Czech Republic – The Czech national broadcaster Ceska Televize (CT) has confirmed that Gabriela Gunčíková will represent the country in Eurovision in 2016. The song is called ‘I stand‘. The Czechs returned last year after a five year break, but failed to qualify for the final. Gabriela found fame on Czech & Slovak Idol in 2011. She was known for singing rock classics.
Listen to a clip of her song here.
Other examples of her work:
The Eurovision Times 
The snippet of her not so good song?
We need 8 entries to be left outside in first semi so… :P
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Not too impressed by this snippet, and I doubt it will change the Czech fortunes.
It’s a shame they can’t come up with something better. It’s the country of Dvořák, Smetana and Janáček after all.
So “Aven romale” will stay my favourite Czech entry.
(and the worst one should be obvious…)
I prefer to wait for the full song.
If it develops to the big female power ballad it seems to be it stands a chance. It would be the only one in the field so far.
If anything, she is a strong singer, and it sounds good in snippet form (recaps). The staging potential is good too. I was really hoping for something more rock-ish, like her other songs, instead of a song tailor-made for Eurovision success and nothing else.
So, another… “talent” from a… “talent” show. I’ll wait for the song. From what i hear in the snippet, it sounds ok.
Georgia tops my list with a 9.5/12. This is the second year in row that the song that tops my list doesn’t score higher than 9.5/12. And that pretty much sums up what I think of that last two esc editions :( :( :(
Grumpy old man. ;)
I had 3 12/12 songs last year and think that 2014 was much weaker than 2015 and is even less interesting than this year. In 2014, I only had 1 12/12 song: “Calm after the storm”.
:P ;)
2012
Israel 10/12
Albania 10/12
they both can go to 12/12 depending on my mood.
2013
Hungary 12/12
France 10/12
Greece 9.5/12
2014
Norway 12/12
Netherlands 10/12
2015
Norway 9.5/12
Estonia 9.5/12
My 12/12:
2010: none (TUR 10/12)
2011: GER
2012: ALB, AZE, ITA
2013: NED, NOR
2014: NED
2015: LAT, BEL, NOR
2016: none so far (but that migt change with the live performances)
It seems that you are more generous than me :)
:)
Fortunes may change ! My top 5 still unchanged
HUNGARY – NORWAY – ICELAND – RUSSIA – POLAND
The full song is released, you may have to watch a weird ad first even with ad block
http://www.super.cz/415073-blondynka-s-hlasem-jako-zvon-guncikova-bude-cesko-reprezentovat-na-mezinarodni-soutezi-takhle-se-tocil-jeji-nahy-klip.html
The song:
If she can deliver live as good as the studio version is this is a very probable qualifier imo. It is a big ballad (and a good one at it) in a year very poor in such songs and its bound to get jury support.
Dramatic quality screaming ballad with key change …
Where do you hear a key change?
LOL At work while talking to a colleague. Isn’t there one? Perhaps it was in the song YT played after the Czech entry … I’ll listen to it again onnce I am back home. :)
There’s no key change here. But several other entries have it.
I think she can qualify with ease
It’s a nice enough ballad with a memorable chorus.I agree with others that if she delivers vocally she will qualify.I hope the Swedish team is a one time thing and won’t become their habit in case they qualify.
Take a look at the 1st semi.With the exception of San marino,Moldova and Montenegro everyone else has a chance to qualify and some songs that should,imo qualify will be left behind. :( :mad:
Armenia
Austria
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
Russia
San Marino
The Netherlands
*Azerbaijan
Cyprus
Unfortunately…on the other band some really weak songs will qualify easily in semi 2
The is no justice in this world😐
True.I can barely find 5 worthy qualifiers in semi 2.
SF1 isn’t strong either. Songs I bother about.
Croatia (need to see that one live) Estonia, Hungary (somehow) and Cyprus.
A new live performance of Nessun Grado di Separazione http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-76db5f38-4798-49fe-a170-ce681ecc5a64.html#p=?platform=hootsuite
How can a country that made food so fun, make music so boring??? :p ;)
Lol!I really like this.Nothing boring about it. <3
Meh
<3
This year you love the songs I meh,you meh the things I love😂
*things=songs
Celebrate diversity!
