Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
January 31, 2023
The Czech Republic participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Have Some Fun" written by Gordon Pogoda and Stano Šimor. The song was performed by Tereza Kerndlová. The Czech broadcaster Česká televize (ČT) organised the national final Eurosong 2008 in order to select the Czech entry for the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia. Ten entries competed in the national final which took place on 26 January 2008 and "Have Some Fun" performed by Tereza Kerndlová was selected as the winner entirely by a public vote.
Czech Republic was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 22 May 2008. Performing during the show in position 8, "Have Some Fun" was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Czech Republic placed eighteenth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 9 points.
Prior to the 2008 Contest, Czech Republic had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest once since they debuted in the contest in 2007, of which the nation failed to qualify to the final with Kabát performing "Malá dáma" and placing 28th (last) in the semi-final achieving only one point.[1] The Czech national broadcaster, Česká televize (ČT), broadcasts the event within Czech Republic and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. The broadcaster has used a national final to select the Czech Eurovision entry in 2007. ČT confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in June 2007.[2] The broadcaster later confirmed in September 2007 that the Czech entry for the 2008 contest would be selected through a national final.[3]
Before Eurovision
Eurosong 2008
Eurosong 2008 was the national final organised by ČT in order to select the Czech entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. Ten entries participated in the competition which took place on 26 January 2008 at the Prazské Výstavište in Prague, hosted by Aleš Háma and Katerina Kristelová with the winner selected exclusively via a public vote.[4] The show was broadcast on ČT1 as well as streamed online via the broadcaster's website ceskatelevize.cz.[5]
Competing entries
ČT together with a four-member jury consisting of director Libor Kodad, producer Viktor Průša, screenwriter Ivan Hubač, and screenwriter and producer Martin Hrdinka nominated ten artists for the national final, and their entries were presented to the public during a press conference on 3 January 2008.[6][7] Among artists that were approached by ČT but declined to participate were singers Lucie Bílá and Jirí Korn, while among the competing artists were Gipsy.cz, L.B.P. and Sámer Issa which competed in the previous edition of Eurosong.[6][8]
Final
The final took place on 26 January 2008. Ten entries competed and the winner, "Have Some Fun" performed by Tereza Kerndlová, was determined entirely by a public vote via SMS held between 3 and 26 January 2008.[9] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by singer Ewa Farna, while the band Elán which represented Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 performed as the interval act. Kabát, which represented Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, was also featured as a guest during the show.[10]
Tereza Kerndlová made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Have Some Fun" as the Czech Eurovision entry. On 23 February and 1 March, Tereza Kerndlová performed "Have Some Fun" during the Ukrainian and Latvian Eurovision national finals, respectively.[11] Between 18 and 21 April, Kerndlová completed promotional activities in Malta by appearing during the One TV programmes Show Time, Bla Agenda and Trid Tarah as well as the TVM talk show programmes Il-Leyla and Ħadd Għalik.[12]
At Eurovision
It was announced in September 2007 that the competition's format would be expanded to two semi-finals in 2008.[13] According to the rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top nine songs from each semi-final as determined by televoting progress to the final, and a tenth was determined by back-up juries. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2008, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals. Czech Republic was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 22 May 2008.[14] The running order for the semi-finals was decided through another draw on 17 March 2008 and Czech Republic was set to perform in position 8, following the entry from Switzerland and before the entry from Belarus.[15]
In the Czech Republic, the semi-finals and the final were broadcast on ČT1 and featured commentary by Kateřina Kristelová.[16] The Czech spokesperson, who announced the Czech votes during the final, was Petra Šubrtová.
Semi-final
Tereza Kerndlová during a rehearsal before the second semi-final
Tereza Kerndlová took part in technical rehearsals on 13 and 17 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 21 and 22 May. The Czech performance featured Tereza Kerndlová appearing on stage wearing a short silver dress and performing a choreographed routine with four female dancers, two of them also provided backing vocals, as well as a male DJ in the background standing on a stage construction shaped as a silver heart with wings. The LED screens displayed moving yellow elements on a dark ground and the performance also featured pyrotechnic effects.[17][18] The dancers and DJ performing with Kerndlová were: Adéla Blažková, Alena Langerová, Daniela Jančichová, Veronika Krúpová and Jan Gajdoš.[19]
At the end of the show, Czech Republic was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Czech Republic placed 18th out of 19 in the semi-final, receiving a total of 9 points.[20]
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Czech Republic and awarded by Czech Republic in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Ukraine in the semi-final and to Armenia in the final of the contest.
