Czech Republic CZECHIA 2023 - Vesna - My Sister's Crown

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[A-lister]

Great job girls! I was a bit worried prior the live show how it all turn out (especially since I wasn't very impressed by the live shows prior Eurovision), but apart for some minor vocal flaws (and the fact that the rap part still feels a bit copy-paste) it was a real pleasant surprise. I still think the song is the best this year, but yeah it needs to work live as well. Considering I was never impressed by any Czech staging so far (and I guess the few times they got it sorta right I didn't care for the entries anyways), they really sold a good solid package. Great job girls I know the hateful juries will downvote it for all the wrong reasons, but Czechia can be proud in having its best entry to Eurovision to date (not that it's a hard thing to do since most Czech entries have been bad), but this is really top notch!

 

[b4ld3r]

Why did they only sing "You can't steal our souls" once in the pre-chorus? Maybe it's to make it easier to sing and not have them run out of breath? Still feels really abrupt and a clear downgrade.

 

[A-lister]

Why did they only sing "You can't steal our souls" once in the pre-chorus? Maybe it's to make it easier to sing and not have them run out of breath? Still feels really abrupt and a clear downgrade.

Yeah, I also reacted at some minor flaws in the live singing (that being part of it), but hey if that is what it takes to deliver a overall good package (which I think they did!) I guess it's understandable and acceptable. They aren't the best live singers but they still surprised me in a good way in the semi and the staging was fairly demanding too with the choreo and all, so maybe it's just a compromise to give us a nice performance (which they did!). I guess you can't have all in the world and if they realize where their weakness are and work on the overall I can't really complain especially since I was a bit afraid about how this would turn out and they did much better than I expected but I do hear your point and in an ideal situation they wouldn't have to cut out on things.

 

[Milos-BC]

I didn't like the staging so much (I preferred the costumes in the music video), but nonetheless, they were great. Also one of the best vocal performances of the evening.

Deserved qualification, well done .

 

[nofuxCZ]

running orders in the finals

2016: #02
2018: #14 (first of the second half)
2019: #03
2022: #01
2023: #14 (first of the second half) - and sandwiched between Finland and Australia which were both most likely in the Top 2 of their semifinals

Why do the producers hate us

I still want to believe we can stand out between two rock-ish songs but most probably we are toast when it comes to televote again

 

[Koori]

running orders in the finals

2016: #02
2018: #14 (first of the second half)
2019: #03
2022: #01
2023: #14 (first of the second half) - and sandwiched between Finland and Australia which were both most likely in the Top 2 of their semifinals

Why do the producers hate us

I still want to believe we can stand out between two rock-ish songs but most probably we are toast when it comes to televote again

To me is seems that we barely quialified and that's why we were put there :C Still praying for top10 though

 

[HayashiM]

To me is seems that we barely quialified and that's why we were put there :C Still praying for top10 though

Could also be the other way round maybe we too were in the top 3 and this is the clash of the titans
(don't really believe it though.)
Aargh, why do they have to hate us so much...

 

[shameless]

Yeah, assuming there is a break before them (there is, right?) its not a good position and even if there isn't, right after the big fav to steal the crown would be even worse.
This deserved the placement of Germany tbh.

 

[Etanna]

To me is seems that we barely quialified and that's why we were put there :C Still praying for top10 though

we got bad running order even at times when we did really well in the semis

 

[boyardor]

Can someone explain to me why the order of either the semi-final rounds or the final rounds are not drawn? The fact that the delegations draw halves and production assigns them a running order seems totally unfair to me. Look at Czechia. Does it seem fair that we are one of the youngest countries at Eurovision and EVERY time it comes to the final (we have qualified five times) we get either 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 14th place from the EBU (with 14th place being first in the second half). Is this really fair? If this was a merit of draw, I can understand. But the running order is determined by the people!!! Then don't let the EBU be surprised that Eurovision has no popularity here (even if it is partly the broadcaster's fault) when they always assign us one of the first places. How is such a very unknown country supposed to make it in Eurovision when you always put it at the top which everyone forgets. In Czechia, everyone is focused on the result. If we do well, everyone appreciates the contest. When we don't do well, it's a political contest (yes this is what most Czechs think of Eurovision).

This is why I find the current system totally unfair.

We can only hope that there will be a longer break between Finland and Czechia.

Let's just hope that this year we get a lot of points from the juries (at least 150) and a lot from the audience (around 250)

 

[Etanna]

Can someone explain to me why the order of either the semi-final rounds or the final rounds are not drawn? The fact that the delegations draw halves and production assigns them a running order seems totally unfair to me. Look at Czechia. Does it seem fair that we are one of the youngest countries at Eurovision and EVERY time it comes to the final (we have qualified five times) we get either 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 14th place from the EBU (with 14th place being first in the second half). Is this really fair? If this was a merit of draw, I can understand. But the running order is determined by the people!!! Then don't let the EBU be surprised that Eurovision has no popularity here (even if it is partly the broadcaster's fault) when they always assign us one of the first places. How is such a very unknown country supposed to make it in Eurovision when you always put it at the top which everyone forgets. In Czechia, everyone is focused on the result. If we do well, everyone appreciates the contest. When we don't do well, it's a political contest (yes this is what most Czechs think of Eurovision).

This is why I find the current system totally unfair.

We can only hope that there will be a longer break between Finland and Czechia.

Let's just hope that this year we get a lot of points from the juries (at least 150) and a lot from the audience (around 250)

It's also unfair to the artists. They are the ones who are then shown on TV as they are given 2 televote points or so. Every point counts, it would really make a difference if they received a few more points at least which could happen if they came later...

 

[Kant1]

Once again, Czechia is robbed.
I don't think the live performance is that good tbh (to me there is still an audio issue, but this is common to almost all other entries), despite a good staging and a good energy.

However I would have liked to see these girls getting a better draw... How unfortunate

 

[boyardor]

If televoting matched YouTube viewership (from both semi-finals), Czechia would be sixth in televoting.

 

[A-lister]

EBU literally did this entry dirty! Their disdain for anything ethnic or different is so obvious. So sad with the running order

Well, you can still be proud Czechia regardless of the outcome. The juries will work against you (as they put there by EBU to kill European diversity), but you still sent your best entry ever to the contest

 

[boyardor]

 

[HayashiM]

The background music sounds like an invitation for a funeral, but still, there's more ESC promo this year in our media (there's even some on the radio!) and that's definitely a great thing

 

[ESC94]

The background music sounds like an invitation for a funeral, but still, there's more ESC promo this year in our media (there's even some on the radio!) and that's definitely a great thing

The viewers now just have to tune in, the viewing numbers are still pretty low.

 

[HayashiM]

The viewers now just have to tune in, the viewing numbers are still pretty low.

Unlike last year, our team has a day off at the ice-hockey world championship tomorrow, that in itself could be a nice boost

 

[Etanna]

Unlike last year, our team has a day off at the ice-hockey world championship tomorrow, that in itself could be a nice boost

but they want to broadcast the final on ČT2 don't they? That could lower the figures

 

[boyardor]

but they want to broadcast the final on ČT2 don't they? That could lower the figures

Yes, because document about Miroslav Donutil from 2010 (on ČT1) is more important than live Eurovision where Czechia actually is.