| Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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| Country |  Czech Republic | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Eurosong 2009 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 30 January 2009 Song: 14 March 2009 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Gipsy.cz | |||
| Selected song | "Aven Romale" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Radoslav Banga | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | Failed to qualify (18th) | |||
| Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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The Czech Republic participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Aven Romale" written by Radoslav "Gipsy" Banga. The song was performed by the group Gipsy.cz, which was internally selected by Czech Television to represent the nation at the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. Gipsy.cz was announced as the Czech entrant on 30 January 2009, while Czech Television organised the national final Eurosong 2009 in order to select the song that Gipsy.cz would perform. Two songs were presented on 28 February 2009 and the public had until 14 March to vote for their favourite song, which resulted in "Aven Romale" as the Czech entry on 14 March 2009.
The Czech Republic was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2009. Performing during the show in position 2, "Aven Romale" was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that the Czech Republic placed eighteenth (last) out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final failing to score any points. This marked the first time the Czech Republic had scored nul points since they debuted in the contest in 2007.