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I watched season one (two years ago) and liked it. It had the same format as the GBBO (three tasks per show). Season 2 has a new format - very different to Bake Off. Some info about season 2 vs. season 1 can be found here and here

This is an article about the international versions of GBBO http://metro.co.uk/2016/09/14/if-you-dont-fancy-bake-off-on-channel-4-here-are-11-global-versions-of-the-show-you-can-watch-instead-6127353/#ixzz4KkA3EwPw

You Can Dance: Po prostu tańcz! - SYTYCD Poland S9 Top 2 Live Opening – Welcome To the Jungle by Guns N' Roses 1. Ola (Aleksandra) Borkowska and Stefano Silvino - Hip-Hop – Don’t Let Me Down by The Chainsmokers feat. Daya 2. Ola (Aleksandra) Borkowska and Bartosz Wójcik - Jazz - Wait by M83 3. Stefano Silvino and Klaudia Antos - Contemporary - What a Feeling by Yael Naim Solo Group Dance – Can’t Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake The winner is

I think it is the opposite. I do not think it was sympathy voting. This song was well received by public prior to the finals. Polish people feel that Poland political situation (PiS government and its action) is the reason for the jury voting.

Look at the difference between the 'jury' votes on Poland and viewer votes I was very surprised and shocked that the jury gave Michal’s song only 7 points (second last). But the public gave Poland 222 points - 3rd place. What a discrepancy between these two votes.

You Can Dance: Po prostu tańcz! - SYTYCD Poland S9 Top 4 Live Opening – Jazz - Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Lorde 1. Stefano Silvino and Joachim Uetake – House - Paradise (Radio Edit) by Benny Benassi and Chris Brown 2. Ola (Aleksandra) Borkowska and Hania Szyszkiewicz – Contemporary - Game of Thrones Theme by Break of Reality (Cello Cover) 3. Ola (Aleksandra) Borkowska and Joachim Uetake – Commercial – Kaktus by Bovska 4. Hania Szyszkiewicz and Stefano Silvino – Contemporary - One Million Bullets by Sia Solo routines: Eliminated are

The Street vs Stage theme was only done at the boot camp in Malta. The contestants were divided into two groups. There were two or three battles between the teams and one contestant was eliminated from the losing team after each battle. A female judge was the Team Captain for Team Stage and Maciej "Florek" Gleba was the Team Captain for Team Street. But the final selection was done based on the contestants final performance: eight Stage and six Street dancers were chosen into the Top 14 - Brian Friedman choreographed the final routine. Every Polish name has at least 2 diminutive forms, that is a less formal name, used by parents and friends. You might not be familiar with this as it is very Slavic. Those are used to show affection, it is like calling a cat a kitty. Aleksandra could be Ola or Ala, Hanna - Hania, Bartosz - Bartek, etc. The ad thing just started recently (2-3 weeks ago) and lasts 30 seconds. Not all the clips have the ads. Addblock Plus used to block these annoying ads but not anymore.

Just few routines I like Top 8 - Aleksandra Borkowska and Joachim Uetake – Jazz - Ostatni by Edyta Bartosiewicz Top 14 - Julia Adamczyk and Michał Kalcowski – Latino - Sax by Fleur East Top 12 - Anna Dowganowska and Bartosz Wójcik – Contemporary - What Is Love by Kiesza Top 12 - Aleksandra Borkowska and Stefano Silvinio – Jazz – Pillowtalk by Zayn Top 8 - Street Group - Hip-Hop – Android Porn by Kraddy Check out the Judges and their performance 1. Michał Piróg 2. Maciej "Gleba" Florek 3. Ida Nowakowska 4. Agustin Egurrola

