Many well-known personalities from the music industry attended the announcement of the Czech Nightingale Awards this year. Among them were the controversial singer Tomáš Ortel (46) and his wife. However, he didn’t even receive a nomination this year. “Knowing in advance that we are not even nominated, I would have found other priorities,” he told eXtra.cz.
A sumptuous gala evening with awards Czech nightingale attracted Karlín to the Prague Forum many stars of the Czech musical sky. The controversial singer also arrived Tomas Ortel with his wife Jana.
Tomáš Ortel: I don’t know why they invited me
Ortel appeared despite not even being nominated in his category. “PI got an invite, so I figured me or the band was nominated. But that didn’t happen, so I had no idea why the invite came. Though according to every possible influencer and tiktoker I saw there, it probably came from somewhere.” said a surprised Ortel for eXtra.cz.
However, he still tried to enjoy the event. “At least I enjoyed the party in the bar and together with my wife we went back to Pilsen at midnight.” Ortel described. However, he was left with a certain aftertaste of the competition. “vknowing in advance that we are not even nominated, I would have found other priorities. As I received two tickets, namely for an escort, I took my lady with me, and I think she enjoyed herself.’ added the controversial singer, who married the woman Jana more than four years ago exactly on Adolf Hitler’s birthday. He insists the date is purely coincidental…
Ortel has caused storms around the Czech nightingale in the past, when he placed second and third respectively. Some musicians have subsequently distanced themselves from the competition. For example, singer Radek Banga spared no criticism. Then in 2017 the then organizer of Slavík Ortel did not recognize some of the votes claiming his fans would cheat at the polls.