Czech Republic - Lake Malawi - Friend Of A Friend

11 - 157 pts / 3 - 242 pts in semi 1

New version DRI

On January 28 it was annonced that four piece band Lake Malawi are the winner of the Czech selection.
There was an internet selection with some added jury points.
The song, Friend Of A Friend, is written by Jan Steinsdörfer, Maciej Mikolaj Trybulec and band member Albert Černý.

The original video is here (Ctv Youtube).
Friend Of A Friend was released as a digital single on January 7.
A new version with new vocals was revealed on March 8.
The new video is here. The digital release is on March 31.

A cassette* was made for promotion. It has the Eurovision version and five other songs.
It came with a walkman*
* Ask anyone over 40.....

Here's some bites liberally extracted from their bio:

1st Digital release image

Lake Malawi named themselves after the Bon Iver song rather than the lake in question. The actual lake is very big and has a lot of fish. In fact it's so big it's also in Tanzania and Mozambique.

Today the band is Albert Černý (lead vocal, guitar), Jeroným Šubrt (bass and keys) and Antonín Hrabal (drums) and Pavel Palát (guitars).

They released their first EP We Are making Love Again in 2015 and their full length debut album Surrounded By Light is from 2017.

They have been supporting act for Thirty Seconds From Mars, Mika and The Kooks but now it’s their time to shine.

Versions
Friend Of A Friend - new version
- digital release, Tel Aviv 2CD
Friend Of A Friend - original
- first digital release

Friend Of A Friend - (new) karaoke
- on the official karaoke album (digital)

Charts
Sweden top 100: 86, -
France top 200 (IFOP): 179, -

Links and sources
Czech Republic 2018 has links to the entries from the Czech Republic from 2011 to 2017.
Lake Malawi website, FB, Insta.
Ctv Eurovision Insta, Youtube.