Estonia ESTONIA 2024 - 5miinust & Puuluup - (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[eerik]

YouTube stats update as of today, 23rd December 20:00 UTC:

Performer	Song	Views	Likes	Comments
5MIINUST x Puuluup	(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi	189,048	3,857	336
OLLIE	My Friend	96,695	2,758	402
YONNA	I Don't Know About You	91,805	263	34
Brother Apollo	Bad Boy	39,946	327	31
Traffic	Wunderbar	37,953	808	59
Daniel Levi	Over the Moon	34,789	878	148
Anet Vaikmaa	Serotoniin	30,271	532	56
Cecilia	FOMO	27,775	752	92
Ingmar	Dreaming	21,187	612	115
Cartoon, Ewert Sundja	Oblivion	19,484	418	34
Peter Põder	Korra veel	18,519	224	22
Uudo Sepp, Sarah Murray	Still Love	17,387	254	23
INGA	No Dog on a Leash	14,354	334	41
Nele-Liis Vaiksoo	Käte ümber jää	14,167	170	8
Ewert and The Two Dragons	Hold Me Now	13,497	201	22
Carlos Ukareda	Never Growing Up	12,878	221	22
Laura	Here's Where I Draw the Line	11,761	156	30
Antsud	Vetevaim	9,829	194	47
Silver Jusilo	Lately	9,751	132	13
Sofia Rubina	Be Good	7,626	91	25

It looks like YONNA's paid views have dried up in the past days but the gap between 4th place is still huge.

Just the number of views in the past 7 days:

Performer	Song	Weekly views
5MIINUST x Puuluup	(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi	73,995
OLLIE	My Friend	30,240
Brother Apollo	Bad Boy	16,314
Traffic	Wunderbar	12,272
YONNA	I Don't Know About You	9,937
Daniel Levi	Over the Moon	8,313
Cecilia	FOMO	8,153
Anet Vaikmaa	Serotoniin	7,982
Cartoon, Ewert Sundja	Oblivion	4,643
Uudo Sepp, Sarah Murray	Still Love	3,261
INGA	No Dog on a Leash	3,171
Ewert and The Two Dragons	Hold Me Now	3,007
Nele-Liis Vaiksoo	Käte ümber jää	3,007
Ingmar	Dreaming	2,923
Carlos Ukareda	Never Growing Up	2,673
Laura	Here's Where I Draw the Line	2,313
Antsud	Vetevaim	2,302
Silver Jusilo	Lately	2,133
Peter Põder	Korra veel	2,075
Sofia Rubina	Be Good	1,612

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

YouTube stats update as of today, 23rd December 20:00 UTC:

Performer	Song	Views	Likes	Comments
5MIINUST x Puuluup	(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi	189,048	3,857	336
OLLIE	My Friend	96,695	2,758	402
YONNA	I Don't Know About You	91,805	263	34
Brother Apollo	Bad Boy	39,946	327	31
Traffic	Wunderbar	37,953	808	59
Daniel Levi	Over the Moon	34,789	878	148
Anet Vaikmaa	Serotoniin	30,271	532	56
Cecilia	FOMO	27,775	752	92
Ingmar	Dreaming	21,187	612	115
Cartoon, Ewert Sundja	Oblivion	19,484	418	34
Peter Põder	Korra veel	18,519	224	22
Uudo Sepp, Sarah Murray	Still Love	17,387	254	23
INGA	No Dog on a Leash	14,354	334	41
Nele-Liis Vaiksoo	Käte ümber jää	14,167	170	8
Ewert and The Two Dragons	Hold Me Now	13,497	201	22
Carlos Ukareda	Never Growing Up	12,878	221	22
Laura	Here's Where I Draw the Line	11,761	156	30
Antsud	Vetevaim	9,829	194	47
Silver Jusilo	Lately	9,751	132	13
Sofia Rubina	Be Good	7,626	91	25

It looks like YONNA's paid views have dried up in the past days but the gap between 4th place is still huge.

Just the number of views in the past 7 days:

Performer	Song	Weekly views
5MIINUST x Puuluup	(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi	73,995
OLLIE	My Friend	30,240
Brother Apollo	Bad Boy	16,314
Traffic	Wunderbar	12,272
YONNA	I Don't Know About You	9,937
Daniel Levi	Over the Moon	8,313
Cecilia	FOMO	8,153
Anet Vaikmaa	Serotoniin	7,982
Cartoon, Ewert Sundja	Oblivion	4,643
Uudo Sepp, Sarah Murray	Still Love	3,261
INGA	No Dog on a Leash	3,171
Ewert and The Two Dragons	Hold Me Now	3,007
Nele-Liis Vaiksoo	Käte ümber jää	3,007
Ingmar	Dreaming	2,923
Carlos Ukareda	Never Growing Up	2,673
Laura	Here's Where I Draw the Line	2,313
Antsud	Vetevaim	2,302
Silver Jusilo	Lately	2,133
Peter Põder	Korra veel	2,075
Sofia Rubina	Be Good	1,612

YONNA views are sooooooo inflated...

 

[eerik]

YONNA views are sooooooo inflated...

Based on the activity of last couple days, her video is tracking around videos with 12k-14k total views, so in reality she should be somewhere between 13th to 17th in the number of views.

