Czech Republic CZECHIA 2025 - ADONXS - Kiss Kiss Goodbye

[ESC United Mod Team]

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[GRE]

Thank you both for the explanation !
I really hope that this choice could be a step forward for Slovakia in the future, although we all know the political issues.

 

[94ayd]

Exciting, love the queer representation!

 

[HarryUK]

Exciting to have more queer representation at Eurovision!

 

[njdevils94]

What a surprise that Adonxs is the choice. No one on here figured it out beforehand.

Yeah, we'll see. On paper his music style isn't for me but maybe he'll surprise. Plenty of comparisons have already been thrown out there. Duncan Laurence, Remo, Mustii etc. Tempered expectations would be the word now.

The fact that ESC semifinals are back on main channel ČT1 for the first since 2009 confirmed by HoD Ahmad Halloun is a plus and unexpected I'm sure helped out by Czech Republic going internal this time.. Ex-Czech HOD Jan Bors made the same point below.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1866795316630130996

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1866808526992974250

I'm still not optimistic on their future in ESC and believe this could be their swan song especially after picking a non-Czech but only time will tell.

 

[Rocket man]

Fantastic.

 

[Mainshow]

I'm still not optimistic on their future in ESC and believe this could be their swan song especially after picking a non-Czech but only time will tell.

Mmh - He lives in Prague. He works in Czechia. His sister live there... so you could say that they fully emigrated to Czechia.

Apparently, international juries and demoscopic juries had more power than Czechia's channel but ADONX won all 3 juries over - I don't think that no other interesting Czech artists wanted to apply - it really seems that Eurovision has become popular among newcomers, indie acts and pop acts in Czechia... and it's great to see someone as successful as ADONX represent the country.

Let's hope that his participation will bring in more Czech viewers, though - so that Czechia's future will always be in Eurovision!

 

[ESC94]

Let´s wait and see what he´s got for us. His voice is interesting, not so sure about his style of music though. But I´m ready to be surprised in a positive way.

 

[HayashiM]

I'm still not optimistic on their future in ESC and believe this could be their swan song especially after picking a non-Czech but only time will tell.

I think so as well. My read on the situation is that the delegation is under pressure to deliver a big result, or else. From a friend who works in ČT I know there was in fact a huge wave of disappointment after Vesna's result and Kryštof also spoke about something similar on a livestream I believe in 2022 - "we need to win, or at least get a couple of top 3s, ASAP." Which is a crazy mentality for something as competitive as Eurovision, and it's kind of crazy given our generally ok results, but I think this kind of pressure really is there. So they have to roll the dice, try to make some sort of a hype and cross their fingers.
But maybe this has changed with the new director. Also, I have been a doomsayer for years now and we are always there the next year anyway

 

[HayashiM]

Mmh - He lives in Prague. He works in Czechia. His sister live there... so you could say that they fully emigrated to Czechia.

I am in fact very happy about us sneaking through some Slovak representation, although the general public might not be. It's the fourth year in a row where we send someone who wasn't a Czech by birth as a part of our act. I think in most other countries sans microstates this would be unthinkable and while it probably is a part of ČT's admitted strategy of making ESCZ a platform extending our borders, it might make things harder for the general public to connect with them and by extension, with Eurovision.

Apparently, international juries and demoscopic juries had more power than Czechia's channel but ADONX won all 3 juries over - I don't think that no other interesting Czech artists wanted to apply - it really seems that Eurovision has become popular among newcomers, indie acts and pop acts in Czechia... and it's great to see someone as successful as ADONX represent the country.

Let's hope that his participation will bring in more Czech viewers, though - so that Czechia's future will always be in Eurovision!

I don't know, I think the mental block for our (big) artists is mostly gone, the trouble is the public Ben Cristovao, Lenny, Markéta Irglová who won a bloody Oscar, Emma & Jordan - all are pretty important names for our scene and all have tried in the last few years. Not to forget Pam Rabbit who tried as a newcomer but by now is a big name as well and who I believe is bound to try again eventually. They just mostly didn't bring their best to the table. For this reason, I am pretty sure there must have been other interesting names in the running this year as well.
Edit: sorry, I read the double negative wrong.

 

[GRE]

@HayashiM,
Vesna made a top 10 result, it's not bad at all ! And we are not talking about Sweden, that a top 10 result is their base (due to juries).

 

[HayashiM]

@HayashiM,
Vesna made a top 10 result, it's not bad at all ! And we are not talking about Sweden, that a top 10 result is their base (due to juries).

Agreed I just meant that people inside the TV were overhyped pre-contest.

 

[MooseShoes]

I think so as well. My read on the situation is that the delegation is under pressure to deliver a big result, or else. From a friend who works in ČT I know there was in fact a huge wave of disappointment after Vesna's result and Kryštof also spoke about something similar on a livestream I believe in 2022 - "we need to win, or at least get a couple of top 3s, ASAP." Which is a crazy mentality for something as competitive as Eurovision, and it's kind of crazy given our generally ok results, but I think this kind of pressure really is there. So they have to roll the dice, try to make some sort of a hype and cross their fingers.

I know that those of us in the fan bubble focus on so many things that other people are unaware of, but you really have to wonder what some people are smoking when they demand "a couple of top 3s!" Since the Czech Republic / Czechia came back, I've counted six countries that have managed "a couple of top 3s" in that period: Sweden, Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Israel and Switzerland. All of their entries that got 3rd, 2nd or 1st place had some sort of hype behind them well before the contest. With the fandom has found itself questioning whether they'll even qualify for one reason or another (live vocals especially, but also how Vesna would present themselves on stage).

If you just add the lack of televote allies and the whole luck-factor to the equation, a country like is constantly fighting against the odds and doing itself proud more often than not. In that context, 10th for Vesna was an excellent result!

I'll admit my bias because is one of my favourite Eurovision countries and I adore Friend of a Friend and My Sister's Crown. Please never leave!

 

[Mrm]

This is such a promising choice, based on few songs I heard!

 

[Ana Raquel]

He has that overused-artist-in-online-contests-who-always-do-super-well-and-I-don't-understand-why vibe but hey so did Luke Black who ended up being my 3rd in 2023

I don't like this type of voice though so I don't imagine he being anywhere near my top but hoping he is not going with a ballad

 

[nofuxCZ]

Few more details I caught in interviews with ADONXS and I'm not sure were mentioned:
- they will be polishing the final details of the song until the end of February, so we should get the song only in March earliest
- song will be in English
- music video will be directed by Jiří Horenský, who already directed most of his previous music videos (Moving On, Game, Cold Summer, Overthinker)

 

[HayashiM]

ADONXS will sing his song in 3 days during Malta's national final, however the music video will be out in March.
Interesting approach. As one of the Slovak fans put it in a group on Facebook, "this is just the Czech Republic doing the Czech Republic things"

 

[njdevils94]

What a weird way for ADONXS to debut his song. It will get more eyeballs on the Malta semifinal though for sure. The title of his song is Kiss Kiss Goodbye. 2009 vibes with that title.

 

[Mainshow]

^^ When I read the title of his entry it was immediately off-putting because of our German entry from 2009

 

[nofuxCZ]

It should be an acoustic version which he will perform in the maltese NF. Not sure if this is a good approach, I can already see the disappointed comments from the fans, because it will be an acoustic stripped down version with no staging. We never learn, huh?

 

[Yoozek]

We never learn, huh?

99% people who watch eurovision every year do not care what happens in Feb or March. That's not a big deal