The 31st artist in our Who Is series for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is Daniel Žižka from Czechia.
Daniel Žižka was born in Prague. He initially studied musical theatre at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory, but eventually started writing and performing his own music.
Žižka released his debut single “Pierrot” in 2023. He has since released more singles over the following years, such as “Talk” and “23:23”. The Czech magazine Headliner described Žižka as one of the future talents of the Czech music scene. He is currently working on his debut EP.
Daniel Žižka was internally selected to represent Czechia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. He was selected by an international jury of music professionals and a demoscopic jury composed of members from three countries.
The song that Daniel will perform in Vienna is called “Crossroads”. It was written and composed by Viliam Béreš and Daniel himself.
Daniel Žižka will perform in slot 5 in the second semi-final on May 14.
Czechia first competed in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007. They achieved their best result at the contest with Mikolas Josef coming 6th in Lisbon 2018 with the song “Lie to Me”. Gabriela Gunčíková took Czechia to their first final in 2016. This came after a three year run of non-qualifications between 2007 and 2009, and missing out on a place in the final on their return in 2015. Until 2023, the nation took part under the name Czech Republic.