Sopot International Song Festival
sopot international song festival sopot festival later called sopot music festival grand prix sopot top top festival – polsat sopot festival annual international song contest held sopot poland biggest polish music festival altogether national festival polish song opole one biggest song contest europe year elton john gloria gaynor demis roussos alla pugacheva scorpion anastacia marylya rodovich ingrid popular performer around world performed festival contest organised transmitted live public polish television tvp following year concert broadcast private medium station tvn first time remained tvn concert broadcast organised polsat later cancelled broadcaster festival televised however returned tvn first sopot festival initiated organised władysław szpilman assisted szymon zakrzewski polish artist management pagart first three edition held gdansk shipyard hall – festival moved forest opera main prize amber nightingale history replaced intervision song contest still held sopot unlike eurovision song contest sopot international music festival often changed formula pick winner offered many different contest participant example th intervision song festival held sopot august – two competition effective one artist representing television company representing record company first jury considered artistic merit song entered second judged performer interpretation festival always open noneuropean act country like cuba dominican republic mongolia new zealand nigeria peru south africa many others represented event contest lost popularity poland abroad declining rather unconvincing organisation tvp made authority sopot give organization sopot international song festival private tv channel tvn since contest tvp chose invite wellknown artist instead featuring like whitney houston tina turner corrs lionel richie ub ricky martin simply red perform tvn brought international competition back taking tvp invited elton john katie melua sopot international song festival usually considered bigger benidorm international song festival ability attract star performer festival take place due renovation forest opera since called sopot top top festival broadcast annually polsat name changed polsat sopot festival polsat decided organize festival however city authority decided organize oneday festival sopot year without television broadcast concert take place due lack television partner initially tvp year break decision made restore festival since organized broadcast tvn festival also provided opportunity listen international star past featured charles aznavour demis roussos boney gloria gaynor petula clark johnny cash chuck berry shirley bassey village people kool gang vanessa mae sabrina cccatch annie lennox paul young marillion scorpion alphaville kim wilde bonnie tyler jimmy somerville erasure belinda carlisle vaya con dios chris rea bryan adam tanita tikaram la toya jackson rick astley shakin’ stevens londonbeat bad boy blue technotronic kajagoogoo limahl goran bregovic norah jones anastacia marylya rodovich ricky martin ingrid alla pugacheva many others list includes winner prestigious contest within sopot music festival sometimes one contest overshadowed another time grand prix de disque prestigious award intervision song contest – since main prize festival amber nightingale award festival also given prize best interpretation winner polish day one winner year eurovision song contest golden orpheus intervision song contest national festival polish song opole sanremo music festival sopot hit festival sopot festival website polish complete list participant place till archived wayback machine polish