Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 during the UK Eurovision Preview Party on 17 April in London, United Kingdom and the Eurovision Promo Concert in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 18 April. Poland had competed in the second semi-final of the 2009 Contest, held on 14 May 2009,performed 5th, after Serbia and before Norway she ended 12th with 43 points failing to qualify to the Grand Final. Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, as confirmed by Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP). TVP continued to use the "Piosenka dla Europy" contest to select the Polish representative for the 2009 contest
Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 The Czech Republic competed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, held in Moscow, Russia. It had been rumoured that, due to two poor placings for the country in 2007 and 2008, coming last and second last, Česká televize (ČT), the Czech broadcaster would withdraw, however the broadcaster confirmed their participation at the 2009 contest. The song did not progress from the first semi-final of the competition, finishing last once more with 0 points. ČT decided to internally select the third Czech entry for Eurovision, after the multi-artist national final, "EuroSong", failed to