Eurovision 2022. During the finals, the late Witold Paszta was honored
The final of Polish preselections for Eurovision 2022 has come to an end. During this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Turin, Poland will be represented by Krystian Ochman with the song “River”. The next, 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will run from 10 to 14 May 2022.
The broadcast of this year’s qualifiers began with honoring Witold Paszta, who died last night. Viewers saw archival photographs and recordings, including the artist’s speech on The Voice Senior program.
– A great artist and a great man, Witold Paszt, has passed away from us. The last performance was recorded during the program “The Voice Senior”, when he performed a beautiful song “O, Magdaleno” – recalled Rafał Brzozowski at the opening of the event.
— Witek, wherever you are, this performance is just for you – announced the performance of Krzysztof Prusik, Paszta’s protégé from the program “The Voice Senior”, who during today’s qualifying rounds performed the song “Until you are”.
Witold Paszt died on Friday at the age of 68. Due to the artist’s unexpected death, TVP decided at the last minute to change the scenario of the final of the national qualifiers to Eurovision 2022. The Pleiades had already established that Krzysztof Prusik would make a guest appearance during the concert in tribute to the musician.
The president of Telewizja Polska confirmed the findings of Plejada by posting a post on Twitter. Jacek Kurski He added that after the end of the preselection for Eurovision, the concert “VOX – Wonderful Journey” will be screened at 22:30.
“Witold Paszt (RIP) has passed away, a great artist, sensitive man, VOX leader, adored by viewers juror of» The Voice Senior «, a friend of Telewizja Polska, who will pay him a special tribute today on TVP2 at 20 in the preselection to Eurovision 2022. And at 22: 30 concert »VOX – Wonderful journey«. We invite you “- we read on Twitter.
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Witold Paszt is dead
“Yesterday late in the evening, the day after the anniversary of the death of his Beloved Wife, our Dad, Witold Paszt, passed away. A wonderful, best man, beloved grandfather, an Artist in the full sense of the word. COVID, the fate suddenly turned and there were unexpected complications, which significantly accelerated his longed meeting with our mother. He was in a hurry to see her “- the singer’s family reported on social media. Witold Paszt passed away at the age of 68.
66th Eurovision Song Contest. Information
Next, The 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will run from 10 to 14 May 2022. The competition will be held in the PalaOlimpico hall in Turin. This will be the third competition to be held in Italy.
Rai Television received the rights to organize the 66th Eurovision Song Contest thanks to the victory of the Måneskin team, representing Italy, in the final of the competition in 2021.
The Eurovision Song Contest can really surprise you. This is evidenced by the songs that won first places in the 66-year history of the competition. Ballads, pop hits and dark melodies – the Eurovision scene remembers almost every musical trend. Especially for all Onet readers, we have prepared a subjective ranking of all songswhich scored the highest number of points, starting in 1956, the very beginning of the extremely colorful history of Eurovision.
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