The culmination of the Top of the Top Sopot Festival 2021 was a jubilee concert on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of TVN24. It is not only a galaxy of outstanding artists on stage, but also a sentimental journey in time, colored with numerous memories, anecdotes and, above all, emotions that we can share with you for years. For which we would like to thank you.
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Top of the Top Sopot Festival 2021 were three days of extraordinary musical experiences and great entertainment. On Thursday, however, the concert was exceptional – it was the 20th anniversary of TVN24.
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This is how we reported the jubilee concert at the Top of the Top Sopot Festival 2021 on tvn24.pl
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On stage, together with the orchestra conducted by Daniel Nosewicz and Nikola Kołodziejczyk, there were, among others: Kayah, Agnieszka Chylińska, Kasia Nosowska, Ewa Bem, Brodka, Sylwia Grzeszczak, Natalia Przybysz, Viki Gabor, Krzysztof Zalewski, Organek, Fisz Emade Tworzywa, Grzegorz Turnau, Stanisław Soyka, One Two Three, Kortez, Michał Szpak, Paweł Domagała and Krzysztof Iwaneczko.
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During the concert, we heard such hits as: “Don’t ask about Poland”, “When I tell myself enough”, “Testosterone”, “Little things”, “Don’t ask”, “Varsovie” or “Hey you”.
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TVN24 journalists on the stage
Apart from music stars, TVN24 journalists also appeared on the stage.
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Monika Olejnik and Piotr KraśkoTVN24
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The audience and viewers were welcomed by Monika Olejnik and Piotr Kraśko.
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– Welcome to the free media – said the host of “Kropka nad i”.
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– Poland and love, because Krzysztof Zalewski sang about them. But also freedom and TVN24 in Sopot. And freedom is the most important, because thanks to the fact that we are free, we can say what we know is true, and you have the right to know – said Piotr Kraśko, referring to Zalewski’s performance.
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– We will be with you until the end of the world and one day longer – added Olejnik.
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Monika Olejnik and Piotr Kraśko on the stage of the Forest OperaTHE T.V
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Monika Olejnik: I said “welcome to the free media” and the audience responded brilliantly. I was touchedTHE T.V
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Marta Kuligowska and Andrzej Morozowski also appeared on the stage.
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Marta Kuligowska, Andrzej MorozowskiTVN24
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– We are with Andrzej like veterans, on TVN24 from the very beginning – said the host of the program “Polska i Świat”.
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– We learn something all the time. We learn on the plane, at home. We recently learned how dangerous it can be to combine music and politics. Or rather, music and politics – said the host of the program “Yes,”.
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Kuligowska: We are like veterans with Andrzej, on TVN24 from the very beginningTHE T.V
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Kasia Kieli: the biggest thanks go to you
Diana Rudnik and Grzegorz Kajdanowicz were also present on stage.
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Diana Rudnik, Grzegorz KajdanowiczPAP / Marcin Gadomski
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They invited Kasia Kieli to the stage, chairman of the TVN Foundation Council and president and managing director of Discovery EMEA, as well as Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska, president of the TVN Foundation, reporter for “Fakt” TVN and host of “Facts after Facts” on TVN24.
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Kasia Kieli congratulates everyone behind TVN24. – To those who are on the screen and those who are not on the screen, but without them this station would not exist. Congratulations to everyone and thank you very much – she said.
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– But the biggest thanks go to you. It is thanks to you that we exist. These are not empty words, they are not slogans. Our mission is truly to serve you. And we know we can count on you. Every day, and especially in these last days. It is especially important to us, it is warmth, cordiality and wishes that come from you – she continued.
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Kasia Kieli: The biggest thanks go to you. It is thanks to you that we existTHE T.V
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The TVN24 Foundation supports child psychiatry and is building a dedicated hospital
The Managing Director of Discovery EMEA also spoke about the socially important role played by the TVN Foundation.
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– We can also count on a wider group of supporters, journalists, and other media. I would like to say that today’s concert, which we see here, is simultaneously broadcast and broadcast on the largest portals: Onet, Wirtualna Polska, Gazeta.pl and Interia. Thank you very much to all of them, she continued.
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– We also want to help at TVN. The TVN Foundation has been helping sick children for 20 years and helping the health service. For her 20th anniversary she undertook an amazing thing, an amazing challenge. For a problem that is really critical, and especially after a pandemic. He supports child psychiatry and builds a hospital dedicated to it – she said.
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The TVN Foundation collects money for the construction of the Child and Youth Psychiatry Center. You can support the action via SMSTHE T.V
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Kolenda-Zaleska: we will help with all our strength and always
Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska also took the floor.
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– I must thank you for the PLN 250 million that you donated to us during these 20 years. We didn’t waste that money. We have helped thousands of children, seniors and the poorest people, we have built hospitals, we have renovated hospital wards all over Poland – she enumerated.
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– For me, as a reporter for “Fakt” and TVN24, it is obvious and I am sure that the authorities will not take away your right to free choice and free media. And as the president of the Foundation, I am sure that the authorities will not take away your right to help which they do not provide themselves. I wanted to calm down our pupils, do not worry, we will help with all our strength and always, we are and we will be – she assured.
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– And now I have to ask you for help again. These 250 million is not enough. We want to build a large, modern Center for Child and Youth Psychiatry. This is our response to the pocovid world – added Kolenda-Zaleska.
