Eurovision Song CZ 2019

Eurovision Song CZ 2019
Preliminary decision data
country	Czech Republic
Producing broadcaster
date	January 28, 2019
Number of participants	8th
Number of contributions	8th
poll	50% international jury voting, 50% Eurovision app voting
Moderation
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The 2nd Eurovision Song CZ took place on January 28, 2019 and was the Czech preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv , Israel . As in the previous year , the preliminary decision took place entirely online.

The winner was the band Lake Malawi , who took first place with their song Friend of a Friend , which was written by Jan Steinsdoerfer, Maciej Mikolaj Trybulec and Albert Černý.

concept

format

As in the previous year, the Czech representative was again determined via a national online preliminary decision. The preliminary decision was therefore not broadcast on television. In the end, eight performers competed against each other, with the winner being determined 50 percent by online voting and 50 percent by an international jury. The latter was made up of former Eurovision participants and former Eurovision jury members. The online voting also ran again via the official Eurovision app. Everyone could vote, but only votes from the Czech Republic were counted for the result. The votes from abroad were summarized as one jury member in the jury voting.

Choice of contribution

From August 31, 2018 to October 31, 2018, contributions could be submitted to ČT . The broadcaster does not look for any specific genres and also allows all composers to choose the language. Only the singer has to be a Czech citizen, otherwise composers can come from abroad, for example.

On November 2, 2018, ČT announced that they had received 300 contributions, which is about 100 fewer than the previous year. However, 60 pieces by Czech musicians have been submitted, almost twice as many as in 2018.

International jury

• Cesár Sampson (participant for Austria 2018 )
• Rasmussen (participant for Denmark 2018 )
• Elina Netšajeva (participant for Estonia 2018 )
• Alma (participant for France 2017 )
• Ryan O'Shaughnessy ( Ireland 2018 participant )
• Ari Ólafsson (participant for Iceland 2018 )
• AWS (Participant for Hungary 2018 )
• Ira Losco (participant for Malta 2016 )
• ZiBBZ (participant for Switzerland 2018 )
• Jowst (participant for Norway 2017 )

Attendees

The winners of the Czech preliminary decision: Lake Malawi

On December 19, 2018, ČT confirmed that in 2019 eight participants will take part in the preliminary round. That is two participants more than last year.

On January 7, 2019, ČT presented the eight participants. Four singers, three singers and a band took part in the preliminary decision. Voting started on January 7, 2019 and ended on January 21, 2019.

space	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	jury		Audience votes (Eurovision app)	total
					be right	Points
1.	Lake Malawi	Friend of a Friend M / T: Jan Steinsdoerfer, Maciej Mikolaj Trybulec, Albert Černý	English	Friend of a friend	108	12	10	22nd
2.	Jakub Ondra	Space Sushi M / T: Jakub Ondra, Michael Gubler, Boris Carloff, Viktor Dyk, Alasdair Bouch	English	Space sushi	049	6th	12	18th
3.	Pam Rabbit	Easy to Believe M: João Filipe de Carvalho; T: Pamela Koky, João Filipe de Carvalho	English	Easy to believe	054	10	8th	18th
4th	Barbora Mochowa	True Colors M: Barbora Mochowa, Viliam Béreš; T: Koo's comrade	English	True colors	108	12	6th	18th
5.	Andrea Holá	Give Me A Hint M / T: František Valena	English	give me a hint	053	8th	4th	12
6th	Tomáš Boček	Don't Know Why M: Tomáš Boček, Boris Carloff; T: Tomáš Boček, Alasdair Bouch	English	Do not know why	049	6th	3	09
7th	Jara Vymer	On My Knees M: Jaroslav Vymer, Boris Carloff; T: Jaroslav Vymer	English	On my knees	040	3	2	05
8th.	Hana Barbara	Poslední Slova Tobě M: Hana Schořová, Marcus Tran; T: Hana Schořová	Czech	The last words to you	045	4th	1	05

Jury voting

Interpreter	song	CH	AT	IS	NO	MT	HU	FR	ET	DK	IR	Intern.	total
Andrea Holá	Give me a hint	2	2	2	3	10	12	8th	3	4th	4th	3	053
Barbora Mochowa	True Colors	12	12	6th	8th	8th	6th	12	10	12	10	12	108
Hana Barbara	Poslední slova tobě	3	3	4th	6th	6th	2	4th	6th	3	6th	2	045
Jakub Ondra	Space sushi	1	10	3	2	4th	3	10	4th	1	3	8th	049
Jara Vymer	On my knees	8th	6th	1	1	1	4th	3	8th	6th	1	1	040
Lake Malawi	Friend of a Friend	6th	8th	12	12	12	8th	6th	12	10	12	10	108
Pam Rabbit	Easy to believe	10	1	8th	10	3	10	1	1	2	2	6th	054
Tomáš Boček	Don't know why	4th	4th	10	4th	2	1	2	2	8th	8th	4th	049
Jury points speaker
- ZiBBZ - Cesár Sampson - Ari Ólafsson - Jowst - Ira Losco - AWS - Alma - Elina Netšajeva - Rasmussen - Ryan O'Shaughnessy

Web links

• Czech preliminary decision website (Czech)

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2019
• Czech Republic at the Eurovision Song Contest

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Miki Gligorov: A Friend of a Friend! Lake Malawi revealed as the Czech representatives for Eurovision 2019. In: escxtra.com. January 28, 2019, accessed January 28, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Anthony Granger: Czech Republic: Eurovision 2019 Participant To Be Selected At End of January. In: eurovoix.com. October 28, 2018, accessed November 15, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Anthony Granger: Czech Republic: CT Opens Call for Eurovision 2019 Submissions. In: eurovoix.com. August 31, 2018, accessed November 15, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Emily Herbert: Czech Republic: 300 Entries Submitted for Eurovision 2019. In: eurovoix.com. November 2, 2018, accessed November 15, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Ervin Juhász: Eight Acts To Compete In The Czech Eurovision Final For 2019! In: escbubble.com. December 19, 2018, accessed December 19, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Josianne Zwart: Czech Republic presents 8 hopefuls and songs for Eurovision 2019. In: eurovision.tv. January 7, 2019, accessed January 7, 2019 .