Earlier this year, ERR the national broadcaster of Estonia confirmed their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 to be held in Burgas, Bulgaria next May. More recently ERR announced the return of Eesti Laul to select the entry. After going through 155 submissions, tonight during Ringvaade, ERR has revealed the 12 acts taking part in the Final of Eesti Laul 2027 on January 30.
🇪🇪 12 acts revealed for Eesti Laul 2027
Tonight, during the entertainment show Ringvaade ERR confirmed the 12 acts competing in Eesti Laul 2027. These acts will take to the stage at the Unibet Arena on the earlier date of January 30. Below are all the Finalists, alongside the names of their entries and songwriting teams. All competing artists are forbidden from revealing their entries before 9pm on November 27.
- Daniel Levi – ‘Dust’ (Daniel Levi, Clifford Goilo)
- Jaagup Tuisk & WANDA – ‘kesk öö musta merd’ (Wanda-Helene Ollep, Jaagup Tuisk, Lauri Räpp)
- Johanna Elise – ‘Getaway Car’ (Gevin Niglas, Anna Graceman)
- Kerli Kivilaan – ‘When The World Is Over’ (Kerli Kivilaan, Gevin Niglas)
- Laura – ‘Metsapiiga’ (Vahur Valgmaa)
- m.els x J-Run – ‘HUSH HUSH’ (Gevin Niglas, Jeroen Nai Chung Tong, Merili Käsper)
- OLLIE – ‘Sad Every Day’ (Oliver Mazurtšak)
- Pale Alison x Minimal Wind – ‘Superhuman’ (Taavi-Hans Kõlar, Paula Pajusaar, Evelina Koop, Jelizaveta Anderžanova)
- PANØRAMA, Vemka, Hans Markus – ‘Reflection’ (Steven-Marten Suur, Martin Veem, Hans Markus Danilas, Villem Rootalu, Noah Schatteiner, Laura Prits)
- Rita Ray – ‘Don’t You Agree’ (Kristi Raias, Johannes Laas, Robine Koerts, Eric Timmann)
- Zetod feat. hellika – ‘Kipõ-Kipõ’ (Jalmar Vabarna, Matis Leima, Jaanus Viskar, Martin Kütt, Artur Linnus)
- Traffic – Laava’ (Stig Rästa, Victor Crone, Linnea Deb, Fred Krieger)
Among the line-up there are some familiar Eurovision names. Over the years, Laura has amassed nine appearances in the competition. From this, Laura has represented Estonia on the main stage twice. Firstly in 2006 as part of Suntribe and then again in 2017 alongside Koit Toome. Chasing down Laura on eight participations is Traffic, fronted by Stig Rästa who represented Estonia in a duo in 2015 with Elina Born. Meanwhile OLLIE is bavk for the fourth time following his previous attempts in 2023, 2024 and 2026. OLLIE has made the podium in every edition he has participated. Although we have not seen him for a while, Daniel Levi also has a good track record. He will be taking part for the fourth time and placed runner-up in 2015. Also on their fourth appearance this year are the alternative indie band Minimal Wind. After competing as part of Little Mess and as a solo artist under ‘Joelle’, Johanna Elise returns to Eesti Laul under her real name. Another marking their hat-trick is Jaagup Tuisk who finished runner-up in 2020. After getting a taste of the Grand Final in 2023, m.els returns and is joined on stage by J-Run.
One name that seems too epic to be true, is the comeback of Kerli Kivilaan. Now back as a solo artist, the third-time participation is fresh from representing Estonia in Vienna earlier this May alongside her former Vanilla Ninja band mates.
Eesti Laul 2027 format
Since 2009 Estonia has used the Eesti Laul national final to select its representatives. This year, ERR will continue with a traditional one-show, winner takes all, Grand Final that will feature twelve acts in total.
The Grand Final will take place on January 30 2027. This is a much earlier date than its typical Valentine’s weekend air date. This is due to the timing of Estonia hosting the Biathlon World Championships for the first time from February 9 to February 21.
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 2027 is chosen by 100% televoting. However, the winning act can now decline the opportunity to represent Estonia at Eurovision 2027. In that scenario the Eurovision ticket will pass down in the order of the finishing placements. The winning act has a deadline of February 8 to decide on their Eurovision participation.
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 twelve 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 Vanilla Ninja through Eesti Laul 2026. During the Vienna contest, they scored a total of 79 points in Semi-Final 1, just missing out on qualification with eleventh place.
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