Anothermi, I have been posting these link for the last two seasons but I was not sure if anybody was clicking on them and watching the routines (as there were no comments). I was even considering no posting them anymore. You made my day :). These dance routines in the top 6 were choreographed by each All Star. Here is some comments about the routines and dancers. 1. Michał Kalcowski and Alisa Florynska (S6 – Top 8) – the first and third judge were very critical. In their opinion, Michał is not improving, he dances on the same level since the audition. The middle judge liked the performance. Michał also made to the boot camp in Season 8. 2. Aleksandra Borkowska and Brian Poniatowski (S7 Winner) – all judges agreed that this routine was very good and they really like Aleksandra. 3. Anna Dowganowska and Natalia Madejczyk (S1 Top 6) – Anna is from Ukraine and used be an artistic gymnast. Natalia was also the gymnast hence this routine. It was fun. 4. Joachim Uetake and Rafał "Roofi" Kamiński (S1 Runner up) – Joachim is half Polish half Japanese. His Dad is from Japan and against his dancing. He attended the second Live and watched Joachim dance for the first time. The judges really liked this routine. 5. Stefano Silvino and Paulina Figińska (S5 Runner up) – Stefano is Italian (from Sicily). He has been living in Poland for a year and half, but his Polish is really weak. One of the judges said to both of them “If we are looking for dance, you are the dance”. 6. Hania Szyszkiewicz and Mateusz Sobecko (S8 Winner) – Hanna is a balet dancer. She left the show – theTop 10 week but was back next week (got a phone call 24hrs before the show and had 3-4 hours to learn and practice the routine)– Julia withdrew from the completion due to injury. Hania was the only one that did not perform in her style. She was praised for this routine. A female judge is Ida Nowakowska Herndon - she was the Top 10 in Season 1. She is a balet dancer and lives in Los Angeles with her husband Jack Herndon- this is her instagram.

You Can Dance: Po prostu tańcz! - SYTYCD Poland S9 Top 6 Live Opening – Hip-Hop - Bang Bang by will.i.am 1. Michał Kalcowski and Alisa Florynska (S6 – Top 8) – Hip-Hop – Girls Like by Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson 2. Aleksandra Borkowska and Brian Poniatowski (S7 Winner) – Contemporary– Dance for Me Wallis by Abel Korzeniowski 3. Anna Dowganowska and Natalia Madejczyk (S1 Top 6) – Contemporary - Rien by Éléphant 4. Joachim Uetake and Rafał "Roofi" Kamiński (S1 Runner up)– Hip-Hop - Puttin’ On The Ritz by Fred Astaire (Club Des Belugas Mix 5. Stefano Silvinio and Paulina Figińska (S5 Runner up) – Contemporary – Castle by Halsey 6. Hania Szyszkiewicz and Mateusz Sobecko (S8 Winner) – Hip Hop – Lord Knows by Meek Mill feat. Tory Lanez Solo 1. Aleksandra Borkowska 2. Michał Kalcowski 3. Anna Dowganowska 4. Joachim Uetake 5. Hania Szyszkiewicz 6. Stefano Silvinio Eliminated are

You Can Dance: Po prostu tańcz! - SYTYCD Poland S9 Top 8 Live Opening – Hip-Hop - Shut up and Dance by Walk the Moon Julia Adamczyk withdrew from the competition due to injury and Hania Szyszkiewicz is back 1. Klaudia Antos and Michał Kalcowski – Contemporary - W Dobrą Stronę by Dawid Podsiadło 2. Anna Dowganowska and Nader Hasnaoui – Hip-Hop – What Do You Mean by Justin Bieber 3. Aleksandra Borkowska and Joachim Uetake – Jazz - Ostatni by Edyta Bartosiewicz 4. Hania Szyszkiewicz and Stefano Silvinio – Dancehall - Outta Control by Sean Paul feat. Yolanda Be Cool & Mayra Veronica Top 3 Stage Dancers – Jazz – California Dreamin’ by Sia Ania Dowganowska Aleksandra Borkowska Stefano Silvino Top 4 Street Dancers – Hip-Hop – Android Porn by Kraddy Michał Kalcowski Nader Hasnaoui Joachim Uetake Klaudia Antos Bottom 3 are: Eliminated are

