
On 30 January 2009, the group Gipsy.cz was announced by ČT as the Czech representatives for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. Gipsy.cz previously attempted to represent Czech Republic at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 and 2008, both placing in the top three in the national finals with the songs „Muloland“ and „Benga Beating“, respectively.[6][7] In addition, ČT announced that the national final Eurosong 2009 would be organised in order to select their song.
Two songs: „Aven Romale“ and „Do You Wanna“, both which were written by lead singer of the group Radoslav „Gipsy“ Banga, were submitted to ČT and presented to the public via the release of their official music videos, both directed by Cosmoboy, during the ČT2 programme Noc s Andělem which was hosted by Pavel Anděl on 28 February 2009. The Czech public were able to vote for their favourite song via SMS between 1 and 14 March 2009 and the winning song, „Aven Romale“, was announced on 15 March 2009 during the ČT Anděl Music Awards, broadcast on ČT1.
1 | Aven romale | Come on Roma | Gipsy.cz | 1st |
2 | Do you wanna | Do you wanna | Gipsy.cz | 2nd |
Gipsy.cz previously took part in the 2007 & 2008 Czech Finals. At the 1st ESC Semi-Final they were 18th.