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[Milos-BC]

Good job ,the song is much better with a performance like this. I really loved every second of it. I think it's quite a dark horse for the final now.

 

[Edweis]

Same, the life performance really lifts up the song. I'm not a fan of the studio version, it's too repetitive for my liking, but I won't frown when they'll perform in the final.
I'm actually glad they're there, they bring joy and fun.

 

[nofuxCZ]

We're third time in a final and third time we got the worst possible draw from Björkman :?

 

[tuorem]

We're third time in a final and third time we got the worst possible draw from Björkman :?

Maybe Björkman tried to bring you down last year, but it turned out to be blessing in disguise: you performed after four ballads in a row and - especially - after our boring stagingless act. You were like a breath of fresh air to the viewers at this point!

This year is another story though: that third position is not looking good

 

[nofuxCZ]

Maybe Björkman tried to bring you down last year, but it turned out to be blessing in disguise: you performed after four ballads in a row and - especially - after our boring stagingless act. You were like a breath of fresh air to the viewers at this point!

This year is another story though: that third position is not looking good

Yeah, maybe we just barely qualified...
Israel got 9th place in 2015 from this slot, Netherlands and Moldova 11th place in 2016 and 2013, so I'm still hopeful we could get at least mid-table result

 

[crashworld]

This song deserves much more success than last year's shit of a song. But having them performing at slot no. 3? Hopefully people will still remember it by the end of the show.

 

[Etanna]

Yeah, maybe we just barely qualified...
Israel got 9th place in 2015 from this slot, Netherlands and Moldova 11th place in 2016 and 2013, so I'm still hopeful we could get at least mid-table result

last year we did really well both in the semi and in the betting odds, yet we went first in our drawn half..
I'm afraid this song isn't as high impact as Mikolas's nor as any of those songs you mentioned so I'm not getting my hopes up :/

 

[Citelis]

Criminally overrated by juries.

 

[Realest]

The Runningorder killed them.

 

[cegs5]

Even if they were not one of my favs their reactiom to the televoting results broke my heart.

Honestly, I am not all convinced on the way the results are revealed, at least in the past you only saw the happiness of the delegations getting a combined 12 points... not the humilliation of getting poor results.

 

[Mii11]

I don't understand. With a much better song, 2015 was so underrated and this year they are that high? Well done, but I'm really surprised.

 

[FoxOfShadows]

Killed off by the running order and it was a very unfair placement too, considering they got second in their semi

 

[nofuxCZ]

I felt sorry for them when they announced the televote result </3 I thought it might happen, as our entry this year kinda reminded me of Sweden 2018, so the result turned out similarly...
At least in semifinal we were 6th in the televote and 1st with the jury - I wonder though why did Bjorkman put us 3rd in the running order with such result?

Anyway, 11th place is more than I expected, the Czech team should be happy, they did a good job this year once again.
Looking forward to our proper national final next year

 

[bstream]

My initial reaction was that they were somehow making up for the jury points lost last year. At the end of the day, I warmed up to their whole live performance and I think their “garage band that just got a record deal” aesthetic shown through, and the juries seemed to have “gotten it” (slightly) more than the televoters. They were polished, with the camera shots and use of camera effects, but still a bit raw and human because no amount of rehearsed staging and fun camera effects can take away from the unique, “nerdy” personality they being to the table. I think their final placing, just shy of the top 10, shows that Czech Republic might be starting to understand how to do well at Eurovision and are finding their niche/voice and is another example that any country with a good entry can do decently well.

 

[Teaisloveable]

They absolutely deserved more than 7 points from the televote. Their reaction was heartbreaking!

 

[Ana Raquel]

They did NOT deserve 7 points what is wrong with you europe and australia!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HayashiM]

As I have already said elsewhere, we had been 5/17 in the televote in the semis, so I really think the running order is partly to blame. But there is a big point gap to both reach the top 10 and fall to the 12th place, so it doesn't matter that much. I am quite happy for the 11th place, I just wish it came from the people.

 

[digitaldude]

Czechs are really no strangers to low televote if you look at the results in recent year discounting last year.

 

[HayashiM]

Oh, and being able to finally experience that feeling of hearing your country's name getting 12 points for the first time ever - that was pretty fantastic. Thank you, Norway, Hungary, Georgia and Slovenia.
Still can't understand how it hasn't aleady happened in the last year when we had Mikolas Josef... But Keiino explains a lot.

 

[blue00eyes]

I simply don't know what juries saw in it.