Thanks for the video. :) This song is one of the few pockets of fresh air available in ESC 16. It sounds alive, genuine, organic, musical. Francesca performs it elegantly and discreetly going for a classy approach. Unfortunately, ESC, nowadays, cares little about class and much about being obvious and loud.
ESC 16 = instant pudding galore! :(
P.S. – let’s hope she sings it in Italian in May.
Fingers crossed!
Love the song <3
And she improved her LIVE as well!
I don’t remember her SR performance so i’ll take your word on it.
I genuinely dont like it at all. Not the awful entry we had last year, that was pompous and actually poorly performed and was the huge mother’s favorite, I still dont connect to it and find it dull and very long to listen to. She’s quite a nice naive performer and it’s ok in what it does. I dont think it hits any difference from all the other generic music we have this year, just that it’s in Italian and has a more subtle performance.
I see it like by juries (not love) and totally ignored by televote, like bottom 3 there. A song no one hates nor loves, and so no one votes for.
top 5
1 Spain(sooo energetic , powerful, beatiful , sooo 2016 , modern and fresh)
2 Russia
3 Netherlands
4 Croatia
5 France
I like also Czech Republic, U.K., Cyprus,
No to the Racism
I hope we can see the video from Spain in any moment …. and not to be so discriminate like Always here , thanks
LOL. Stop being annoying.
You will miss it ! Are you sure you want it?
Miss what?
Replying him ;)
Yes. Trolls is what I like :)
Racism??? Against who??? By who???
Accept the superiority of Spanish entery, replace lazarev’s pic with Barei’s pic, put it on the top of your list, ask Morgan to make a special topic about the video and don’t ask too many questions. In that case you will join to the group of tolerant fans 😉 😇
About CZR. An OK. Definitely nothing WOW about it. If she can deliver live CZR will have little trouble advancing. I want this one in because of the flag it represents.
It seems that Juri is showing some flesh during the filming of his postcard. :P
?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Bonus points for being blond, but let’s face it. He’s no Sergey :p
And Sergey isn’t Idris Elba :p
Gimme the Baltic Boys (Jüri and Justs… and Donny if LTU selects him), thanks. :-D
No thank god!!! :D I’m very glad about that!!!
Idris Elba? Really??
Of course. Why not?
Not the cup of my tea, as you would say ;)
A lot better than Sergey for sure!
Tell them Max sent you, they will give you a good price ;)
http://www.specsavers.co.uk/offers/2-for-1
Looks like he went skinny dipping😁
I approve of that
Like comments above would have to hear final version before making a judgement but it sounds a bit like more 40% of songs so far this year as in a bombastic sound of nothingness to my ears, let’s see live version
Quick Spanish update: Barei released official ESC video clip yesterday with final song version (they have made some changes and Spanish ESC fans are divided!), if some buildings look familiar she went to Stockholm to film it! lovely girl though!
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/eurovision-2016/eurovision-2016-videoclip-say-yay-barei/3516087/
Couldn’t they film it somewhere in Barcelona? Or Madrid?
there are scenes from Barcelona, Berlin, La Habana, Miami and London in the video too!
TVE spent most of their budget on it!! :-)
Gracias. Spain 16 is another breath of fresh air this year. I hope Bareis does well.
my ranking of SF 1
1st Iceland
2nd Hungary
3rd Estonia
4th Russia
5th Croatia
6th Czech Republic
7th Cyprus
8th Armenia
9th Netherlands
10th Finland
11th Austria
12th Bosnia & Herzegovina (too dated and ethnic, and does not reflect nor appeal to the international music industry like Latvia, Australia and Hungary would do if released globally and like Greece the rap in the bridge is like a ball charging through a china shop, completely ruins i=the song)
13th Greece (one of the worse Greek entries in the last 5 years, exact same problems as Bosnia & Herzegovina, one big mess and too repetitive, does not deserve to qualify)
14th Moldova (Terrible English and diction)
15th Montenegro
16th San Marino (a nightmare as expected, for him representing San Marino with this trash is an insult, they should just say San Marino withdrew this year and call it Turkey instead).