Points awarded to the Czech Republic
Points awarded to the Czech Republic (Semi-final 2)[21]
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External links
Eurosong
January 31, 2023
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The Czech Republic participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song Have Some Fun written by Gordon Pogoda and Stano Simor The song was performed by Tereza Kerndlova The Czech broadcaster Ceska televize CT organised the national final Eurosong 2008 in order to select the Czech entry for the 2008 contest in Belgrade Serbia Ten entries competed in the national final which took place on 26 January 2008 and Have Some Fun performed by Tereza Kerndlova was selected as the winner entirely by a public vote Eurovision Song Contest 2008Country Czech RepublicNational selectionSelection processEurosong 2008Selection date s 26 January 2008Selected entrantTereza KerndlovaSelected song Have Some Fun Selected songwriter s Gordon PogodaStano SimorFinals performanceSemi final resultFailed to qualify 18th Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 2008 2009 Czech Republic was drawn to compete in the second semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 22 May 2008 Performing during the show in position 8 Have Some Fun was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the second semi final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final It was later revealed that Czech Republic placed eighteenth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi final with 9 points Contents 1 Background 2 Before Eurovision 2 1 Eurosong 2008 2 1 1 Competing entries 2 1 2 Final 2 2 Promotion 3 At Eurovision 3 1 Semi final 3 2 Voting 3 2 1 Points awarded to the Czech Republic 3 2 2 Points awarded by the Czech Republic 4 References 5 External linksBackground EditMain article Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest Prior to the 2008 Contest Czech Republic had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest once since they debuted in the contest in 2007 of which the nation failed to qualify to the final with Kabat performing Mala dama and placing 28th last in the semi final achieving only one point 1 The Czech national broadcaster Ceska televize CT broadcasts the event within Czech Republic and organises the selection process for the nation s entry The broadcaster has used a national final to select the Czech Eurovision entry in 2007 CT confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in June 2007 2 The broadcaster later confirmed in September 2007 that the Czech entry for the 2008 contest would be selected through a national final 3 Before Eurovision EditEurosong 2008 Edit Eurosong 2008 was the national final organised by CT in order to select the Czech entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Ten entries participated in the competition which took place on 26 January 2008 at the Prazske Vystaviste in Prague hosted by Ales Hama and Katerina Kristelova with the winner selected exclusively via a public vote 4 The show was broadcast on CT1 as well as streamed online via the broadcaster s website ceskatelevize cz 5 Competing entries Edit CT together with a four member jury consisting of director Libor Kodad producer Viktor Prusa screenwriter Ivan Hubac and screenwriter and producer Martin Hrdinka nominated ten artists for the national final and their entries were presented to the public during a press conference on 3 January 2008 6 7 Among artists that were approached by CT but declined to participate were singers Lucie Bila and Jiri Korn while among the competing artists were Gipsy cz L B P and Samer Issa which competed in the previous edition of Eurosong 6 8 Final Edit The final took place on 26 January 2008 Ten entries competed and the winner Have Some Fun performed by Tereza Kerndlova was determined entirely by a public vote via SMS held between 3 and 26 January 2008 9 In addition to the performances of the competing entries the show was opened by singer Ewa Farna while the band Elan which represented Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 performed as the interval act Kabat which represented Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was also featured as a guest during the show 10 Draw Artist Song Songwriter s 1 Samer Issa Pick a Star Madalena Joao2 Tereza Kerndlova Have Some Fun Gordon Pogoda Stano Simor3 Le Monde Another Chance Tom Malar Derrick Wilson Peter Fider4 Iva Fruhlingova Partir et revenir Francois Welgryn Jerome Degey5 Temperamento Dalsi den prijde Azi Loco6 L B P Don t Leave Me Marketa Poulickova7 Gipsy cz Benga Beating Radoslav Banga8 Toxique Two Sides Klara Vytiskova9 Cechomor Jozef moj kochany Frantisek Cerny Karel Holas10 Daniel Nekonecny Holiday Daniel NekonecnyPromotion Edit Tereza Kerndlova made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote Have Some Fun as the Czech Eurovision entry On 23 February and 1 March Tereza Kerndlova performed Have Some Fun during the Ukrainian and Latvian Eurovision national finals respectively 11 Between 18 and 21 April Kerndlova completed promotional activities in Malta by appearing during the One TV programmes Show Time Bla Agenda and Trid Tarah as well as the TVM talk show programmes Il Leyla and Ħadd Għalik 12 At Eurovision EditIt was announced in September 2007 that the competition s format would be expanded to two semi finals in 2008 13 According to the rules all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the Big Four France Germany Spain and the United Kingdom are required to qualify from one of two semi finals in order to compete