Anna Ko Kolkowska

Yes, it's a good idea as the places are just concret steps. I've found that T-chairs were allowed in the past. I've heard for the first time about this idea. A cardboard folding chair with a cushion inside let you enjoy the show. Something to think about https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4520351914643234&set=a.631141960230935

Here is a website with a sort of compilation of what we have already seen/read. https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/the-piano-season-2-release-date-interviews-and-everything-we-know And I think there is a photo of a guy I filmed at the Manchester Piccadilly one day after The Piano recording. So his name is Ellis. And it looks like this boy was playing in the mall when we met together at Arndale Market. He is at the end of my video shot in front of the big piano. He is Ethan. And the man with grey hair was filming him. And I have seen somewhere a video with Danny playing in the market as well. Actually he is from Manchester. I regret I didn't record the guys playing piano outside after the show when I was waiting for Mika. Most of them were the participants! They had such a fun playing together!

If you want to see the first cross battle here is a link. Stolt versus Adnae.

Thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have booked a room in KYRIAD hotel for two nights for 154 EUR from Saturday 22nd to Monday morning 24th of June. But as Zita proposed me to stay with her in a B&B she booked I can transfer my place. I can change the guest name on the reservation. It can be cancelled for free till the 6th of June. After that you have to pay the total. Or rather it will be debited on my credit card. So if you are interested (100% sure to come) please DM me.

For me it's blocked as well. An error pops-up. But it sais that the program is not available YET. So I will try later.

From Poland I take a flight to Lyon. Then a direct train to Orange.

I would say it was somewhere in the UK during The Piano recording. He was wearing these camel colour trousers.

If I recall well the super-coach has 10% of power in his/her vote which is added to the audience votes. It was like this when Mika was a super-coach. His vote decided about the final winner.

A short interview filmed in Liverpool. We spoke to the stars of hit TV show The Piano.mp4

So here is my report. Or rather my diary from my travel to Manchester. It was my first time in Manchester and I must admit that I really liked this city. Full of architectural contrasts evoking images from New York, Lyon or Paris. A city full of colors - even the hotel I chose was located in the Gay Village, which I learned about only when I got there. Rainbow markings everywhere on walls, sidewalks and benches. And at night there's a buzz in cafes and clubs. I flew to Manchester in the morning on the day of the recording, which was Sunday. Since I had to wait until 2 p.m. for my hotel room, I decided to explore the city center. I heard from the media that Channel 4 was organizing a weekend event at the Arndale Shopping Centre. Among other things, a big keyboard was installed on the floor, on which you could play melodies with your feet. I had to see it! I even was ready to try playing it. I got there around noon. And of course, I immediately came across a group of fans from Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and, of course, England The world is really small! I shot a few videos and we decided to go visit the famous Saint George Cathedral. As it turned out, St George's name day was celebrated on Sunday (as in Poland). And on this occasion, a huge parade was to pass through the city. Thank you @Anilado for the information! Another coincidence - the parade was due to pass in a few minutes, so we quickly found a great place to observe. I laughed that we had a place at the barrier, like at Mika's concerts. First row 🙂 If you would like to see it, here is a link to the video on YouTube. After the parade, I was able to check into the hotel and get some rest. We decided to meet again around 4:30 p.m. at the recording location, i.e. at Aviva Studios. And so we did. Animations were to be held on site from 4 p.m. These were performances by pianists - as I noticed only after the event - they were participants of the second edition of The Piano. And not only. Anyway, I recognized Danny from the first edition. I follow him on Instagram and Twitter, so when I saw him sitting down at the piano, I got closer and started filming him. Then I posted the film on Instagram, which later turned out to be quite important. This lady is probably a participant of the second season. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-3OyP09CIQ8 Then we had to take our seats. We couldn't film, but I took out my phone a few times during breaks. I also can't talk about the details of the performances yet. But I became very emotional very quickly. After all the finalists had performed, there was a break and Mika and Lang Lang left the hall to discuss who is the winner. Well, they are all the winners but they will choose the performer who made the biggest impression this very evening. They just had to pass in front of my seat, so I quickly recorded this short moment. I won't say anything about the results. Let me just say that the performances were great, that I had tears in my eyes many times - and I wasn't the only one. The emotion will certainly be similar when watching individual episodes. This season, auditions took place in five cities: Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, London and Cardiff. Seven episodes were planned, even though initially there were only five. Of course, our entire group was eager to meet Mika after the recording. But nothing was planned with the management. Since we were sitting in different places in the hall, after the concert I went outside and started looking for my friends. I haven't seen them anywhere. I thought they might be waiting at the artists' exit, but I didn't know where that might be. However, I noticed a black Mercedes waiting with its lights on and I thought that it was probably waiting for Mika. Especially since the driver seemed familiar to me. In the meantime, I exchanged messages on WhatsApp with Prisca. The entire group was inside Aviva Studios. I wrote that I thought I saw a car waiting for Mika, but no one joined me. I noticed Danny standing nearby. I walked up and introduced myself as being from Poland, and Danny replied that he was half-Polish, his mother was Polish His grandparents emigrated to England. He doesn't speak Polish himself. I told him that I was following him on SM, that I had recorded his performance before the show and posted it on Instagram. I showed him the post and he found it on his phone and started following my profile We were having a conversation and then suddenly someone stopped on my right and said something to Danny. I look at that person's face and…..it was Mika! Dressed in a gray coat and a gray cap, he was almost unrecognizable! This is probably his method of becoming invisible There was no time to talk. It was obvious that Mika was in a hurry. I just said that I had just found out that Danny had Polish roots and Mika already ran to the car. There were several ladies with him with large paper bags. Everyone quickly jumped into the van and the car quickly drove away. I let Prisca know that Mika had just left. We finally found each other and decided to find a bar or restaurant to eat and talk. Ultimately, however, me and Ani left the group and returned to our hotels. I had been on my feet since 3:00 a.m., so I needed some rest. But that wasn't the end yet. The Piano returned to me the next day. At around 10:30 I arrived at Manchester Piccadilly Station to buy a train ticket to the airport and sandwiches for my journey. In the noise of the station, I suddenly hear the sounds of a piano. I get closer and see a young man playing a song (I think it's a tune from Sounds Of Music). A woman stands next to him and records him with her phone and giving him some instructions. But what was interesting, there was a sticker from The Piano program on the piano, talking about the search for participants for the next edition. You can watch this video here. Then I went to get some sandwiches and when I came back the piano was gone!!!! It's good that I recorded it, because I would have started to doubt whether it really happened Then, on the plane, I watched my videos and photos. And I found the BBC One Show video in which Mika and Claudia Winkleman talked about the new edition. The trailer of the program was then shown. This time I recognized the faces of several participants! But I also saw a young man there who looked like the one at Manchester station. As @Kumazzz already mentioned above this is the man! So I will learn his name later after the episode from Manchester will be broadcast. And at the end this rubbish video with Mika's Mercedes going away. VID_20240421_203725408.mp4

I've read somewhere there will be 7 episodes instead of 5 planned at the beginning. As well before the recording they asked us to keep it secret during next 7 weeks. So actually there was 5 locations: Edinburgh Cardiff London Manchester Liverpool I hope it's not a spoiler if I say that Mika and Lang Lang decided to choose 7 finalists. So maybe that is why there will be 7 episodes? Or 6 episodes plus the finals? I found this text confirming 7 episodes: https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/television/the-piano-season-2-claudia-winkelman-start-date-channel-4-spin-off-confirmed-4596585

Thank you Eriko for your confirmation I was not sure.