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Ewa Farna

Polish-Czech singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ242302
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Ewa Chobot (née Farna, born 12 August 1993) is a Polish-Czech pop-rock singer. She released five Polish-language and four Czech-language studio albums, and received platinum and gold certifications for them, both in Poland and the Czech Republic. She was a judge on Česko Slovenská SuperStar in 2013, the Polish X Factor in 2014, and the Polish Idol in 2017. She released her debut studio album Měls mě vůbec rád in 2006 and won the Český slavík Discovery of the Year award.

Early life

Ewa Farna was born on 12 August 1993 in Třinec, Czech Republic, into a Polish family residing in the nearby village of Vendryně. She attended a Polish elementary school in Vendryně and the Juliusz Słowacki Polish Grammar School in Český Těšín. She also attended art school for five years, as well as a dance school, and learned to play the piano in her childhood.

Career

Farna first attracted attention after winning local talent competitions in the Czech Republic and Poland in 2004 and 2005, which led to her being discovered by producer Lešek Wronka, who became her manager. In 2006, she released her debut studio album Měls mě vůbec rád and won the Český slavík Discovery of the Year award. In 2007, she released her sophomore album, Ticho, which peaked at number two in the Czech Republic, and the Polish version of her debut album, titled Sam na sam.

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The public source identifies “Ewa Farna” as polish-Czech singer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Farna, Polish-Czech and singer.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 2013, 2014, 2017—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993-08-12. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Farna, Polish-Czech and singer providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q242302. VIAF identifies the subject as 84261503. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993, 2013, 2014 and 2017.

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This entry incorporates text from Ewa Farna” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.