for the final the top nine songs from each semi final as determined by televoting progress to the final and a tenth was determined by back up juries The European Broadcasting Union EBU split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot On 28 January 2008 a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi finals Czech Republic was placed into the second semi final to be held on 22 May 2008 14 The running order for the semi finals was decided through another draw on 17 March 2008 and Czech Republic was set to perform in position 8 following the entry from Switzerland and before the entry from Belarus 15 In the Czech Republic the semi finals and the final were broadcast on CT1 and featured commentary by Katerina Kristelova 16 The Czech spokesperson who announced the Czech votes during the final was Petra Subrtova Semi final Edit Tereza Kerndlova during a rehearsal before the second semi final Tereza Kerndlova took part in technical rehearsals on 13 and 17 May followed by dress rehearsals on 21 and 22 May The Czech performance featured Tereza Kerndlova appearing on stage wearing a short silver dress and performing a choreographed routine with four female dancers two of them also provided backing vocals as well as a male DJ in the background standing on a stage construction shaped as a silver heart with wings The LED screens displayed moving yellow elements on a dark ground and the performance also featured pyrotechnic effects 17 18 The dancers and DJ performing with Kerndlova were Adela Blazkova Alena Langerova Daniela Jancichova Veronika Krupova and Jan Gajdos 19 At the end of the show Czech Republic was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final It was later revealed that Czech Republic placed 18th out of 19 in the semi final receiving a total of 9 points 20 Voting Edit Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Czech Republic and awarded by Czech Republic in the second semi final and grand final of the contest The nation awarded its 12 points to Ukraine in the semi final and to Armenia in the final of the contest Points awarded to the Czech Republic Edit Points awarded to the Czech Republic Semi final 2 21 Score Country12 points10 points8 points7 points6 points5 points Macedonia4 points3 points2 points Croatia1 point Malta TurkeyPoints awarded by the Czech Republic Edit Points awarded by the Czech Republic Semi final 2 21 Score Country12 points Ukraine10 points Denmark8 points Georgia7 points Portugal6 points Malta5 points Latvia4 points Macedonia3 points Croatia2 points Bulgaria1 point Albania Points awarded by the Czech Republic Final 22 Score Country12 points Armenia10 points Azerbaijan8 points Ukraine7 points Russia6 points Serbia5 points Greece4 points Georgia3 points Latvia2 points Denmark1 point Bosnia and HerzegovinaReferences Edit Czech Republic Country Profile EBU Retrieved 19 November 2014 Kuipers Michael 20 June 2007 Czech Republic will take part in 2008 Esctoday Archived from the original on 25 September 2018 Retrieved 4 September 2021 Floras Stella 27 September 2007 Exclusive Czech Republic plans for 2008 final Esctoday Archived from the original on 4 September 2021 Retrieved 4 September 2021 Eurosong 2008 4lyrics Archived from the original on 14 May 2017 Retrieved 4 September 2021 Hondal Victor 26 January 2008 Live Czech Republic decides for Belgrade Esctoday a b Kucerova Katerina 25 January 2008 V sobotu usporada CT peveckou bitvu o Belehrad lupa cz in Czech Retrieved 15 August 2022 Rozhovor s dramaturgem Martinem Hrdinkou CT in Czech Czech Republic Exclusive National final on 26 January Esctoday in English Hlasujte pro vasi nejoblibenejsi pisnicku ceskatelevize cz in Czech Archived from the original on 6 January 2008 Retrieved 4 September 2021 Hondal Victor 26 January 2008 Live Czech Republic decides for Belgrade Esctoday Retrieved 4 September 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Tereza Kerndlova special guest in Ukrainian final Archived from the original on 11 February 2010 Retrieved 15 February 2008 Oikotimes in English Tereza Kerndlova to visit Malta eurovision tv 16 April 2008 Archived from the original on 13 May 2018 Retrieved 4 September 2021 Viniker Barry 28 September 2007 Eurovision 2 semi finals confirmed ESCToday Retrieved 25 September 2008 Semi Final Allocation Draw the outcome eurovision tv 28 January 2008 Archived from the original on 13 May 2018 Retrieved 4 September 2021 Sietse Bakker 17 March 2008 Belgrade 2008 The running order Eurovision tv Archived from the original on 18 March 2008 Retrieved 18 March 2008 www ceskatelevize cz program 10169195038 22 05 2008 21 00 1 eurovision song contest 2008 html Tereza had some fun at today s rehearsal eurovision tv 13 May 2008 Archived from the original on 13 May 2018 Retrieved 4 September 2021 From dancing Czechs to fierce Latvians eurovision tv 17 May 2008 Archived from the original on 13 May 2018 Retrieved 4 September 2021 Czech Republic Six on Stage Archived from the original on 4 September 2021 Retrieved 4 September 2021 First Semi Final of Belgrade 2008 European Broadcasting Union Archived from the original on 23 April 2021 Retrieved 23 April 2021 a b Results of the Second Semi Final of Belgrade 2008 European Broadcasting Union Archived from the original on 24 April 2021 Retrieved 24 April 2021 Results of the Grand Final of Belgrade 2008 European Broadcasting Union Archived from the original on 24 April 2021 Retrieved 24 April 2021 External links EditEurosong Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 amp oldid 1109833176, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
