Kuba Wojewódzki
1 quotesJournalist · Born Aug 2, 1963 · Poland · Male
Jakub Władysław Wojewódzki known as Kuba Wojewódzki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkuba vɔjɛˈvut͡skʲi]; born 2 August 1963 in Koszalin, Poland) is a Polish journalist, TV personality, drummer, and comedian. 2Career Kuba Wojewódzki earned the nickname Kuba as a reference to Cuba, a country that had become part of the socialist bloc at the time of his youth. Wojewódzki was a judge on the Polish Idol. He also was the Polish representative on the World Idol on 25 December 2003. 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 2006, he has been working for TVN. He has his own TV show called Kuba Wojewódzki and is a judge on Mam talent!, the Polish edition of Britain's got talent and since 2011 also on X-Factor. 3Controversy 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" went 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. In his talk show, he explores numerous controversial issue