Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
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 Czech Republic
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurovision Song CZ | |||
| Selection date(s) | 29 January 2018 | |||
| Selected entrant | TBA | |||
| Selected song | "TBA" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | TBA | |||
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Czech Republic will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The Czech broadcaster Česká televize (ČT) will organise a national final in order to select the Czech entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal.
Prior to the 2018 Contest, Czech Republic had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest six times since its first entry in 2007. The nation competed in the contest on four consecutive occasions between 2007 and 2009 without qualifying to the final: in 2007 Kabát performing "Malá dáma" placed 28th (last) in the semi-final achieving only one point, in 2008 Tereza Kerndlová performing "Have Some Fun" placed 18th (second to last) in her semi-final scoring nine points, in 2009 Gipsy.cz performing the song "Aven Romale" placed 18th (last) in their semi-final failing to score any points and in 2015 Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta performing "Hope Never Dies" placed 13th in their semi-final scoring thirty-three points. The Czech broadcaster withdrew from the contest between 2010 and 2014 citing reasons such as low viewing figures and poor results for their absence. In 2015, Czech Republic returned to the contest and once again failed to qualify to the final with the song "Hope Never Dies" performed by Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta. In 2016, Czech Republic was represented by Gabriela Gunčíková and the song "I Stand". As a result, the country qualified for the final and placed 25th out of 26 entries. This marked the first qualification to the final for the Czech Republic since they debuted in the contest in 2007. In 2017, Czech Republic was represented by Martina Bárta with the song "My Turn". The song failed to qualify for the final and placed 13 in their semi-final scoring 83 points.
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