"Time To Party" was the Polish

Poland

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 representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007

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, performed in English

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 by The Jet Set

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.

The song is an up-tempo number, with hip-hop and RnB

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 influences. The lead vocal is delivered by female vocalist Alexandra Strunin, who tells her listeners that she likes to party and invites them to join her at a party. Her vocals are punctuated by British

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-born rapper David Junior Serame, who reminds the listener that "You got the right to party".

The performance began with Strunin in a go-go cage and featured dancers performing burlesque

Burlesque

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 moves. At the end of the song, flares were released on stage.

As Poland had not qualified for the final at the previous Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2006

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, the song was performed in the semi-final. Here, it was performed fourteenth (following Croatia

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's Dragonfly

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 featuring Dado Topić

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 with "Vjerujem u ljubav

Vjerujem u ljubav

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" and preceding Serbia

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's Marija Šerifović

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 with "Molitva

Molitva

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"). At the close of voting, it had received 76 points, placing 14th in a field of 28 and thus missing out on qualifying for the final. The result meant that Poland would need to qualify through the semi-final at the next Contest.

BBC

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commentary before and after the song focused on the number of times the word "party" was used in the lyrics, with a number in the mid-40s being quoted.