Česká televize has revealed that Ruy Okamura is the Artistic Director for Daniel Zizka’s performance of “Crossroads” at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.
Ruy Okamura is the overall Artistic Director the Czech delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest. Ruy has been responsible for all elements related to the music video, photography, staging and communication surrounding Daniel Zizka and his song “Crossroads”. He has previously been responsible for the music videos for Czechia 2022, Austria 2023, Switzerland 2024 and Switzerland 2025.
In a comment for Eurovision Czechia, he said:
“From the very beginning, we wanted to create a unified visual world for Daniel. Our goal was to come up with an approach that is rather unusual on the Eurovision stage. The staging, which we have been working intestively on for three months, will be the culmination of this new direction.”
Daniel Žižka will perform “Crossroads” In slot 5 in the second semi-final on May 14.
Who is Daniel Žižka?
Daniel Žižka was born in Prague. He initially studied musical theatre at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory, but eventually started writing and performing his own music.
Žižka released his debut single “Pierrot” in 2023. He has since released more singles over the following years, such as “Talk” and “23:23”. The Czech magazine Headliner described Žižka as one of the future talents of the Czech music scene. He is currently working on his debut EP.
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Source: Eurovision Czechia
Czechia first competed in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007. They achieved their best result at the contest with Mikolas Josef coming 6th in Lisbon 2018 with the song “Lie to Me”. Gabriela Gunčíková took Czechia to their first final in 2016. This came after a three year run of non-qualifications between 2007 and 2009, and missing out on a place in the final on their return in 2015. Until 2023, the nation took part under the name Czech Republic.
