Czech Republic | Benny Cristo to return in 2021
It has been confirmed that that this year's Czech representative, Benny Cristo, will be returning to represent the Czech Republic in 2021! This now makes the number of acts returning from this year to 14. In a statement made by a representative from the Czech national broadcaster, Lucie Kapounová, she stated "Benny won this year’s national round, but unfortunately he didn’t get the opportunity to show up on the big Eurovision stage, so we decided to address him as a represent
Czech Republic l 7 finalists for "Eurovision Song Cz" have been revealed
Czech Republic’s broadcaster ČT have today revealed the seven artists for their online selection for Eurovision 2020, taking place on February 3rd. Both an international jury, made up of 10 people, along with the public, will decide who is going to win the online selection, and who will go on to represent the Czech Republic in Rotterdam. Eurovision Song CZ 2020 acts: Barbora Mochowa Benny Cristo Elis Mraz a Čis T Karelll Olga Lounová Pam Rabbit We All Poop Check out our live
Eurovision 2020 | Czech Republic reveal plans to drop televised national final
Czech broadcaster Česká Televize made an announcement on their official social media pages this evening, revealing plans to drop the previously scheduled televised national final in favour of an "even better" online selection method. The post also details the decision for there to be video clips for each entry once again, and all of the competing artists for this edition of the Czech national final have never competed in it before. Česká Televize additionally announced change
Eurovision 2020 | Jan Bors steps down as head of delegation for the Czech Republic
Jan Bors, the head of delegation for the Czech Republic at the Eurovision song contest has quit his role which he has held since 2015. He announced in a lengthy post on his social media accounts that he will be leaving the Czech broadcaster Česká Televize, thus stepping down from his position. In the post, he details his feelings on leaving Česká Televize and how he was able to develop himself personally as well as professionally and looks back positively on his experiences o
Czech Republic | National Final Acts Revealed January 7th
It has been announced this morning that the date of the artists being announced that shall compete in Czech Republic's forthcoming selection ESCZ will be announced on January 7th 2019. Although the format is expected to be run in identical fashion to their selection last year, the songs and artists will be revealed at a press conference held by Ceska Televize, where more details regarding the selection shall be announced also. Last year six artists went against each other in
Czech Republic | CT Receives 300 Entries For Its National Final 2019
2018 marked a very good year for the Czech Republic at the Eurovision Song Contest. They sent Mikolas Josef to Lisbon, who gave the country its best result, and certainly raised the profile of the contest at home, where there was real optimism, that the talented singer could win. He did not, however, his profile was raised massively, and he has gained a mass following that is deserved, of his popularity, and success. With this in mind, the broadcaster CT last week released
Czechia | 2019 To See Return Of Online National Final
This year, the Czech Republic decided to turn away from an internal selection when choosing their representative and instead opted for a National Final for the first time since 2008 and it appears that we will be rinsing and repeating for the next Eurovision season. The National Final format saw the release of 6 competing acts on YouTube and then the outcome was decided 50% by an international jury and 50% by an online public vote. The selection process saw Czech popstar Miko
Czechia | Mikolas Josef Releases Hot New Single ‘Me Gusta’
After successfully placing 6th for the Czech Republic at this years’ Eurovision Song Contest (their highest ever entry), Mikolas Josef has been very busy writing new music with producers across the globe such as in Toronto as well as in Vienna. Since competing in Eurovision, Mikolas has released a new Spanish version of his entry ‘Lie to Me’ because of his very large following from Spain (particularly in Madrid and Barcelona). However, on the 5th of October, Mikolas released
Czech Republic | Song Submissions For Israel 2019 Have Opened
Fresh off after their highest ever placing at Eurovision in Lisbon, the Czech delegation announced today they have began looking for their entry and performer for Eurovision 2019. Today the Czech delegation announced via social media the submission window to be the successor to Mikolas Josef in Eurovision has begun, the submission will be open for two months, closing on October 31st, the rules state the song can be of any style and genre, but cannot have being performed or re
Eurovision Young Musicians 2018: Finalists Revealed
This week marks the nineteenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians contest, hosted in Edinburgh. Over the weekend eighteen young musicians from all across Europe represented their country by performing in one of six semi finals - in a bid to advance to the grand final on Thursday 23rd August 2018. We heard an eclectic range of sounds and performances, from violins to saxophones and guitars to the harp. The juries have voted and the confirmed finalists, in alphabetical c
