Sixteen was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 band, which was founded in 1997 and disbanded in 2004. Renata Dąbkowska is its lead singer, and it represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998

The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1998 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The presenters were Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson...

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Their debut album "Lawa" (Lava) was released in 1997.

During the later part of 1998, the band became known as Seventeen and sometimes Sixteen-Seventeen.

Sixteen at Eurovision

Sixteen represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. They performed the song "To Takie Proste

To takie proste

"To takie proste" was the Polish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, performed in Polish by Sixteen.The song is a moderately up-tempo number, sung from the point of view of a woman in a relationship which she recognises is not great, but which she admits is "the best that we can get".The...

" in the final of the competition on May 9 in Birmingham, United Kingdom, finishing 17th of 25 entrants.

Group Members

• Renata Dąbkowska - vocals
• Jarosław Pruszkowski - guitar
• Janusz Witaszek - bass guitar
• Tomasz Stryczniewicz - percussion
• Mirosław Hoduń - keyboard

additions for Seventeen:

• Grzegorz Kloc - vocals, guitar
• Olga Pruszkowska - violin, background vocals

External links

• Poland in Eurovision 1998 in English
• I believe in fate - Interview with Sixteen in English
• Renata Dąbkowska - official page in Polish