You Can Dance: Po prostu tańcz! - SYTYCD Poland S9 Top 10 Live Opening Artur Kuriata withdrew from the competition due to injury and Nader Hasnaoui is back 1. Aleksandra Borkowska and Joachim Uetake– Salsa - Sorry by Justin Bieber ft. J. Balvin 2. Hania Szyszkiewicz and Michał Kalcowski – Krump - Work Hard, Play Hard by Wiz Khalifa 3. Anna Dowganowska and Stefano Silvinio - Experimental - The Hanging Tree by James Newton Howard ft.Jennifer Lawrence 4. Klaudia Antos and Bartosz Wójcik – Commercial - The Water Dance by Chris Porter ft. Pitbull 5. Julia Adamczyk and Nader Hasnaoui - Jazz - When We Were Young by Adele Bottom 3 are: Eliminated are: Judge's Routine 1. Michał Piróg 2. Maciej "Gleba" Florek 3. Ida Nowakowska 4. Agustin Egurrola

You Can Dance: Po prostu tańcz! - SYTYCD Poland S9 Top 12 Live Opening - Light It Up (Remix) — Major Lazer ft. Nyla & Fuse ODG (Dancehall/Bollywood; 1. Anna Dowganowska and Bartosz Wójcik – Contemporary - What Is Love by Kiesza 2. Julia Adamczyk and Joachim Uetake – Hip Hop – Team by Iggy Azalea 3. Klaudia Antos and Artur Kuriata – Afro Dance – Black Skinhead by Kanye West 4. Hania Szyszkiewicz and Nader Hasnaoui – New Age – Work By Rihanna ft. Drake 5. Aleksandra Borkowska and Stefano Silvinio – Jazz – Pillowtalk by Zayn 6. Maja Bratus and Michał Kalcowski – L.A. Style - Trumpet Lights by Chris Brown (ft. Sabrine Antionette Bottom 3 are: Eliminated are: Any thoughts on Season 9?

You Can Dance: Po prostu tańcz! - SYTYCD Poland S9 Top 14 Live Opening to Devil's Whisper by Raury featuring two new judges Ida (Top 10 Season 1) and Maciek "Gleba" - winner of the first season YCD 1. Klaudia Antos and Joachim Uetake – New Style Hip Hop – Get Ugly by Jason Derulo 2. Maja Bratus and Stefano Silvinio – Contemporary – Bird Set Free by Sia 3. Hania Szyszkiewicz and Bartosz Wójcik – Jazz – How Deep Is Your Love by Calvin Harris & Disciples 4. Paulina Wiszowata and Artur Kuriata – House – Wilk by Natalia Nykiel 5. Aleksandra Borkowska and Nader Hasnaoui – Contemporary Breaking – Make Up and Costume by Alexandre Desplat 6. Julia Adamczyk and Michał Kalcowski – Latino - Sax by Fleur East 7. Anna Dowganowska and Łukasz Józefowicz – Broadway – Friends Like Me by Ne-Yo Bottom 3 are: Eliminated are

You Can Dance: Po prostu tańcz! - SYTYCD Poland S9E7 the final routine choreographed by Brian Friedman Solos for the last three slots in the final TOP 14 1. Hanna Szychowicz – 16 2. Julia Adamczyk – 22 3. Aleksandra Borkowska – 19 4. Anna Dowganowska – 28 5. Klaudia Antos -19 - 6. Paulina Wiszowata - 20 7 Maja Bratus 8 Artur Kuriata - 21 9. Joachim Uetake – 10. Nader Hasnaoui – 26 11. Bartosz Wójcik -23 12. Stefano Silvinio - 23 13. Michał Kalcowski - 23 14. Łukasz Józefowicz - 26 Stage and Street Group perform in Malta Next week duets More videos are here