Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Country Czech Republic
National selection
Selection processESCZ 2024
Selection date(s)13 December 2023
Selected entrantAiko
Selected song"Pedestal"
Selected songwriter(s)
Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2023 • 2024

The Czech Republic, presented as Czechia, is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "Pedestal" performed by Aiko. The Czech broadcaster Czech Television (ČT) organised the national final ESCZ 2024 in order to select the Czech entry for the contest.

Background

Prior to the 2024 contest, the Czech Republic has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eleven times since its first entry in 2007.[1] The nation competed in the contest on three consecutive occasions between 2007 and 2009 without qualifying to the final. After Gipsy.cz performing the song "Aven Romale" placed 18th (last) in their semi-final in 2009, failing to score any points, the Czech broadcaster withdrew from the contest between 2010 and 2014, citing low viewing figures and poor results as reasons for their absence.[2] Since returning to the contest in 2015 and qualifying to the final for the first time in 2016, Czechia has featured in five finals. In 2023, the country qualified for the final with the song "My Sister's Crown" performed by Vesna, ultimately placing 10th with 129 points.

The Czech national broadcaster, Czech Television (ČT), broadcasts the event within the Czech Republic and organizes the selection process for the nation's entry. The broadcaster has used both national finals and internal selections to select the Czech Eurovision entries in the past. Between 2018 and 2020, and again since 2022, the country has used the national final format ESCZ (formerly titled Eurovision Song CZ) as its selection method for the contest. On 16 October 2023, ČT confirmed its intention to participate in the 2024 contest, with its entry to be selected again via ESCZ.[3]

Before Eurovision

ESCZ 2024

ESCZ 2024 was the sixth edition of ESCZ, the national final organised by ČT in order to select the Czech entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of a live final held in Prague on 4 December 2023 followed by a voting round lasting until 11 December 2023.[3][4][5]

Competing entries

Upon confirming its participation in the contest on 16 October 2023, ČT opened a submission window for interested artists and composers lasting until 7 November 2023. At least one of the performers was required to have either Czech or Slovak citizenship for an entry to qualify to compete, while songwriters could be of any nationality.[3][6]

On 14 November 2023, ČT announced that five finalist entries were being selected by music advisor Cesár Sampson (2018 representative for Austria) and the Czech delegation for the contest from over 200 submissions received, with the names of the artists to be revealed shortly; it was later clarified that the number of selected finalists may rise up to seven. The seven finalists were revealed on 28 November 2023; some of their songs, originally to be unveiled on the day of the final, were released earlier.[5][7][8][9][10][11]

Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
Aiko "Pedestal" English
Elly "The Angel's Share" English
  • Argyle Singh
  • Eliška Tunková
  • Jan Vávra
  • Rony Janeček
Gianna Lei "Starlet" English
  • Gianna Leilani Rivolová
  • Morten Bergholt
Lenny "Good Enough" English
  • Lenka Filipová
  • Marcus Tran
  • Otakar Petřina
Mydy "Red Flag Parade" English
  • Jakub Svoboda
  • Maria Broberg
  • Mikuláš Pejcha
  • Ondřej Slánský
  • Paweł "Leon" Krześniak
  • Žofie Dařbujánová
Tom Sean "Dopamine Overdose" English
  • Edwin Lindberg
  • Jan Vávra
  • Lukas Hällgren
  • Tomas Sean Pšenička
Tomas Robin "Out of My Mind" English
  • Martin Zaujec
  • Tomáš Červinka
  • Tomáš Lobb

Final

The seven competing entries were performed during a live show at the Roxy in Prague on 4 December 2023, hosted for the second time in a row by Adam Mišík and co-hosted by Cesár Sampson.[4][8] The show was broadcast on ČT art as well as via ČT's streaming platform iVysílání and the official Eurovision Song Contest's YouTube channel,[7] and featured Lake Malawi and We Are Domi (2019 and 2022 Czech representatives at Eurovision) as guest performers.[12] The winner was determined by a weighted combination of an international and a Czech public vote held via the official Eurovision Song Contest application until 11 December 2023.[5][13][14][15] The winner, Aiko with "Pedestal", was announced on 13 December; it was also revealed that nearly 98 thousand votes had been cast.[16] The full results were published shortly after on Instagram.[15][17]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw will be held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) splits up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Czechia". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Jiandani, Sanjay (30 September 2013). "Eurovision 2014: Czech Republic will not participate in Copenhagen". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "ESC 2024 — Eurovision Song Contest" (in Czech and English). Czech Television. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 Granger, Anthony (13 November 2023). "Czechia: ESCZ 2024 Final on December 4". Eurovoix. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "Czechia finalists revealed ahead of ESCZ 2024". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Granger, Anthony (6 November 2023). "Czechia: ESCZ 2024 Song Submission Deadline Extended". Eurovoix. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  7. 1 2 ČT [@escz_official] (13 November 2023). "As you know we are super excited to have you at Roxy on December 4th". Retrieved 13 November 2023 – via Instagram.
  8. 1 2 Koronakis, Spyros (22 November 2023). "Czechia: Cesár Sampson will be the co-host of ESCZ 2024!". Eurovisionfun. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  9. ↑ Carabaña Menéndez, Hugo (14 November 2023). "ESCZ 2024: Chequia elegirá representante para Malmö el 4 de diciembre con público y Cesar Sampson se une al comité de elección" [ESCZ 2024: Czechia will choose its representative for Malmö on 4 December with an audience and Cesar Sampson joins the selection committee]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  10. ↑ Koronakis, Spyros (30 November 2023). "Τσεχία: Ακούστε τα τραγούδια του ESCZ 2024! (Aνανεώνεται)" [Czechia: Listen to the songs competing in ESCZ 2024! (Updating)]. Eurovisionfun (in Greek). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  11. ↑ Carabaña Menéndez, Hugo (4 December 2023). "Desveladas las 7 canciones participantes en el ESCZ 2024, la final nacional checa: Escúchalas todas" [The 7 songs competing in ESCZ 2024, the Czech national final, have been revealed: Listen to them all]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  12. ↑ ČT [@escz_official] (3 December 2023). "Welcome our Guest Acts for tomorrow!". Retrieved 3 December 2023 – via Instagram.
  13. ↑ Koronakis, Spyros (4 December 2023). "Czechia: ESCZ 2024 took place tonight | Watch the performances and Vote!". Eurovisionfun. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  14. ↑ Granger, Anthony (12 December 2023). "Czechia: Eurovision 2024 Representative to be Revealed on December 13". Eurovoix. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  15. 1 2 ČT [@escz_official] (13 December 2023). "Here are the full results". Retrieved 13 December 2023 – via Instagram.
  16. ↑ "Aiko will represent Czechia at Eurovision 2024". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  17. ↑ Bird, Lisa (13 December 2023). "Aiko wins ESCZ 2024 and will represent Czechia at Eurovision 2024". ESCXTRA. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  18. ↑ Van Dijk, Sem Anne (13 December 2023). "Eurovision 2024: Semi-Final Allocation Draw on January 30". Eurovoix. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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