“…and does not reflect nor appeal to the international music industry…”
…the international music industry?!!! Big, like biiiig lmao. Who gives a shit about “international music industry”?!!! :/
I say yay yay yay :-) !
:D Barei still in my top10. Hola!
What do you think of the changes? apparently it is the final version and fans are divided, anyway she will have 5 female backing singers (4 from previous ESC contests and Brequette) and staging will be arranged by a famous German? (sounding name), gutter Spanish press keep emphasing the fact she is a millionaire heiress (it’s true) and singing about a song of bettering yourself etc ..ay!! aquí estamos querido amigo!
hmm a bit too bombastic maybe?…
I agree, they should have left more of the original piano and trumpets IMO, let’s see
it lacks commercialism, juries will definitely rank Greece down this year, Bosnia however does have the charm of Dean and Dalal’s vocals that pull the song up, the rap spoils it though.
if I hear Bosnian song in my local Barcelona supermarket will be sure to let you know!!
Over the last month I’ve heard I can by Blue in a UK supermarket, and Only Teardrops, by Emmelie De Forrest in an American diner (in the UK), this is almost unheard of here.
well I heard “Satellite” in my local supermarket on a loop during 2010, am talking about Bosnia 2016 song here which am sure I won’t hear
they are not very accessible though :/ countries like the Balkans and Portugal need to be dragged into more contemporary and current music you can’t keep regurgitating the same dated and traditional entries all the time because then it gets boring, you have to move with the times not stay stuck in the past. The reason why theres been a move to more English songs is because of this so more people can access it and understand the song… English is an international language known and spoken by most, internationally known artists perform in English and these are the ones that have been successful, thats what Eurovision needs to continue moving towards – contemporary music that is commercial and can appeal outside voting blocks. Greece has done well at this in the past but the past two years they’ve lost the plot and thats evident in their recent results.
Lacking commercialism is not necessarily a bad thing.
I will partially disagree. I get it that there is a certain detest for anything that could remotely remind a succesful paneuropean hit in this forum but it’s a very important element for the contest to move on imo.
One thing is what you are saying (and maybe you are right), another is desperately following a receipe in order to get a successful result and be likeable to the masses.
Off for a late class now. Back later tonight :)
“be likeable to the masses”
Such statements leave a bad taste in my mouth tbh but everyone is responsible for their own words anyway…
Anyway, yeah we will disagree. As my answer to Paul explains we want the contest to go to different directions so it’s natural.
I agree above, why bother with a real “song” contest when it becomes a kind of MTV song contest, if I want to hear songs that get awards for the masses I’ll put on MTV/Grammy etc awards , if I want to listen to the essence of ESC am hoping for once a year songs that represent Europe and me as a true European , then I’ll watch ESC
And that’s where we will disagree. I consider songs with life expectancy even after that one Saturday night of the eurovision final very real song. Actually much more real than songs that exist only in the esc bubble. Don’t get me wrong – many of those are very good. But I personally want the contest to go to another direction – with more appeal to wider audiences and songs that will have an impact around Europe.
That’s true.I have said it a thousand times.Eurovision should not be about chart success and chart success alone.This is what’s killing diversity.Then why follow esc anyway?We can just sit down and watch this week’s top-40.
you put it so well! :-)
ESC is the biggest TV music show in the world. Last year there was 200 million viewers. It is for masses. Period. It’s very low brow mass entertainment, always have been always willl be. Some countries want to do commercial stuff, some don’t. Some do excellent commercial stuff, some don’t. Some do excellent uncommercial stuff, some don’t. It is about diversity. Within 40 participants there surely is room for everyone.
I don’t think we disagree.The thing is that average and so called radio friendly songs are now dominant.There’s little if any diversity atm.
There is nothing radio friendly in bland luke warm pop songs like Denmark, Ireland, Australia, Czhech et al. have this year. Unfortunately the choice is always made by national broadcasters. They have understood the formula wrong. I have said this before, I say it again. There is nothing luke warm in Sweden -11, -12, -14 and -15. They did stand out from the crowd, like it or not. I think on the commercial side of the things only Russia have taken the notes. I don’t like bland entries, I don’t like bad music whether commercial or uncommercial. I think there is bigger problem at the moment in the uncommercial side. Lots of rubbish there this year.
