We’re still months off from national final rankings so you know what that mean? Eurofans are in withdrawal from ranking every two minutes. So we thought why not force the team members to rank every song that participated at ESCZ between 2020 and 2024.
Who we’d want to win each year
| Year | Entrant | Entry |
| 2020 | Barbora Mochowa | “White & Black Holes” |
| 2022 | We Are Domi | “Lights off” |
| 2023 | Vesna | “My Sister’s Crown” |
| 2024 | Aiko | “Pedestal” |
Full rankings
| Year | Entrant | Entry | Average | Rank |
| 2023 | Vesna | “My Sister’s Crown” | 3.33 | 1 |
| 2022 | We Are Domi | “Lights Off” | 4.50 | 2 |
| 2024 | Aiko | “Pedestal” | 4.67 | 3 |
| 2020 | Barbora Mochowa | “White & Black Holes” | 8.33 | 4 |
| 2024 | Mydy | “Red Flag Parade” | 9.17 | 5 |
| 2022 | Annabelle | “Runnin’ Out of F* Time” | 9.67 | 6 |
| 2022 | Skywalker | “Way Down” | 11.33 | 7 |
| 2023 | Rodan | “Introvert Party Club” | 11.50 | 8 |
| 2024 | Tomas Robin | “Out of My Mind” | 12.00 | 9 |
| 2024 | Elly | “The Angel’s Share” | 13.17 | 10 |
| 2024 | Tom Sean | “Dopamine Overdose” | 13.17 | 10 |
| 2022 | Elis Mraz | “Imma Be” | 14.00 | 12 |
| 2023 | Pam Rabbit | “Ghosting” | 14.17 | 13 |
| 2020 | Benny Cristo | “Kemama” | 14.33 | 14 |
| 2022 | The Valentines | “Stay or Go” | 14.50 | 15 |
| 2022 | Jordan Haj and Emma Smetana | “By Now” | 14.67 | 16 |
| 2020 | Pam Rabbit | “Get Up” | 15.00 | 17 |
| 2020 | We All Poop | “All the Blood (Positive Song Actually)” | 15.00 | 17 |
| 2022 | Giudi | “Jezinky” | 15.50 | 19 |
| 2024 | Lenny | “Good Enough” | 15.67 | 20 |
| 2020 | Karelll | “At Least We’ve Tried” | 17.33 | 21 |
| 2024 | Gianna Lei | “Starlet” | 17.67 | 22 |
| 2020 | Olga Lounová | “Dark Water” | 20.00 | 23 |
| 2023 | Markéta Irglová | “Happy” | 20.00 | 23 |
| 2023 | Maella | “Flood” | 20.83 | 25 |
| 2020 | Elis Mraz feat. Čis T | “Wanna Be Like” | 21.50 | 26 |
What is ESCZ?
Czechia has hit its stride at Eurovision over the past few years, and has responded by organizing a national final. ESCZ is a small contest, held in a small venue with fewer than 10 artists competing each year. Following live performances, voting is held online through official Eurovision channels, and the results are released the next week. The winner is determined by 70% international vote and 30% Czech vote.
Czechia’s Eurovision Journey
Czechia made their debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007, with Kabát’s “Malá dama”; however, their debut entry finished last in a 28-song semi-final, scoring only 1 point. This kicked off three consecutive non-qualifications, with their best result coming in 2008, finishing in second-last place. Having withdrawn in 2009 due to poor results, Czechia returned to the Contest in 2015. In 2016, Czechia qualified for the first time with Gabriela Gunciková’s “I Stand”.
Czechia continued its internal selections for Eurovision 2026, selecting Daniel Zizka with “CROSSROADS”. The song was able to qualify for the final from the second semi-final, and ultimately finished in 16th place, scoring 113 points. Of these, only 9 came from the televote, whilst the remaining 104 points came from the jury.
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