Archive for the ‘Czech Republic’ Category

Czech Republic: No Return to Eurovision

Posted: November 24, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Czech Republic

  Czech Republic – The Czech Republic has taken its decision: The Central European country will not return to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Azerbaijan and will thus continue its absence for a third year in a row. The general director of the national broadcaster said that the channel has no intention of participating [...]

No Eurovision on Czech TV

Posted: April 18, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Czech Republic

  Czech Republic – On a continent of more or less Eurovision-crazy television stations, the Czech Republic is the only region in Europe where no national television station will broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest this year. Last year an official of the Czech national broadcaster explained that the Central European country would not return to [...]

Eurovision 2011 – This year there were more rumors and speculations about possible returns, debuts and withdrawals than in any other year. There were also more (predominantly positive) surprises concerning the list of participating nations. In total 42 countries (nothing official yet) will compete for the ‘Grand Prix’ in Düsseldorf next May. An official list [...]

Czech Republic won’t return any time soon

Posted: October 17, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Czech Republic

Czech Republic – According to an article by the Czech website novinky.cz, we shouldn’t hope for a return of the Central European country any time soon. The speaker of Czech television CT, Ladislav Stichy told them: “Our audience hasn’t taken the Eurovision Song Contest very well. Furthermore  the press was very critical about it. If [...]