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"Pedestal" is a song by Czech singer Aiko, self-released on 22 September 2023 as the lead single of Aiko's third studio album, Fortune's Child. Self-described as a "self-love, post-breakup anthem", it was written by Aiko and Steven Ansell. The song represented the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, held in Malmö. It finished ...
Czechia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2024. Performing during the show in position 5, "Pedestal" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.
On 28 November 2023, she was announced as one of the contestants of the Czech national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, [5] competing with the song "Pedestal". On 13 December, she was crowned as the winner of the selection. [6] At the event, she failed to qualify from the second semi-final, placing 11th out of 16 with 38 points. [7]
In 2024, "Pedestal" performed by Aiko failed to qualify for the final. [2] As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, ČT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster had used both national finals and internal selections to select its entries in the past.
The Czech Republic, presented as Czechia since 2023, has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 12 times since making its debut in 2007.After receiving nul points in the semi-final of the 2009 contest and due to a lack of interest from the Czech public, Czech broadcaster Czech Television (ČT) decided to withdraw from the contest.
A "Eurovision Street" was established on Friisgatan , stretching from Triangeln station to the Eurovision Village in Folkets Park. [6] [9] Planned street music performances were affected by the withdrawal of several artists due to Israel's participation in the contest and were ultimately transferred to the Eurovision Village for security reasons.
ESCZ 2023 was the national final organised by ČT in order to select the Czech entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Five entries participated in the competition which took place between 30 January 2023 and 6 February 2023, with the winner being selected entirely via a public vote and announced on 7 February 2023.
On 16 January 2023, the band, with the return of Yankova, [7] was revealed as one of six competitors in ESCZ 2023, the Czech national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. [9] When the voting results were revealed on 7 February 2023, the band had earned 10,584 votes, winning by a margin of 6,368 votes, thus becoming the Czech ...