Czechia in 2019, represent Poland in the Netherlands in 2020, with a song inspired by the host of ESC2019 in Israel, written in a hotel room in Oslo,… Read more »
Last year they’ve got very high marks from the juries and almost nothing from televoting. It’s usually the other way around with Polish entries so for that alone sending Lake Malawi would be interesting.
For now the system isn’t working – we knew they were great singers and it all depended on songs and those 2 ain’t it.
Vokal Kasia is ok. Song modern
I am waiting for Alicja song
Have not expected that from her – I really like it