Again i don’t think we disagree.I’m ok with the lukewarm and bland pop songs description.But i don’t think Czech Rep. fits in this category.It’s a nice enough ballad.I would add Russia in it though.I feel that the show and tempo is what makes it stand out.It’s a very average pop song.
Yeah, I know we agree. In those two songs we totally disagree. Russia is great pop song in it’s sub category of pop ”eurodance” just like Tornero was years ago. Czech however is a very bland take on power ballad. It lacks melody. Screaming is excellent, I must admit. Let’s just agree to disagree.
My serious point is that the problem is deeper and wider than those bland radio friendly songs and in that we agree and that’s nice :-)
The lesson from Sweden is that you need good show too to stand out. That’s why I think in every way great commercial pop gem Latvia won’t be competing to win. Same goes to Estonia. It’s good classy pop, very commercial and it will go down well and it will go far, but we are not going to Tallinn May 2017.
This isn’t always the case.A very good song and an emotional live performance can do it too.This is why i believe Jamala has a chance to make it and a Ukrainian win would be so good for eurovision in general.
That’s true, I just can’t remember when that happened last and how good the song actually should be. I think you need nowadays song, show and singer. For me Jamala is seriously overcooking her song, but I understand totally why people love it. Not sure can it woo people in televoting. Also to hate Russia is going a bit out of fashion and hating Russia doesn’t mean loving Ukraine. Not big fan of political songs in ESC either, so I might be a bit biased in this issue.
I couldn’t say it better myself ;)
I’m not really looking forward to reviewing this one, because most of what can be said about it, I have already said of several other entries. So I will be in danger of repeating myself.
Or to put it another way, there is nothing interesting about it.
en fremragende sammenfatning! to put it that way!
And we have more of the same; we’re getting close to ‘singing a variation of the same song’ scenario, all wrritten and composed by Swedish teams, with similar orchestrations and so on. That being said, this is one of the few that made me pay attention, because it has likeable melody and conveys drama and emotion with some kind of elegance, yes, ‘elegant’ is the most positive word I can find to describe this entry. Good luck!
P.S. – much smoother than Norway and Australia, imo.
* a likeable
Appearently Malta has changed the song…
Ira Losco keeps hashtagging “wow”…if it is the song tittle then I am expecting something “wow” too
Probaly, and then she faints…
*Probably
P.S. – I am writing too fast and doing too many things at the same time, as usual.
we are from the same era dear shevek, maybe it’s for good or bad these days!!!
Τhe Maltese ”wow” to the rest Europeans might translate to ”wtf”.
“WTF” has already been reserved by San Marino
Pick something else😂
San Marino isn’t a ”WTF” case for me.
I had a respect for Serhat…he was a very sophisticated,cool tv persona…I can’t still believe how a man of taste,knowledge could shoot such an absurd video…He looks like a weirdo…it is like he is possessed😁
I wish I hadnt watched that video….now nothing will be the same :/
Normally videos uplift songs, in this case the opposite happened😁
Forget about the video :p Have you ever heard Leonard Cohen? Serhat’s song is attempting to reach Leonard. I am not saying it is successful but the song it is far from being horrible.
Of course I heard…someone said he is Leonard on acid…I agree :)
The song is not bad but the video killed it all for me
It was me who said they are doing Leonard in acid. Glad you liked it, Mermaid!
I’m surprised how much I enjoy this song. It’s a ballad sung by a woman… I should hate this but I don’t
Next average entry ! Its gonna be hard to qualify from this strong semi for Gabriella ! Sad as next fail in row may make CZR to reconsider it presence in ESC once again!
Her vidoe is not like THAT one..ahhahahhahahhahaha :D
:)
Do you like Croatia? I think we have next “Only teardrops” here!
Yes I LOVE Croatia, but dont compare it to “Only teardrops”.. Croatia 2016 is AMAZING, while Denmark that year was horrific, 0/10.. The worst winner ever, believe me I was in Arena, to me she was horrible..