Czech Republic: ESCZ 2022 entries to go public on December 6; Winner to be announced on December 16

Czech Republic: ESCZ 2022 entries to go public on December 6; Winner to be announced on December 16
Tuesday, 16 November 2021

  • The Czech national broadcaster, ČT, has confirmed the dates on which ESCZ 2022 will unfold in order to select the country's Eurovision 2022 hopeful. 

    ČT, has shed light on the upcoming ESC 2022 selection that will determine the nation's next Eurovision representative. Once the submissions ofr the national selection are assessed, the acts that will compete in the national selection will be unveiled during a press conference on December 6, 2021. 

    Unlike previous selections, this year's selection will see the candidates competing with live on-tape performances of their entries instead of the music videos of the songs. 

    From December 7 and until December 15 the online voting will open in order for the public to cast their votes. The outcome of the national final will be determined 50% by an international jury, 25% by the international public voting and 25% by the Czech public's votes.

    The next day the final winner and next Eurovision representative will be announced. Usually the Czech Eurovision act was announced in previous editions in the last days of January, with the organisers outlining that this early selection aims to give plenty of time to the Czech hopeful to get prepared and promote the song.  

     

    Czech Republic in Eurovision

    Czech Republic appeared for the first time in the Contest in 2007 with  Kabat. A a row of disappointing results the country withdrew in 2010 and didn’t return until 2016. In 2016 its return was followed by a grand final qualification for the first time . The best result came for the country in 2018 with  Mikolas Josef who achieved a top 10 placing by finishing  6th , in  Lisbon with his entry Lie to me.

    In 2019, Lake Malawi represented the country and finished 11th in the final . This was the country’s third qualification to the final . The outstanding element was the gap between the jury voting that placed the group 8th with 150 points while the public vote placed the Czech at the 24th place.

    In 2020 Benny Cristo was selected to represent the country with his song "Kemama" but as this year's contest was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic his Eurovision 2020 journey remained incomplete.  However the Czech hopeful had the chance to reach his Eurovision destination in 2021 with his song 'Omaga', but despite his energetic semi final 2 performance in Rotterdam failed to reach the Grand final show. 

     

    News Source: CT

    Image: EBU / ANDRES PUTTING