Last year, ERR announced the wildcard acts competing for a place in the Eesti Laul 2025 grand final. Today, Raadio 2 has confirmed that Marta Lotta will join the 15 pre-selected finalists in the Unibet Arena on February 15.
Marta Lotta’s ‘Tantsin veel’ wins wildcard vote
Earlier today, Estonia’s Raadio 2 revealed the winner of the wildcard vote. Marta Lotta and her song, ‘Tantsin veel’ will become the sixteenth finalist of Eesti Laul 2025. Overall, twenty songs took part in Raadio 2’s wildcard selection. The winner received the most votes from the public. The remainder of the top ten are as follows:
- Marta Lotta – ‘Tantsin veel’
- AG x Laura Põldvere – ‘Pimepäev’
- Horror Dance Squad – ‘The Rebel Reborn’
- Cecilia – ‘Rollercoaster’
- Everfall – ‘Stories We Hold’
- Synne Valtri – ‘Butterflies & Bees’
- Merwis – ‘Aknal langevaid pisaraid’
- Mick Pedaja – ‘Sound Of Pines’
- Carol Suurevälja – ‘Purpose’
- Antsud Metal Project – ‘Ei enam’
Format of Eesti Laul 2025
Since 2009 Estonia has used the Eesti Laul national final to select its representatives. Following a series of changes in recent years, including the introduction of quarter-finals and last years’ Automatic Qualifiers. This year, the competition takes a back-to-basics approach. It is out with the Semi-Finals and instead ERR are keeping it simple with a traditional one-show, winner takes all, Grand Final that will feature 15 pre-selected entries and 1 ‘popular vote’ wildcard for a total of 16 songs.
Next month, Eesti Laul returns to the Unibet Arena (formerly Saku Suurhall) for the first time since 2020. During the live Final there will be two rounds of voting. The first round will determine the acts in the ‘Super Final’ and is decided by the combination of 50% jury voting and 50% public voting. During the Super Final, the winner of Eesti Laul 2025 and Estonian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is chosen by 100% televoting.
Tickets for Eesti Laul 2025 are available to purchase now.
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 5Miinust and Puuluup through Eesti Laul 2024. During the Malmö contest, they scored a total of 37 points, resulting in 20th place. Thus, extending Estonia to their joint record three qualifications in a row in the Semi-Final era of the contest.
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