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Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska: we will help with all our strength and alwaysTHE T.V
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Dorota Gardias and Tomasz Sianecki also appeared on the stage.
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– When I was invited to the casting for TVN Meteo, I was a third-year student of pedagogy. I took up this challenge. I was practicing on an old wardrobe, which served as a weather map, and the microphone was, of course, a hairbrush – recalled the presenter.
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– I wanted to be a sports commentator. I went to the camera rehearsal and the only thing I heard was: “your face is too round” – joked Sianecki.
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Tomasz Sianecki: I wanted to be a sports commentatorTHE T.V
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Gardias about working at TVN Meteo: There were plenty of exceptional situations. Among other things, bungee jumpTHE T.V
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Piasecki: for such moments, for such an audience, it is worth practicing this profession
Another pair of presenters during the special jubilee concert on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of TVN24 were Katarzyna Zdanowicz and Konrad Piasecki.
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The host of “Piasecki’s Conversation” and “Coffee on the bench” admitted that “for such moments, but above all for such an audience, it is worth practicing this profession”.
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– Standing here on stage, I only understood why artists are so eager to return to the Forest Opera in Sopot – Zdanowicz admitted.
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Konrad Piasecki: for such moments, but above all for such an audience, it is worth practicing this professionTHE T.V
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Jędrzejowska: take, ask, find out, because your right is to know
Anna Jędrzejowska and Piotr Jacoń also appeared on stage.
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The host of “15 Live” referred to the song “Take don’t ask”, which Paweł Domagała sang a moment earlier. – And we want to say out of journalistic perversity – “take a question, take a look, because your right is to know” – she said.
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In turn, the host of “Dzień po Dniu” returned to his childhood memories, which he spent in the Tri-City. – I grew up a few streets away. Sopot festivals, as this boy from Sopot, I eavesdropped on the fence of the Forest Opera – he recalled.
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Jacoń: I grew up a few streets away. Sopot festivals, as this boy from Sopot I eavesdropped on the fence of the Forest OperaTHE T.V
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Olejnik: from the beginning of the pandemic, I repeat respect, not hate
As Piotr Kraśko joked, reassumption happens not only in the Sejm. The presenter, together with Monika Olejnik, reappeared on the stage. The host of “Kropka nad i” recalled the importance of respect and mutual kindness in everyday life, especially during a pandemic.
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Olejnik: From the beginning of the pandemic, I repeat respect, not hate. Everyday kindnessTHE T.V
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– You can write great songs to a drawer, but you can’t write news to a drawer. News only makes sense when you are – Piotr Kraśko addressed the viewers.
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Kajdanowicz: just like we do with oxygen, democracy needs free media
In his next entry, Grzegorz Kajdanowicz emphasized that “just like us oxygen, so democracy needs free media”. “Without free media, there are no free elections and no freedom at all,” he said.
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– This is no grace, no gift, no privilege. This is our right won, enshrined in the constitution. And you have the right to learn from whatever source you want – added Diana Rudnik, who was partnering with him on stage.
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Kajdanowicz: just like we do with oxygen, democracy needs free mediaTHE T.V
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Konrad Piasecki, during his next stay on stage, pointed out that television is a team work.
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Katarzyna Zdanowicz compared working on television to an iceberg. Viewers can see the peak but not what’s under the water. – This peak is only a few percent of what is happening below the surface. We are at the very top, but it’s not just us – she added.
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Piasecki: TV is a team work and how dependent we are on those you don’t see every dayTHE T.V
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Anna Jędrzejowska said that in the work of a journalist “the baggage of experience is the most important.”
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– We often share this professional activity with you. Thanks to you, we gain them, although they are often life experiences for you, also terrible – she said.
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– The profession of a journalist should be like this in order to be able to perceive a personal story in a flood of topics, and our eyesight often becomes sharper due to our personal experiences. I had it – I had it when I talked to parents of transgender people. We talked for hours and they became heroes, I hope they were yours as well. Someone once told me that we should all fight for minority rights, because all, each of us, can become this minority – said Piotr Jacoń.
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Michał Samul: There is no other such station
At the end of the concert, all the journalists who performed in Sopot entered the stage.
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The editor-in-chief of TVN24, Michał Samul, thanked both the team that creates TVN24, as well as the viewers who offer “something very valuable, offer their trust, their time, their attention”.
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– Thank you for the fact that during these 20 years you have built an amazing station, which has been trusted so much by millions of Poles. A station whose viewership results, but above all the position in the hearts of viewers, are envied by us all over Europe and the world, because there is no other such station – said the editor-in-chief of TVN24.
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Speaking about the journalists present on the stage, Michał Samul pointed out that “this is only a fraction of the group of over 1,000 people who work hard for the audience every day from dawn to dusk, at home and abroad, in heat and frost.” “Even at this birthday moment, a lot of us are at work,” he noted.
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Editor-in-chief of TVN24 on “the greatest birthday gift”
– I think TVN24 is worth watching, we have the whole truth for you every day, around the clock. And now it is very important that “It is your right to know”. And no one can even try to take this right from Poles – continued the editor-in-chief of TVN24.
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– Thank you on behalf of TVN24 for your defense of freedom of speech, for the defense of free media. It was the support we got from you, it was the biggest, greatest birthday present. We were, we are and we will be proud of our hard work, our professional principles, our attitude, simply with TVN24 – he emphasized
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Michał Samul: thank you for having built an amazing station during these 20 yearsTHE T.V
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photo-source">Main photo source: TVN24
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