Albert Černý (born 17 February 1989) is a Czech singer and guitarist. He is known as the former lead singer of Charlie Straight, currently with

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Personal life

He graduated from a

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elementary school and Czech high school in Třinec. Afterwards he graduated with a degree in English translation at Palacký University in

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. Černý is of Polish nationality.

Eurovision Song Contest

In 2019, he represented Czech Republic at the

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held in

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as part of

. They performed the song "

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" and finished in 11th place with 157 points. In January 2020, it was revealed that Černý would take part in Poland's Eurovision selection. He qualified to the final and placed second with the song “Lucy”.

References

21st-century Czech male singers Czech guitarists Czech male guitarists Czech rock singers Czech people of Polish descent 1989 births Living people Musicians from Třinec Palacký University Olomouc alumni English-language singers from the Czech Republic Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{CzechRepublic-musician-stub