24WQ Eurovision Czechia

 Czechia’s Identity with “My Sister’s Crown” Overview and Performers In the ESCZ competition to determine which song would represent the Czech Republic for Eurovision 2023, the song “My Sister’s Crown” was selected. The fan favorite song had won in a landslide majority vote with more than double the votes of second place, both within Czechia and internationally (Percy, 2023). It was performed by Vesna, an all-female band based in Prague, and led by a singer and composer named Patrici Fuxov á . The band’s “music includes elements of folklore combined with contemporary pop…and in 2019 they were nominated for an And ěl Award” (Helgeson, 2023, para. 4). The permanent members of the band are from Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Russia, but for “My Sister’s Crown,” Ukrainian musician Kateryna Vatchenko was also featured. The performance by Vesna ended up making it to the grand finals in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest and placed top 10 in the final standings. Context and Novelty E...

  Czechia’s Identity Crisis What is National Identity? The national identity of a group of people can consist of a wide variety of shared values, ranging from complex cultural customs to a few simple colors. To provide a more concrete definition, national identity can be explained as a connection “of the citizens of a country with their own country’s historical and cultural traditions, moral values, ideals, beliefs, national sovereignty, and so on” (Liu & Turner, 2018, p. 1080). The people in the nation begin to feel a greater sense of belonging and validation as a community, forming imagined bonds built on similarities and unity. Loyalty begins to develop between the people and the nation-state, while emotions of pride and patriotism begin to emerge. Czechia’s Unclear National Identity After the splitting of Czechoslovakia into Czechia and Slovakia in 1992, Czechia’s national identity has been difficult to distinguish from its Slavic neighboring countries. Much of the ...