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EURO ALFA Panel: Review – Poland’s Justyna Steczkowska with “GAJA” 🇵🇱


26 April 2025 at 6:18 PM

By Reza Mafi



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Raul: GAJAAAAAAAAA!!! Mother is coming to SLAY!!! This is my most streamed song of ESC 2025 cause I love this so so much, the song PURE ART, the staging – can be a bit more, MOTHER JUSTYNA (52 YEARS??? LIKE REALLY?? I wouldn’t say that), the vocals (OMFG) everything is just perfect. Regarding the ESC STAGING I saw that she will fly sooooo IT’S GONNA BE AMAZING!!!! Top 10 for Mother GAJA
Grade: 10/10

Reza: I had such a love-hate relationship with this song. When I first heard it, I honestly really disliked it — I was rooting for other favorites from their national final. But after giving it another listen and watching the live performance, it really grew on me. Now it’s in my top 10, and it’ll probably stay there. She’s incredible, especially for her age, amazing vocals, and you can really see how much she wanted to go to Eurovision. Even though she lowkey recycled her song from last year, I don’t mind it at all I actually prefer Gaja! I’m really happy she got the chance to represent her country at ESC. In my opinion, Poland is a sure qualifier, and I’m predicting a top 5 finish in the semifinal. However, I think they’ll struggle to collect points from the juries in the final. With so many televote-friendly songs this year, I’m not sure the televote alone will be enough to push this into the top 10 (kind of like what happened in 2016). A 15th–20th place finish seems most likely but it’ll still be great to see Poland back in the final!
Grade: 10/10

Stefania: This song feels like the perfect soundtrack for accidentally winning a dance battle I never entered. Justyna truly brings cosmic energy to the stage! The song is bold and she sells it like a true artist. It’s not something I have on repeat, but I can’t deny its power.
Grade: 8/10

Florin: Now this is a different entry. The song is really good, but what’s amazing about it is Justyna. She’s an amazing performer and she really sells it. I can say that I loved it when it first came out, but now it’s one of those songs that I don’t listen to that much, but maybe it’s just me. Still, i appreciate it and it’s really the right choice for Poland, tho I must say, the performance is a bit “much” and I hope they can tone it down a little in Basel. It’s again one of those songs who i feel would be either in top 10 or bottom 5, no in between.
Grade: 8/10

Laur: Poland’s song for Eurovision this year is, unfortunately, a huge disappointment. It has barely three miserable lines repeated over and over, and honestly, at times it sounds more like a buzzing fly than an actual song (no offense). I’m happy for the artist that she gets another chance to represent her country, and she’s definitely in great shape for her age, but the song itself is just horrific. Listening to it feels like a chore.
Grade: 4/10

Antonio: Mother Gaja came down to earth to heal us all. Justyna it’s geniunely one of the LOVELIEST persons and her energy its so good. She is a PERFORMER, AN ARTIST and definately a pioneer of delivering powerful acts as an artist. Cant wait to see this at Eurovision and even her brining Poland back in top 10.
Grade: 10/10

Overall grade: 8.33/10

Scoreboard:

  1. Malta 🇲🇹 – 10.00
  2. France 🇫🇷 – 9.66
  3. Norway 🇳🇴 – 9.33
  4. Albania 🇦🇱 – 9.33
  5. Denmark 🇩🇰 – 9.16
  6. Germany 🇩🇪 – 8.67
  7. Austria 🇦🇹 – 8.58
  8. Finland 🇫🇮 – 8.50 (4 x 10’s)
  9. Greece 🇬🇷 – 8.50 (2 x 10’s)
  10. Australia 🇦🇺 – 8.50 (1 x 10’s)
  11. Czechia 🇨🇿 – 8.33 (1x 9’s)
  12. Poland 🇵🇱 – 8.33 (0x 9’s)
  13. Netherlands 🇳🇱 – 8.16
  14. Luxembourg 🇱🇺 – 7.50
  15. Belgium 🇧🇪 – 7.33 (2x 9’s)
  16. Latvia 🇱🇻 – 7.33 (0x 9’s)
  17. Cyprus 🇨🇾 – 7.16
  18. Montenegro 🇲🇪 – 6.83
  19. Iceland 🇮🇸 – 6.80
  20. Israel 🇮🇱 – 6.66
  21. Estonia 🇪🇪 – 6.50 (1x 7’s)
  22. Ireland 🇮🇪 – 6.50 (0x 7’s)
  23. Croatia 🇭🇷 – 6.16
  24. Italy 🇮🇹 – 5.83
  25. Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 – 5.33
  26. Armenia 🇦🇲 – 5.00
  27. Lithuania 🇱🇹 – 4.00
  28. Georgia 🇬🇪 – 2.00

Here you can listen to Poland’s entry “GAJA” by Justyna Steczkowska:


Category: 🇨🇭 Basel 2025


Reza Mafi

Head of Editorial