Eurosong 2007 was the national selection process organised by ČT in order to select the Czech Republic's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The competition took place on 10 March 2007 at the Veletržní Palác in Prague, hosted by Jirí Korn and Katerina Kristelová and broadcast on ČT1 as well as streamed online via the broadcaster's website ceskatelevize.cz.[1]
Competing entries[]
Ten artists were invited by ČT to compete: seven based on recent chart success and three being nominated by a five-member jury.[2] The ten selected finalists were announced on 14 February 2007. Among the selected finalists were Intervision Song Contest 1977 winner Helena Vondráčková, Kabát whose album Corrida was the bestselling album in the Czech Republic for 2006 (despite being unreleased until December 2006) and former Česko hledá SuperStar participants Sámer Issa (third place, 2004) and Vlasta Horváth (winner, 2005). Reportedly a large number of acts approached declined to compete in the national final, which included Anna K, Richard Krajčo, Kryštof, Lucie Vondráčková and 2004 Česko hledá SuperStar winner Aneta Langerová.[3]
On 16 February 2007, ČT announced that Kabát would perform "Malá dáma" instead of "Burlaci", and L.B.P. would perform "Story of Life" instead of "So Real". On 27 February 2007, ČT announced that "Samba" performed by Helena Vondráčková was disqualified as the song was recorded too far in advance of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. Vondráčková proposed a new song "Ha Ha Ha" for consideration, but later withdrew from the national final due to dissatisfaction with the voting process.[4]
Final[]
The final took place on 10 March 2007. The winner, "Malá dáma" performed by Kabát, was selected exclusively by a public SMS vote which ran from 23 February 2007 to 10 March 2007.
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At Eurovision[]
In a May 5, 2007 announcement of Kabát's leaving Prague for Helsinki to perform in the Eurovision semi-final that May 10, the group's bass player Milan Spalek opined "the fact his band play hard rock could work against them in the Eurovision."[5] In the Eurovision semi-final held May 10, 2007, Kabát performed in the 16th spot, just after the eventual winner Serbia. Kabát received one point, resulting in a last place on their Eurovision debut.[6] Only three other countries have done this.
Kabát frontman Pepa Vojtek subsequently stated that the band members were unfamiliar with the nature of Eurovision prior to their 2007 participation after which Vojtek would contend that "a rock group is not a good idea for the particular event".[7]
Voting[]
Points awarded to the Czech Republic[]
Points awarded to the Czech Republic (Semi-final)[8]
Czech Republic
Estonia
