She won the national round based on a fan vote with her song Pedestal.
Singer Aiko, real name Alena Shirmanova, will represent the Czech Republic in the annual Eurovision Song Contest next year. As far as her musical career is concerned, she describes herself as rather self-taught and only started to pursue music professionally in England, where she studied music production. She released her first album in 2020, and this autumn she came out with her next album Fortune’s Child, where her style shifts towards pop rock and guitars. It is from this record that the single Pedestal comes from, which she will be performing at Eurovision.