Ten pop artists vying to be Czech Republic's first Eurovision entrant

Ten Czech pop artists are to take part in a competition to become the country's first ever entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest. The country's representative will be chosen by viewers of Czech Television's national Euro Song competition between February 23 and March 10. The entrants are Kabat, Petr Kolar, Helena Vondrackova, Gipsy.cz, Samer Issa, Petr Bende, Vlastimil Horvath, Helena Zetova, Lili Marlen and LBP. Czech TV said a number of pop stars turned down the opportunity to take part.