Blanka Stajkow

Place of Birth: Szczecin, West Pomerania, Poland

Date of Birth: May 23, 1999

Ethnicity:
*Bulgarian (father)
*Polish (mother)

Blanka Stajkow, known mononymously as Blanka, is a Polish singer, songwriter, DJ, and model. She represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song “Solo,” placing 19th in the final.

She is the daughter of Polish model Katarzyna Foltyńska and Bulgarian businessperson Artur Staykov. Blanka lived for a year in Sofia, Bulgaria, shortly after her birth, and was then mostly raised in Mierzyn, Białogard County, West Pomerania, north-western Poland. From the ages of fourteen to eighteen, she lived in the U.S.

Sources: https://www.rozrywka.lelum.pl
https://kobieta.wp.pl