Ben Cristovao represented us at the Eurovision Song Contest this year and, unlike the previous two years, he was unable to make it to the finals. Now the singer is criticized even by members of his team, and according to the former head of the Czech expeditions at Eurovision, Jan Bors, Cristova lacked mainly preparation!
Eurovision has a long tradition, but in the past the Czech Republic did not choose the best candidates for the national team, so our musicians in the competition always ended up at the bottom of the table, both for the jury and the audience. (The Kabát group even got the lowest score in history – only one point)
Everything changed with the arrival of Mikoláš Josef, who proved that even our small country can establish itself in a world format and with the hit Lie to me he placed in a beautiful sixth place. In May 2020, the single Lie to Me on Spotify exceeded 30 million streams.
The band Lake Malawi, which finished in seventh place with the expert jury, also had great hopes, after adding the votes of the spectators, it was finally the eleventh place, for which the domestic band certainly did not have to be ashamed.
According to colleagues, Ben Cristovao was not sufficiently prepared for the speech
Ben Cristovao is one of our favorite singers, so his fans believed that he would be able to make it to the final round. Therefore, it was a big disappointment when the singer fell all the way in the scoring.
“After the release of the song Omaga, we held up relatively well at the bookmakers and no one doubted the progress. However, the reversal occurred when the first rehearsals began and the Czech representative showed his unpreparedness,” he said. Flash man from around the Czech team.
The former head of the Eurovision teams, Jan Bors, also spoke about the singer’s underestimation of the preparation. He is convinced that Ben could have done much more to win!
A trip for seven million, the former head of the Czech expeditions criticizes Cristova’s performance
Getting the team to the venue and organizing a performance by Eurovision representatives is not exactly the cheapest affair. According to Jan Bors, ČT paid seven million crowns for Ben Cristov’s trip.
“Preparation is lacking for our representatives at the competition, and especially for those who already have some star status here,” Jan Bors said on Facebook. The former head of the Czech teams was missing for the first time this year and pointed out that calming down with the worse performances of other competitors is definitely not a good way.
“Please don’t lie that someone worse than us made it to the finals and that the competition has some specifics. Excuses will never move us anywhere,” says Bors.
Ben is also criticized by people from his staff and agrees with Jan Bors that he greatly underestimated the preparation. “The fact that the singer fails is perfectly fine, but he should put everything into it when someone invests such millions in it,” a source from the Cristova area did not take the napkins. Blesk also asked Ben for his opinion, but he has not yet commented on the whole matter. Italy finally won this year’s Eurovision.
Ben Cristova’s performance in the final was not enough.
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