Henadzi Loska better known as Gienek Loska is a Polish

Poles

thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and guitar

Guitar

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ist born in Belaazyorsk

Belaazyorsk

Belaazyorsk is a city in the southwestern Belarus, voblast of Brest....

 in Belarus

Belarus

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 who rose to fame after winning the first series

X Factor (Poland series 1)

The first series of X Factor premiered on 6 March 2011 at 20:00 on TVN. The auditions for the first series were held in January and February. Jarosław Kuźniar hosts the show and the judges are Czesław Mozil, Maja Sablewska and Kuba Wojewódzki. The series was won by Gienek Loska who was mentored by...

 of X Factor

X Factor (Poland)

X Factor is a Polish talent show based on a british show The X Factor and broadcast on TVN. The first series premiered on 6 March 2011. On 27 November 2010 during the final of the third series of Poland's Got Talent Marcin Prokop confirmed that the auditions would be held in January 2011...

in 2011. Since his arrival to Poland in early 1990s, he has lived in Bialystok, Kraków and from 2004 in Wrocław in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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Loska was the co-founder and longtime member of the blues-rock band Seven B. Currently, he is a leading singer and guitarist of Gienek Loska Band. He's also known to the public due to his repeated performances on streets of bigger Polish cities. In 2009 he was invited to make a record with Alek Mrozek, a known Polish composer.

He took part in several TV talent shows:

• Szansa na sukces
  Szansa na sukces
  Szansa na sukces is a popular TV show on Polish channel TVP2. In the program amateur singers sing songs of Polish bands which are invited to the show...
  
  - in 2004, with the band Wilki
• Mam talent - the third series
  Mam talent! (series 3)
  The third series of Mam talent! premiered on Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 20:00 on TVN. It consisted of seven auditions' episodes, five semi-finals and the final, which aired on November 27, 2010. The winner of the competition was Magda Welc, 11-year old singer and she gained 300 000 PLN. The...
  
  
• X Factor Poland - the first series
  X Factor (Poland series 1)
  The first series of X Factor premiered on 6 March 2011 at 20:00 on TVN. The auditions for the first series were held in January and February. Jarosław Kuźniar hosts the show and the judges are Czesław Mozil, Maja Sablewska and Kuba Wojewódzki. The series was won by Gienek Loska who was mentored by...
  
  - in 2011, the winner of main prize

Discography

Alek Mrożek & Gene Loska

• 2009 Lepiej niż wczoraj (CD, B&J Music)

Seven B

• Rocktales
• Make up your mind
• Acoustic