page_title: Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
section_title: At Eurovision
hierarchical_section_title: Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 / At Eurovision
caption_attribution_description: English: Eurovision Song Contest Vienna 2015: Marta Jandová &amp; Václav Noid Bárta Deutsch: Eurovision Song Contest Vienna 2015: Marta Jandová &amp; Václav Noid Bárta
context_page_description: Czech Republic participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Hope Never Dies", written by Václav Noid Bárta and Tereza Šoralová. The song was performed by Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta. The Czech broadcaster Česká televize announced in November 2014 that it would be returning the Eurovision Song Contest after a five-year absence. The Czech entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria was selected via an internal selection. The broadcaster invited composer Ondřej Soukup to head the creation and search for the Czech Republic's entry. In January 2015, a five-member jury panel listened to the candidate songs and selected "Hope Never Dies" performed by Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta to represent the Czech Republic. The entry was later presented to the public in March 2015. In the second of the Eurovision semi-finals, Czech Republic failed to qualify to the final, placing thirteenth out of the 17 participating countries with 33 points.
context_section_description: According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. In the 2015 contest, Australia also competed directly in the final as an invited guest nation. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into five different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 26 January 2015, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Czech Republic was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 21 May 2015, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.
  Once all the competing songs for the 2015 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Czech Republic was set to perform in position 8, following the entry from Portugal and before the entry from Israel.
  In the Czech Republic, the semi-finals were broadcast on ČT art and the final was broadcast on ČT1 with commentary by Aleš Háma. The Czech spokesperson, who announced the Czech votes during the final, was Daniela Písařovicová.
caption: Václav Noid Bárta and Marta Jandová at a press meet and greet
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