Anna Ko Kolkowska

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.

Funny thing happened today at the Manchester Piccadilly train station. There was a piano with a sticker with an announcement from The Piano production that they are looking for pianists. There was a young man playing and a woman was filming him with her mobile giving him some instructions. As I was in The Piano mood I stopped and started to film too. Then I went to buy me a sandwich. When I came back the piano was gone!!!! There was only another old piano like 5 meters further. On the airplane I rewatched the video from BBC One Show. They put there a short trailer with some pianists from the show. I think that the guy I saw today was in the trailer as well. I am not sure (you can see him for like a fraction of second) but I think it was him. We will find out soon. I posted my video on my Instagram account.

So one of the songs Mika performed is on this list

Thanks to Danny I met Mika after the show. 10 seconds only but anyway 😜

It's a view from the upper floor of the Aviva Studios.

And there was this other one:

Last tickets for The Piano available here (only last row in the circle). https://factoryinternational.org/whats-on/the-piano/29291/

Try this one. I can watch it with my VPN https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcone

It happened to him to be in the studio via internet on a screen. Was it before Eurovision? But maybe he is already in the UK for the preparations of The Piano? They have to have some rehearsals like it was for the first season.

I am not joking. It's so hard to skip!!!! But I made my own keyboard 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Do you think I can use this big piano like this? Jumping of course, not with my fingers 🤣 Only if am able to jump from C to G. Maybe the only one chance in my life! VID_20240418_152030646.mp4 VID_20240418_152330420.mp4

Oh, thank you Andrea. I couldn't find the Exchange Court on the Google Map - but it seems to be the name of the mall part.

Aren't it his friends living in Venezia? The guy from conservatory who played the piano with Mika. I don't remember his name now. EDIT: Giovanni and Servane Giol. The guy has a beard so I am not 100%sure. But another one stearing the boat can be Giovanni. There was an event the 17th of April in Venise. Servane posted some stories.

I was checking yesterday on the Google maps where it is. I will try to find it. But it looks like it's a huge mall. I hope there will be some signs to find it 😜

After Elle Me Dit he sings 30 secondes and Billy Brown. So not Moi Andy et Paris after Jane Birkin.

And I've read that Mika switched Moi Andy et Paris into Billy Brown.

Of course they made copy/paste!!!!! I think it will be four stations Cardiff Edinburgh London Liverpool Right?