Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

The Czech Republic competed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, held in Moscow, Russia. It had been rumoured that, due to two poor placings for the country in 2007 and 2008, coming last and second last, Česká televize (ČT), the Czech broadcaster would withdraw, however the broadcaster confirmed their participation at the 2009 contest.[1][2] The song did not progress from the first semi-final of the competition, finishing last once more with 0 points.

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country Czech Republic
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal selection
Song: National Final
Selection date(s)Artist: 30 January 2009
Song: 15 March 2009
Selected entrantGipsy.cz
Selected song"Aven Romale"
Finals performance
Final resultFailed to qualify (18th, 0 points)
Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Internal selection

ČT decided to internally select the third Czech entry for Eurovision, after the multi-artist national final, EuroSong, failed to qualify Czech Republic to the final. Gipsy.cz, who had previously taken part both the 2007 and 2008 Czech national finals, was chosen by ČT to represent the country in Moscow.[3][4][5]

National final

The Czech audience were given a choice of two songs to select the one which would represent their country in Moscow. The voting took place between 1 and 14 March. A press conference where all the details would be revealed took place on 16 February. The winning song was officially presented on 21 March during the ČT Anděl Music Awards, which was "Aven Romale".

DrawSongPlace
1"Aven Romale"1
2"Do You Wanna"2

At Eurovision

Since the Czech Republic is not one of the "Big Four" and was not the host of the 2009 contest, it competed in one of the two semi-finals. At the semi-final allocation draw on 30 January, it was decided that the country would compete in the first semi-final on 12 May 2009.[6][7][8] ČT announced it would broadcast only the first semi final and the final of the contest, not broadcasting the second semi-final.[3] Gipsy.cz performed second in the first semifinal. It got no points and placed last. "Aven Romale" is the sixteenth song getting zero points.

Points awarded by Czech Republic
Split voting results from Czech Republic (final)
Draw Country Jury points Televoting points Scoreboard (Points)
01  Lithuania
02  Israel 8 4
03  France 1
04  Sweden
05  Croatia
06  Portugal 12 7
07  Iceland 4 3 2
08  Greece 5
09  Armenia 7 10 12
10  Russia 6 6 8
11  Azerbaijan 12 10
12  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4
13  Moldova 3 2
14  Malta 2
15  Estonia
16  Denmark
17  Germany
18  Turkey 5 1 1
19  Albania
20  Norway 7 3
21  Ukraine 8 5
22  Romania
23  United Kingdom 10 6
24  Finland
25  Spain
Points awarded to Czech Republic (Semi-final 1)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. Kuipers, Michael (2008-07-29). "Czech Republic will be there in 2009". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  2. Anastasiou, Andreas (2008-07-29). "ČT to take part in Moscow next year". ESCTime. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
  3. Floras, Stella (2009-01-30). "Czech Republic: Gipsy.cz to Eurovision". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  4. Fisher, Luke (2009-01-30). "Czech Republic: Gipsy.cz to represent Czechs in Moscow". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  5. Siim, Jarmo (2009-01-30). "Gipzy.cz competing for Czech Republic". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  6. Bakker, Sietse (2009-01-30). "LIVE: The Semi-Final Allocation Draw". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  7. Konstantopolus, Fotis (2009-01-30). "LIVE FROM MOSCOW, THE ALLOCATION DRAW". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  8. Floras, Stella (2009-01-30). "Live: The Eurovision Semi Final draw". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
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