Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Prior to the 2021 Contest, the Czech Republic had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eight times since its first entry in 2007.[1] The nation competed in the contest on three 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. The Czech broadcaster withdrew from the contest between 2010 and 2014 citing low viewing figures and poor results for their absence. In 2015, the 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, placing 13th in their semi-final with 33 points. In 2016, Gabriela Gunčíková and the song "I Stand" qualified for the final and placed 25th out of 26 entries, marking the Czech Republic's first qualification to the final since their debut in 2007. In 2018, Mikolas Josef with the song "Lie to Me" finished in sixth place with 281 points, achieving the Czech Republic's best-ever result in the contest and their first top 10 finish. In 2019, Lake Malawi with the song "Friend of a Friend" finished in eleventh place with 157 points, achieving the Czech Republic's second best result in the contest.

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. 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. For the 2021 contest, the semi-final allocation draw held for 2020 which was held on 28 January 2020, will be used. Czech Republic was placed into the second semi-final, which was held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[4]

Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Czech Republic was set to perform in position 3, following the entry from Estonia and preceding the entry from Greece.[5]

Points awarded to the Czech Republic

Points awarded to the Czech Republic (Semi-final 2)[10]

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points		Georgia
5 points		Bulgaria  Portugal
4 points		Greece
3 points
2 points		France
1 point		Moldova

Points awarded by the Czech Republic

Points awarded by the Czech Republic (Semi-final 2)[10] Score Televote Jury 12 points  Moldova  Portugal 10 points  Iceland  Iceland 8 points  Finland   Switzerland 7 points   Switzerland  Bulgaria 6 points  Bulgaria  Finland 5 points  Serbia  Greece 4 points  Portugal  Serbia 3 points  Denmark  Denmark 2 points  Greece  San Marino 1 point  Estonia  Albania

Points awarded by the Czech Republic (Final)[11] Score Televote Jury 12 points  Moldova  Portugal 10 points  Ukraine  France 8 points  Greece  Iceland 7 points  Iceland  Malta 6 points  Italy  Italy 5 points  Russia   Switzerland 4 points  Finland  Bulgaria 3 points   Switzerland  Belgium 2 points  France  Russia 1 point  Lithuania  Finland

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Czech jury:[8][9]

• Milan Havrda (Boris Carloff)
• Tonya Graves
• Deborah Kahl (Debbi)
• Eliška Mrázová (Elis Mraz)
• Miroslav Žbirka

Detailed voting results from the Czech Republic (Semi-final 2)[10]

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	San Marino	9	10	7	11	8	9	2	11
02	Estonia	10	7	16	12	11	11		10	1
03	Czech Republic
04	Greece	8	4	6	8	9	6	5	9	2
05	Austria	12	11	10	9	13	13		14
06	Poland	14	8	15	14	15	14		13
07	Moldova	5	13	14	15	14	12		1	12
08	Iceland	2	1	2	2	3	2	10	2	10
09	Serbia	6	14	8	7	7	7	4	6	5
10	Georgia	16	16	12	13	12	15		16
11	Albania	7	12	9	10	10	10	1	12
12	Portugal	3	3	1	1	1	1	12	7	4
13	Bulgaria	13	2	5	4	2	4	7	5	6
14	Finland	4	6	4	5	4	5	6	3	8
15	Latvia	11	15	13	16	16	16		15
16	Switzerland	1	5	3	3	6	3	8	4	7
17	Denmark	15	9	11	6	5	8	3	8	3

Detailed voting results from the Czech Republic (Final)[11]

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	15	21	24	17	20	22		20
02	Albania	21	25	18	26	19	25		23
03	Israel	14	23	16	14	12	17		15
04	Belgium	22	4	10	7	10	8	3	19
05	Russia	7	22	4	10	11	9	2	6	5
06	Malta	2	16	3	6	3	4	7	14
07	Portugal	3	3	2	2	2	1	12	21
08	Serbia	9	24	17	16	13	16		11
09	United Kingdom	18	8	25	11	16	13		26
10	Greece	16	9	13	12	15	12		3	8
11	Switzerland	5	7	6	5	6	6	5	8	3
12	Iceland	4	1	5	4	5	3	8	4	7
13	Spain	10	13	11	23	17	15		24
14	Moldova	24	26	26	24	26	26		1	12
15	Germany	25	6	15	22	25	14		18
16	Finland	8	12	8	8	8	10	1	7	4
17	Bulgaria	11	2	9	9	4	7	4	12
18	Lithuania	12	20	14	25	24	21		10	1
19	Ukraine	13	5	12	15	23	11		2	10
20	France	6	11	1	1	1	2	10	9	2
21	Azerbaijan	19	19	19	20	22	23		17
22	Norway	26	10	23	19	21	20		13
23	Netherlands	17	15	20	13	14	19		25
24	Italy	1	14	7	3	7	5	6	5	6
25	Sweden	20	17	22	18	9	18		16
26	San Marino	23	18	21	21	18	24		22