Kuba Wojewódzki
Kuba Wojewódzki | |
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Birth name | Jakub Władysław Wojewódzki |
Born | Koszalin, Poland | 2 August 1963
Medium | television, radio, press |
Nationality | Polish |
Years active | 2002–present |
Genres | Social satire, talk show |
Website | kuba |
Jakub Władysław "Kuba" Wojewódzki (pronounced
Career
Wojewódzki was a judge on the Polish
In the 1980s, he was a member of punk bands called System and New Dada. Currently, he is a drummer in the band called Klatu. Since 2002 2006 he has been working Kuba Wojewodzki Polsat October 4, 2002 June 18, 2006
Since September 24, 2006, he has been working for
He has his own TV show called Kuba Wojewódzki and is a judge on
Controversy
He was criticized for being extremely harsh on X Factor contestants and for making racist comments. While translating for Nigerian-born auditionee John James Egwu who spoke limited Polish, he claimed that contestant had answered "I married a white woman and then ate her" when asked what he was doing in Poland, and mistranslated "I studied here" as "She was a bit gristly." Wojewódzki then encouraged the audience to laugh at the contestant.[1]
In his talk show, he explores numerous controversial issues. On one of his shows (aired on 25 March 2008), a cartoonist
In October, 2013, Wojewódzki claimed to be hurt by an unknown assaulter who burned his face and neck with acid.[6] As revealed later by the police, the fluid was not acid, it was a non-corrosive substance.[7][8]
TV Show
Years | TV Show | Series | Television |
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2002–2003, 2005 | Idol | I-II,IV | Polsat |
2003 | World Idol | - | Polsat |
2002–2006 | Kuba Wojewódzki | I-II IVV | Polsat |
2006–present | Kuba Wojewódzki | - | TVN
|
2007 | Dancing with the stars ) |
'Best Of' episode | TVN
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2008–2010 | Mam talent! | I-III | TVN
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2011–2014 | X-Factor |
I-IIII | TVN
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2017 | Mam talent! | IIIIIIIII-I | TVN |
2022–2023 | Mask Singer | I-present | TVN |
2023 | Mask Singer
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II-present | TVN |
References
- ^ Ed Wight's Column Archived 2011-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ U Wojewódzkiego: polska flaga w psiej kupie. Jest protest! (On the Wojewódzki show, the Polish flag lands in dog poop. Outrage ensues!) (pl)
- ^ Eska Rock ukarana za żarty z "Murzyna", TVN24, the phrase used was "krajowy rejestr Murzynów"
- ^ Wojciech Karpieszuk, Kuba Wojewódzki straci pracę? Za chamstwo i rasizm Gazeta.pl 2011
- ^ Wojewódzki "jednoznacznie rasistowski". Będzie kara, Gazeta.pl Archived 2011-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Známého polského kritika církve polili kyselinou" (in Czech). novinky.cz. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ "UJAWNIAMY: Kuba Wojewódzki oblany zupełnie niegroźną substancją | Niezalezna.pl". niezalezna.pl. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ Piotr Halicki, Są wyniki badań cieczy, którą oblano Wojewódzkiego 25 paź 2013