Blue Café are a Polish pop group with jazz, soul and latin influences. The band was formed in Łódź in 1998 and had three consecutive chart-topping singles in Poland in 2002-03. They were nominated in the category Best Polish Act at the 2003 MTV Europe Awards, and are also known internationally for their participation in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest. The original line-up of the band was leader, composer, arranger and keyboardist Paweł Rurak-Sokal