Introduction : Premiere & Auditions
The first series of a polish version of the show is set to premiere on air on Sunday, March 6th at 8pm (local time) on TVN.
The first stage of open auditions took place in Zabrze (Jan 8), Wrocław (Jan 9), Warsaw (Jan 14) and Gdańsk (Jan 16).
The second (and closed) stage of the auditions took place in Zabrze (Jan 22-24) and Warsaw (Jan 29-31) filmed in front of an audience & all judges present.
The final stage of the auditions, where jury will pick the contestants will take place in Warsaw (Feb 4-5 & 14) and Zabrze (Feb 8-9).
Meet The Bad Guys : Judges
Judges : Czesław Mozil, Maja Sablewska & Kuba Wojewódzki BTS of the auditions.
Mozil is a Polish singer, composer, and musician (mostly using the accordion), and graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music. He moved to Denmark when he was 5, returned to Poland at the age of 28. He makes hard-to-classify music, with pieces of cabaret, rock, and even punk rock.
Maja is a famous music industry manager who's looking after small amount of artists, who are pretty specific. She previously was a manager of controversial polish singer Doda...and probably the most known polish pop diva, Edyta Górniak...until she accepted the judge position and was fired a few days ago. Last but not least, she's the manager of the rising pop star, Marina.
Kuba is a Polish journalist, TV personality and comedian. He started his career out as a drummer in the band and then became a musical critic. He was formerly one of the judges of the polish version of Idol. Now he's hosting his own TV show, which is continuously on air since 2002. He also has his own column in the polish weekly magazine Politics. He's one of the judges in the polish version of Got Talent.
I hope that the judges will receive a good welcome and that the'll earn the love of the viewers. We have a point in this jury that has been already verified, I'm referring to Kuba. But maybe this time he will serve other purpose, because this time he'll rather judge our contestants as a musical critic and a musician, because he started out as a musician. Then there is Czesław, he's the person who'll serve a purpose of the substantial judge, because he knows the stage like no one other. And Maja Sablewska, who I think will take care of the image of our contestants and I think she'll have a lot to say about that. -- Wojciech Iwański, producer
Meet The Good Guy : Host
Jarosław Kuźniar
Jarosław is a polish TV and radio journalist. He started his career as the radio journalist in Polish Radio Program 3. Since 2007 he's working for Poland's first 24-hour news channel, TVN 24 and established his status as one of the best well-known polish TV journalists. On January 15th it was announced that he's gonna be the host of polish version of X Factor.
Shoutout : Expectations of Our Judges
My role is very difficult, because I kinda feel intense pressure, because I was chosen to be part of this show as a manager, not a person who's a celebrity, an artist or a journalist. I have to be very professional and I have to strictly eveluate the potential and the talent that those people have. -- Maja
I'm looking for some emotional experience, some sensation. Something or someone special, maybe some group of people who'll enchant me to the point where I'll be sitting tonight in my hotel room wondering : "What was that?! Who are these people?!" And that I'll be happy to see them again and I'll be wondering what they'll pull off the next time. You have to remember that besides the artists, the talent or the talent that is being developed right now, there are personalities and stories that these people have to tell...it's hand in glove. -- Czesław
I persuaded a lot of people to come to the auditions. I'm a manager of a very few people, 'cause I prefer quality over quantity. -- Maja
We don't categorize these people by their corpulence, height or age. We are here to judge their potential and look at them as a clay that we have to form something out of. I don't like changing someone, I don't believe in products. I like to extract something out of the character. -- Maja
Final Bonus : IAAM (It's Always About the Money)
As Gossip Girl would've said : Enough with the adulation, time for the interesting BTS scoop...Rumour has it that the judge that will earn the most is Kuba Wojewódzki, who negotiated 20.000 $ per one day on set, then there's Czesław with 10.000 $ and Maja, who'll earn 5.000 $ this year. I hear with my many ears that the production of the first episode of the show will amount to 5.000.000 $, well, that is certainly one big amount of money.
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Article written by Arno. Please, DO NOT REPOST without credit! ;-) Thanks.
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