Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

The Czech Republic participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "I Stand" written by Christian Schneider, Sara Biglert and Aidan O'Connor. The song was performed by Gabriela Gunčíková, who was internally selected by the Czech broadcaster Česká televize (ČT) to represent the nation at the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. Gunčíková and the song "I Stand" were announced as the Czech entry on 10 March 2016. The song was presented to the public on 11 March 2016.

Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Country Czech Republic
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 10 March 2016
Song: 11 March 2016
Selected entrantGabriela Gunčíková
Selected song"I Stand"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Christian Schneider
  • Sara Biglert
  • Aidan O'Connor
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (9th, 161 points)
Final result25th, 41 points
Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Czech Republic was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2016. Performing during the show in position 10, "I Stand" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. This marked the first qualification to the final for the Czech Republic since they debuted in the contest in 2007. It was later revealed that Czech Republic placed ninth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 161 points. In the final, Czech Republic performed in position 2 and placed twenty-fifth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 41 points.

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