{"id":379081,"date":"2026-03-11T07:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/379081\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T07:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:55:10","slug":"daniel-zizkas-eurovision-2026-song-crossroads-is-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/379081\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel \u017di\u017eka&#8217;s Eurovision 2026 song &#8220;Crossroads&#8221; is out now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Czech broadcaster \u010cT <a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/esc\/czechia-daniel-zizka-to-represent-czechia-at-eurovision-2026\" title=\"Czechia: Daniel \u017di\u017eka to represent Czechia at Eurovision 2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revealed<\/a> a few days ago that <b>Daniel \u017di\u017eka<\/b> is representing Czechia at Eurovision 2026, his song has officially been released.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/esc\/czechia-daniel-zizka-to-represent-czechia-at-eurovision-2026\" title=\"Czechia: Daniel \u017di\u017eka to represent Czechia at Eurovision 2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/czechia-2026-daniel-zizka_t.jpg\" alt=\"Czechia 2026: Daniel \u017di\u017eka\" title=\"Czechia 2026: Daniel \u017di\u017eka\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Related storyDaniel \u017di\u017eka to represent Czechia at Eurovision 2026<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daniel \u017di\u017eka will be taking &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/2026\/czechia\" title=\"Eurovision 2026 Czechia: Daniel \u017di\u017eka \u2013 &quot;Crossroads&quot;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crossroads<\/a>&#8221; with him to Vienna this May. The song is available to listen to here:<\/p>\n<p>Czechia 2026: Daniel \u017di\u017eka \u2013 &#8220;Crossroads&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/2026\/czechia\" title=\"Eurovision 2026 Czechia: Daniel \u017di\u017eka - &quot;Crossroads&quot;\" class=\"rating_readonly rating_readonly_link\" data-rating-year=\"2026\" data-rating-type=\"eurovision\" data-rating-song=\"1875\" data-rating-sub=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Czechia 2026: Daniel \u017di\u017eka &#8211; &#8220;Crossroads&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/2026\/czechia\" title=\"Eurovision 2026 Czechia: Daniel \u017di\u017eka \u2013 &quot;Crossroads&quot;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crossroads<\/a>&#8221; was written by Daniel \u017di\u017eka himself along with Viliam B\u00e9re\u0161.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel \u017di\u017eka<\/p>\n<p>Coming from Prague, Daniel \u017di\u017eka is a 23-year-old up-and-coming singer-songwriter and actor.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Daniel \u017di\u017eka<\/p>\n<p> Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/daniel_zizka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@daniel_zizka<\/a><br \/> YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@daniel_zizka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@daniel_zizka<\/a><br \/> Spotify: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/03igozcHSdgnU1Z1aZ20aS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daniel \u017di\u017eka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His work in songwriting mixes elements from indie pop and ambient music, helping to create a unique and distinictive sound. \u017di\u017eka has released music under a previous stage name which garnered much early success in Czech pop radio charts.<\/p>\n<p>\u017di\u017eka now releases his music under his name and is set to release his debut EP soon, which will showcase a fresh start and new step in his creative journey.<\/p>\n<p>Czechia in the Eurovision Song Contest <a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/czechia\" class=\"color_hover\" title=\"Czechia in Eurovision: Voting &amp; Points\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>Czechia 2023: Vesna &#8211; &#8220;My Sister&#8217;s Crown&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Czechia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 13 times. After three years of very poor results (<a href=\"http:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/2007\/semi-final#czechia\" title=\"Eurovision 2007 Semi-final Results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2007<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/2008\/semi-final-2#czechia\" title=\"Eurovision 2008 Semi-final 2 Results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2008<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/2009\/semi-final-1#czechia\" title=\"Eurovision 2009 Semi-final 1 Results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2009<\/a>), they decided to withdraw from the competition for five years, with only 10 points in their Eurovision account. But their hope for Eurovision never died, so they returned to the contest again in 2015, as well as the following years.<\/p>\n<p>Czechia 2023: Vesna &#8211; &#8220;My Sister&#8217;s Crown&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/2016#czechia\" title=\"Eurovision 2016 Results: Voting &amp; Points\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2016<\/a>, Czechia qualified for the Grand Final for the <a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/esc\/czech-republic-in-the-grand-final-for-the-first-time-ever\" title=\"Czech Republic in the Grand Final for the first time ever\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first time<\/a>. Their best result was in <a href=\"http:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/2018#czechia\" title=\"Eurovision 2018 Results: Voting &amp; Points\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2018<\/a>, when Mikolas Josef secured a 6th place finish with the song <a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/2018\/czechia\" title=\"Eurovision 2018 Czechia: Mikolas Josef \u2013 &quot;Lie To Me&quot;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lie To Me<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Czech broadcaster \u010cT revealed a few days ago that Daniel \u017di\u017eka is representing Czechia at Eurovision 2026,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[11121,106408,174273,18,117,47308,10893,19,17,337,124430,47312],"class_list":["post-379081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ct","tag-czechia","tag-daniel-zizka","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-esc","tag-eurovision","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-national-selections","tag-vienna-2026"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116209472321918210","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}