Interview with Krystian Ochman - Poland's Eurovision 2022 representative

Chapter timings below We chat to Ochman ahead of representing Poland at Eurovision 2022 in Turin. We talk about growing up in a Polish family in the USA, the meaning behind his song 'River', how the pre-parties helped or hindered his Eurovision efforts, if he "reads the comments" and if he'd write a World Cup song for Poland plus so much more! 0:00 Intro 0:24 Growing up in the United States with Polish parents and culture 3:05 Musical family - pressure to do or chose himself? 4:48 Moving to Poland from the United States after high school 7:34 Winning The Voice - how does it help with Eurovision? 11:01 'River' - the meaning of the song around self-doubt 13:10 Polish version of 'River'? 14:45 Pre-parties, what was the experience like - fans, preparations for Turin 16:30 Performing 'River' so many times - do you fall out of love with the song? 18:38 Representing Poland - is there pressure? 20:31 Staging - what involvement did he have? 22:12 Has he visited Australia? 22:49 Do you read the comments? 24:25 Would he write a World Cup song for Poland? 25:46 Closing