Light Me Up / Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer / Poland | Review

Can Gromee and Lukas Meijer light up the scoreboard for Poland?

Although Poland made a strong impact on their Eurovision debut in 1994 - when Edyta Gorniak secured the runners-up position behind Ireland - their results since have not proved so spectacular. With just two appearances in the Top Ten since 2003, the Polish team is hoping that Light Me Up will return the nation to the Grand Final - as well as the left-hand side of the scoreboard.

Composed by its performers, Swedish musician Lukas Meijar and Polish DJ Gromee, the track is one of the more modern offerings this year, combining dance rhythms with flavours of contemporary country and pop. The duo's live performances have certainly been rocking the folk at the preview parties in London, The Netherlands and Israel but, of course, this is not always a gauge of how well it will perform with the much larger Eurovision audience.

Nevertheless, given some of their recent results, Poland should be confident that this will make the Grand Final – and I think Light Me Up should accomplish that quite easily. The logic? If we look back at last year's results, JOWST's similarly composed song for Norway achieved 10th place. So, reasons to be cheerful for Poland!

However, how is it likely to fare with the juries? The vocals have not always been as strong as they might and, bearing in mind that the members usually vote fairly conservatively, I wonder if the song may suffer in the ranking as a consequence?

Personally, if all goes well, I expect the feel-good allure of this entry to see it through its semi-final, on its way to a possible Top 12 placing - especially if the Polish diaspora have anything to do with it. If they can really tighten up the live performance, Lukas and Gromee could equal (or better) Poland's eighth place in 2016.

Gromee by Serecki [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons 
Lukas Meijer by Serecki [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons 

Poland 

Artists: Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer

Song: Light Me Up 

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