Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Czech Republic
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	26 January 2008
Selected entrant	Tereza Kerndlová
Selected song	"Have Some Fun"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (18th)

Czech Republic chose their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 through a national final, Eurosong, on 26 January 2008. Česká televize internally selected 10 acts to compete in the show and officially presented them at a press conference on 3 January 2008: three of the acts: Gipsy.cz, Sámer Issa and L.P.B., had competed in the Czech Republic's Eurosong 2007. On the same day, SMS numbers for the participating songs were revealed and the voting was opened. On 26 January 2008 Tereza Kerndlová won the Czech final with the song Have Some Fun. Tereza is a young singer and was part of the group Black Milk.^[1]

National final

Draw	Artist	Song
1	Gipsy.cz	"Benga beating"
2	Tereza Kerndlová	"Have some fun"
3	Čechomor	"Józef, mój kochany"
4	Sámer Issa	"Pick a star"
5	L.B.P.	"Don't leave me"
6	Temperamento	"Další den prijde"
7	Le Monde	"Another chance"
8	Toxique	"Two sides"
9	Iva Frühlingová	"Partir et revenir"
10	Daniel Nekonecný	"Holiday"

At Eurovision

Tereza Kerndlova was be a special guest at the Ukrainian nation selection, where she will promote the Czech entry.^[2] The Czech Republic took part in the second semi-final on 22 May 2008. She placed second-last, getting nine points: five from Macedonia, two from Croatia, one from Malta and one from Turkey.

Commentators

For the 2008 contest the commentator for the Czech Republic was Kateřina Kristelová.^[3]

See also

• Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest

References

1. ^ "Czech Republic Exclusive: National final on 26 January". http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/9910.  Esctoday (English)
2. ^ "Tereza Kerndlova special guest in Ukrainian final". http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=2581.  Oikotimes (English)
3. ^ "www.ceskatelevize.cz/program/10169195038-22.05.2008-21:00-1-eurovision-song-contest-2008.html". http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/program/10169195038-22.05.2008-21:00-1-eurovision-song-contest-2008.html. 

External links

• Eurosong