Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurosong 2007 was the national selection process organised by ČT in order to select Czech Republic's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The competition took place on 10 March 2007 at the Veletržní Palác in Prague, hosted by Jirí Korn and Katerina Kristelová and broadcast on ČT1 as well as streamed online via the broadcaster's website ceskatelevize.cz.[1]

Ten artists were invited by ČT to compete: seven based on recent chart success and three being nominated by a five-member jury.[2] The ten selected finalists were announced on 14 February 2007. Among the selected finalists were Intervision Song Contest 1977 winner Helena Vondráčková, Kabát whose album Corrida was the bestselling album in the Czech Republic for 2006 (despite being unreleased until December 2006) and former Česko hledá SuperStar participants Sámer Issa (third place, 2004) and Vlasta Horváth (winner, 2005). Reportedly a large number of acts approached declined to compete in the national final, which included Anna K, Richard Krajčo, Kryštof, Lucie Vondráčková and 2004 Česko hledá SuperStar winner Aneta Langerová.[3]

On 16 February 2007, ČT announced that Kabát would perform "Malá dáma" instead of "Burlaci", and L.B.P. would perform "Story of Life" instead of "So Real". On 27 February 2007, ČT announced that "Samba" performed by Helena Vondráčková was disqualified as the song was recorded too far in advance of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. Vondráčková proposed a new song "Ha Ha Ha" for consideration, but later withdrew from the national final due to dissatisfaction with the voting process.[4]

The final took place on 26 January 2008. The winner, "Malá dáma" performed by Kabát, was selected exclusively by a public SMS vote which ran from 23 February 2007 to 10 March 2007.