It was an exciting night in Estonia, with 15 artists battling for a spot in the final during the first (and only) Eesti Laul semi-final. These 5 acts managed to make it to the grand final.
The qualifiers
Out of the 15 artists, only 5 were able to qualify for the Grand Final, which will take place on the 17th of February at 18:30CET. The first 3 finalists were chosen through a combination of jury and televoting, and the final 2 were selected by 100% televote. After all the songs were performed, these 5 performances qualified for the final:
- 5miinust & Puuluup – “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi” (jury/televote qualifier)
- Ollie – “My Friend” (jury/televote qualifier)
- Ewert and the Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now” (jury/televote qualifier)
- Peter Põder – “Korra veel” (televote qualifier)
- Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin” (televote qualifier)
They will be joining 5 other acts in the final who were preselected by the broadcaster. These are:
- Brother Apollo – “Bad Boy”
- Carlos Ukareda – “Never Growing Up”
- Daniel Levi – “Over The Moon”
- Nele-Liis Vaiksoo – Käte ümber jää
- Uudo Sepp & Sarah Murray – “Still Love”
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Back in 1994 Estonia made their Eurovision debut in Dublin with Silvi Vrait and the entry, ‘Nagu merelaine‘. During the contest the Baltic nation placed 24th with just 2 points. Despite the early setback, Estonia have achieved ten top ten results in total. Their best result came with Estonia’s only win in 2001. In Copenhagen the collective of Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL scored victory with 198 points for ‘Everybody‘.
Last year the Estonian public chose ALIKA and ‘Bridges’ through Eesti Laul 2023. During the Liverpool contest, ALIKA achieved Estonia’s best result in the Grand Final since 2018. Earning a total of 168 points, resulting in 8th place.
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