Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Czech Republic has managed to gain success and following in the past years in the Eurovision circuit and the national final went live this year for the first time since forever. Or sort of. January 30 the presentation show was streamed live where the entries performed live and the voting started. People all over the world were able to vote their favorite online until February 6, and the winner will be announced the day after. The international votes weight 70% and the rest is national. One song in particular became a huge fan favorite as soon as it was clear it was one of the five songs but what else is there in store. I review. Maella - Flood * This one didn't really impress me at all. Nice but that's all. Pam Rabbit - Ghosting  *** Quite catchy and interesting that with excellent staging could do well at Eurovision. I quite enjoy this but still not quite four stars worth. Yet.  Markéta Irglóva - Happy  ***** This is adorable, so sweet and happy, I'm in love. Fandom won...

Czech Republic is riding with success lately at the Eurovision song contest and their national selection Escz will go live instead of just videos this year. On January 30 the five participants will be streamed live via eurovision.tv and national broadcaster and people everywhere may vote for the winner until February 6, when the winner will be announced. The voting will be 70/30% international/national votes.  Among the artist already familiar Pam Rabbit who hopes to be third time lucky having participated already in 2019 and 2020, besides being already on Eurovision stage in 2018 with Mikolas Josef. Another familiar name is Markéta Irglová. Yes, the very same Markéta from last year's Icelandic selection as that's where she lives these days, despite working mostly in the US. Rodan was awarded as The Discovery of the Year 2021 in Czech Republic, Vesna comes from folk-pop world, and Maella who has gone from jazz to alt-pop and loved by BBC Introducing completes the five-some. Upd...

Czech Republic is using last year's method for choosing their Eurovision 2019 entry. They have hard time to follow up with last year's success when Mikolas Josef's Lie to me became a sort of an phenomenom. It's not easy. The chosen artists seem all good singers, but the songs are a bit anonymous lacking identity that would make them memorable in any way. Most of them sound like non finalists come May. Jakub Ondra's Space Sushi sounds like a perfect follow up to Mikolas, but then again... is it trying a bit too much? And does he have the stage presence and star quality Mikolas had? The voting is on eurovision.tv and also international jury will have its say before we know who gets selected.  Hana Barbara -  Poslední slova tobě  *** Tomáš Boček - Don't know why  *** Andrea Holá - Give me a hint  ** Pam Rabbit - Easy to believe  ** Lake Malawi feat. Albert Černý - Friend of a friend  ** Barbora Mochowa - True colors  ** Jakub On...