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 The Sopot International Song Festival is an international song contests, often compared to the Eurovision Song Contest It has been organized annually by the Polish state television TVP and later private channel TVN in the coastal resort of Sopot, Poland.
The first Sopot festival was initiated and organized in 1961 by Władysław Szpilman from Polish Radio with the help of Szymon Zakrzewski of Polish Artists Management Pagart. Between 1977 and 1980 it was replaced by the Intervision Song Contest which was still held in Sopot. Unlike the Eurovision Song Contest, the Sopot International Music Festival often changed its formulas to pick a winner and offered many different contests for its participants. The festival has always been open to non-European acts and countries like Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mongolia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa and many others have been represented in this event.
The contest lost popularity in Poland and abroad in the 80s and even more in the 90s and the rather unconvincing organizations by the TVP made the authorities of Sopot give the organization of the 2005 Sopot International Song Festival to a private TV channel, the TVN.
Since 1999 there was no Grand Prix contest within the festival. TVP chose to invite well known artists instead including the likes of Whitney Houston or The Corrs. In 2005, TVN was expected to bring the contest back. In 2006 TVN invited Elton John. Sopot International Song Festival is usually considered bigger than the Benidorm International Song Festival or Karlshamn Baltic Song Festival because of its ability to attract star performers.
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Sweden September Cry for you
France Thierry Amiel Coeur Sacré
Germany Monrose Shame
USA The Cloud Room Hey Now Now
France Emmanuel Moire Ca me fait du bien
United Kingdom Sophie Ellis-Bextor Me and My Imagination
Poland Feel A gdy jest już ciemno zrodło onet.pl.
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