Eurovision Song CZ 2020

Eurovision Song CZ 2020
Preliminary decision data
country	Czech Republic
Producing broadcaster
date	3rd February 2020
Time	6:00 p.m. ( CET )
Number of participants	7th
Number of contributions	7th
poll	50% jury voting, 50% Eurovision app voting
Moderation
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The 3rd Eurovision Song CZ took place on February 3rd, 2020 and was the Czech preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam ( Netherlands ). As in the previous two years, the preliminary decision took place entirely online in 2020. Benny Cristo won the preliminary round with his song Kemama .

format

concept

On January 28, 2019, the public television company Česká televize (ČT) confirmed the Czech Republic's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The broadcaster also announced that there should be a preliminary decision in 2020, which should take place live and also be broadcast on television . However, on November 6, 2019, ČT confirmed that the preliminary decision will again take place entirely online in 2020. The online voting is to start on January 20, 2020 and last until February 2, 2020. A live broadcast of the preliminary decision on television is only conceivable from 2021.

On September 3, 2019, ČT announced that the concept of 2018 and 2019 will be retained. Thus, eight performers will again compete with one song, while 50% of the final result will be determined by an international jury. The remaining 50% of the final result will be determined by online voting. The winner will then represent the Czech Republic at the 2020 Song Contest.

Choice of contribution

From January 29, 2019 to July 31, 2019, interested musicians and composers were able to submit songs to ČT. Apart from compliance with the Song Contest rules, there were no restrictions on submitting entries. However, a singer had to be a Czech citizen. If there is more than one singer, it is sufficient for one of the members to have Czech citizenship.

On August 12, 2019, ČT announced that they had received 152 songs. This means that almost less than half of the 2019 entries were submitted. Nevertheless, an increase in contributions from the Czech Republic was posted again. For 2020, ČT received 72 contributions from the Czech Republic, which is twelve more than in the previous year. In the next phase of the selection process, a jury consisting of Jan Potměšil, Jan Bors, Kryštof Šámal, Marvin Dietmann and Cyril Hirsch listened to all the songs and selected the songs that will be seen in the preliminary round at the end. Initially, the 152 songs were reduced to 20 songs. They immediately agreed on four songs and their interpreters and chose these for the preliminary decision. A further twelve performers were invited to a round of auditions on August 27 and 28, 2019 in Prague. In the audition, which was held entirely in English, candidates had to sing a song of their choice, present their submitted song and its background, and explain how they would present it on stage. Ultimately, they had to answer what the Eurovision Song Contest means for them personally.

Then the producers worked with the eight participants on their songs, so that the Czech and international audiences should be offered the best possible choice.

Attendees

On December 2nd, ČT announced that there were only seven participants left and that they will be presented on January 13th, 2020. Her songs will be released a week later on January 20, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. ( CET ).

Returning performers

Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Barbora Mochowa	2019
Pam Rabbit

final

As in previous years, the winner of the Czech preliminary decision is to be announced on Monday, February 3rd, 2020.

space	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	jury		Audience votes (Eurovision app)	total
					be right	Points
1.	Benny Cristo	Kemama M: Osama Verse-Atile; T: Ben Cristovao , Charles Sarpong	English	-	78	10	12	22nd
2.	Elis Mraz & Čis T	Wanna Be Like M: Elis Mraz; T: Elis Mraz, Čis T	English	Want to be like	75	8th	10	18th
3.	Barbora Mochowa	White & Black Holes M: Barbora Mochowa, Viliam Béreš; T: Barbora Mochowa, Tereza Frantová	English	White & Black Holes	87	12	2	14th
4th	We all poop	All the Blood (Positive Song Actually) M: Šimon Martínek, Michal Jiráň; T: Jakub Božek	English	All the blood (actually a positive song)	66	4th	8th	12
5.	Karelll	At Least We've Tried M / T: Karelll	English	At least we tried	67	6th	4th	10
6th	Olga Lounová	Dark Water M / T: Aleena Gibson, Ashley Dudokovich, Olga Lounová, Trevor Muzzy	English	Black water	55	3	6th	09
	Pam Rabbit	Get Up M / T: Boris Carloff, Pamela Koky	English	Get up	67	6th	3	09

Jury voting

Interpreter	song	ET	SI	NO	BG	AU	FI	IT	PL	MT	GR	Intern.	total
Barbora Mochowa	White & Black Holes	10	10	3	12	8th	3	3	10	12	12	4th	87
Benny Cristo	Kemama	12	6th	8th	6th	12	6th	8th	4th	2	6th	8th	78
Elis Mraz & Čis T	Wanna be like	8th	2	12	8th	10	4th	10	3	4th	4th	10	75
Karelll	At least we've tried	2	4th	4th	3	6th	12	12	6th	8th	8th	2	67
Olga Lounová	Dark water	3	8th	10	2	4th	10	2	2	6th	2	6th	55
Pam Rabbit	Get up	4th	12	2	10	3	8th	4th	8th	3	10	3	67
We all poop	All the blood	6th	3	6th	4th	2	2	6th	12	10	3	12	66
Jury points speaker
- Stig Rästa - Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl - KEiiNO - Kristian Kostow - Isaiah Firebrace - Sebastian Rejman - Miki - Kasia Moś - Michela - Katerine Duska

Web links

• Czech preliminary decision website (Czech)

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2020
• Czech Republic at the Eurovision Song Contest

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Anthony Granger: Czech Republic: Televised Selection To Determine Eurovision 2020 Entry. In: eurovoix.com. January 28, 2019, accessed June 4, 2019 . 
2. ^ Neil Farren: Czech Republic: No Televised National Final in 2020. In: eurovoix.com. November 6, 2019, accessed November 6, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Anthony Granger: Czech Republic: Eight Acts To Compete in Eurovision Song CZ 2020. In: eurovoix.com. September 3, 2019, accessed on September 3, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Anthony Granger: Czech Republic: 2020 National Final To Be Held in Prague on January 28. In: eurovoix.com. January 29, 2019, accessed June 4, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Anthony Granger: Czech Republic: Submissions Deadline Extended to July 31. In: eurovoix.com. June 25, 2019, accessed June 25, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Anthony Granger: Czech Republic: 2020 National Final To Be Held in Prague on January 28. In: eurovoix.com. January 29, 2019, accessed June 4, 2019 . 
7. ^ Anthony Granger: Czech Republic: Eight Acts To Compete in Eurovision CZ 2020. In: eurovoix.com. September 3, 2019, accessed on September 3, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Anthony Granger: Czech Republic: Number of Acts Competing in Eurovision Song CZ 2020 Reduced. In: eurovoix.com. December 2, 2019, accessed December 2, 2019 . 
9. ↑ European Broadcasting Union : Czech Republic presents 7 hopefuls for Rotterdam 2020. In: eurovision.tv. January 13, 2020, accessed on January 13, 2020 .