Today we welcome Czech artist and now Icelandic resident Markéta Irglová back to ESCUnited for an interview! Fans of Eurovision will remember that Markéta competed last year in Iceland’s Songvakeppnin selection, but failed to qualify to the grand final. In 2007 Markéta won an Academy Award for her song Falling Slowly from the film Once, which went on to inspire a …
We’re thrilled to have gotten a chance to sit down with RODAN early this morning to talk about his song “Introvert Party Club” and his participation in the ESCZ national selection this year. RODAN is a singer and songwriter from Prague who is participating in the Czech national selection for the first time. His first single “Gone” rose to the …
The Czech Republic’s national final aired live tonight from the Kavči Hory television centre, Prague. Viewers were able to tune in live from the official Eurovision YouTube channel. Five artists competed for the Czech Republic’s ticket to Liverpool this year. The show was hosted by Adam Mišik, a popular singer and actor whilst Rob Lilley and James Rowe from The …
With only a week to go until the final, the running order for the Czech Republic’s national final has been drawn and revealed by Kryštof Šámal, the Czech Head of Delegation. The ESCZ 2023 national final is due to take place on 30 January at 21:00 CET in Prague and will be livestreamed on the official Eurovision YouTube channel. The …
Early this morning Česká televize (ČT) dropped the name of the artists set to compete in their live national final. The announcement carried with it a big surprise, since a total of 5 artists, not the originally promised 3, would be competing for a slot at Eurovision 2023. The artists set to compete in ESCZ 2023 are: Maella Markéta Irglová …
In a recent press announcement from Czech Republic’s delegation, it has been announced that the country will select their 2023 Eurovision artist during a televised national final. The live show is scheduled for Monday, January 30th at a currently unknown time. This stands as a historic moment for the Czech delegation and ČT, who have not utilized a national selection …
Today begins the submission window for ESCZ, and the kick off of the search for the next Czech representative to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Česká Televize (ČT) announced in a press release that artists can submit their entries to the broadcaster via their official website from November 2nd, until December 8th. Artists may submit more than one …
We now know which half of the Grand Final all of this year’s qualifying acts will perform in! At tonight’s post-show press conference, the 10 entries that made it out of semi-final two drew for their slots. Czech Republic, Finland, and Romania will be performing in the first half of Saturday night’s show, with Belgium, Azerbaijan, Poland, Estonia, Australia, Sweden, …
A little late with this last overview, but seeing how we’ve gone from barely having anything to do, to being constantly focused on something, then delays do happen. Now that we have your attention, let’s wrap it up with the last three remaining semi-finalists, being Belgium, Sweden and finally Czech Republic. Belgium Jérémie Makiese had the honor of being named …
Czechs who play together, stay together. While deep in preparation for Eurovision next month, Dominika Hašková, Casper Hatlestad, and Benjamin Rekstad of We Are Domi teamed up with their old friends (of friends) in Lake Malawi to record the new single “High-Speed Kissing”, an upbeat and optimistic synth-pop love song. The single’s music video premiered earlier today. You can watch …
