eurovision 2019
Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi represented Czech Republic at Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv with “Friend of a Friend”, finishing 11th of 26.
- what
- Czech musical group
- formed
- 2013, Czech Republic
- contest
- 2019
- best result
- 11th, 2019
- music
- indie pop
- active
- since 2018
- members
- Albert Černý past and present
- sang for
- Czechia
Biography
Lake Malawi is a Czech indie pop band from Třinec, formed in 2013 by the singer Albert Černý after an earlier group, Charlie Straight, broke up. “Friend of a Friend” finished eleventh for the Czech Republic in Tel Aviv in 2019.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Lake Malawi (band)”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2019 Tel Aviv
“Friend of a Friend”
11th of 26 Finished 11th of 26 in the final, with 157 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Albert Černý, Jan Steinsdoerfer, Mikołaj Maciej Trybulec
- Running order
- 3rd of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 2nd of 17, 242 points
- Won that year
- Netherlands: Duncan Laurence, “Arcade”
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