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

Update: FOMO is now in my top 5 of Eesti Laul. I still think it will crash and burn live, but the studio version is really really good and gets better after a few listens.

So it seems I have a preference for the "fast pace" songs in this years's Eesti Laul.

 

[BorisBubbles]

DAY BY DAY I'M CRAVING MORE (more)
DAY BY DAY I PRAY FOR MORE (more)

GOD MADE ME AN A Q U A R I U S
TO MAKE MY LIFE ~*LUXURIOUS*~

 

[eerik]

Weekly YouTube stats update as of today, 30th December:

Performer	Song	Views	Likes	Comments
5MIINUST x Puuluup	(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi	249,985	4,416	401
OLLIE	My Friend	113,405	2,963	424
YONNA	I Don't Know About You	93,658	281	36
Traffic	Wunderbar	47,105	889	62
Brother Apollo	Bad Boy	42,309	352	31
Daniel Levi	Over the Moon	40,120	938	155
Anet Vaikmaa	Serotoniin	36,330	583	74
Cecilia	FOMO	33,447	831	104
Ingmar	Dreaming	22,809	634	124
Cartoon, Ewert Sundja	Oblivion	22,578	458	42
Peter Põder	Korra veel	19,842	238	27
Uudo Sepp, Sarah Murray	Still Love	19,125	268	24
INGA	No Dog on a Leash	16,408	352	43
Nele-Liis Vaiksoo	Käte ümber jää	15,969	188	9
Ewert and The Two Dragons	Hold Me Now	14,903	214	30
Carlos Ukareda	Never Growing Up	14,776	248	23
Laura	Here's Where I Draw the Line	13,471	168	32
Sofia Rubina	Be Good	11,799	99	31
Antsud	Vetevaim	11,301	216	47
Silver Jusilo	Lately	11,101	142	20

No changes on the top, but we do have an update on the bottom. That's because Sofia Rubina has gained quite a lot of views in the past week alone:

Performer	Song	Weekly views
5MIINUST x Puuluup	(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi	60,937
OLLIE	My Friend	16,710
Traffic	Wunderbar	9,152
Anet Vaikmaa	Serotoniin	6,059
Cecilia	FOMO	5,672
Daniel Levi	Over the Moon	5,331
Sofia Rubina	Be Good	4,173
Cartoon, Ewert Sundja	Oblivion	3,094
Brother Apollo	Bad Boy	2,363
INGA	No Dog on a Leash	2,054
Carlos Ukareda	Never Growing Up	1,898
YONNA	I Don't Know About You	1,853
Nele-Liis Vaiksoo	Käte ümber jää	1,802
Uudo Sepp, Sarah Murray	Still Love	1,738
Laura	Here's Where I Draw the Line	1,710
Ingmar	Dreaming	1,622
Antsud	Vetevaim	1,472
Ewert and The Two Dragons	Hold Me Now	1,406
Silver Jusilo	Lately	1,350
Peter Põder	Korra veel	1,323

Brother Apollo dropped in weekly views a lot. Not really sure why they had such a strong week previously. My only theory is that since their song is uploaded to the record label's YT channel (not their own), they might have gotten some algorithm/autoplay boost when new songs were uploaded there.

 

[eerik]

Also, for comparison, debut single of the most recent Estonian Idol winner Ant Nurhan, released 5 days before Eesti Laul entries, is currently at 61k views on YT.

Super safe prediction that he will be one of the main contenders of Eesti Laul 2025. I think he has already confirmed his intention of competing.

 

[Surely]

I'm loving this selection. So many good songs that will end up in my end-of-season best list.

Antsud (Estonian folk meets the 70s incarnation of Heart!)
Anet (straight-up power pop perfection)
Peter Poder (kind of retro and future at the same time, with nice grit to the vocals)
Brother Apollo (dumb earworm that I can't help but love)
Cecilia (idk, it's just a total bop)
Nele-Liis (sophisticated ballad, reminds me of some recent UMK entries I liked)
5miinust (very silly but very unique)

I'm just not a fan of Ollie... at least his song is a little more Linkin Park than Nickelback this time around...

 

[Realest]

Looks like Ollie is the big One here.

1		Ollie - My Friend	13%	4.5
2		5miinust & Puuluup - narkootikumidest ei tea me midagi	11%	5
2		Cecilia - FOMO	11%	5
4		Daniel Levi - Over the Moon	9%	6
4		Traffic - Wunderbar	9%	6
6		Anet Vaikmaa - Serotoniin	7%	8
7		Multikas & Ewert Sundja - Oblivion	6%	10
8		Antsud - Vetevaim	4%	15
8		Brother Apollo - Bad Boy	4%	15
8		Peter Põder - Korra veel	4%	15
11		Carlos Ukareda - Never Growing Up	3%	20
11		Inga - No Dog On a Leash	3%	20
11		Ingmar - Dreaming	3%	20
14		Ewert and the Two Dragons - Hold Me Now	2%	25
14		Nele-Liis Vaiksoo - Käte ümber jää	2%	25
14		Silver Jusilo - Lately	2%	25
14		Uudo Sepp & Sarah Murray - Still Love	2%	25
14		Yonna - I Don't Know About You	2%	25
19		Laura - Here's Where I Draw the Line	1%	50
19		Sofia Rubina - Be Good	1%	50

POLL

Estonia: Who should win Eesti Laul 2024?​

22%
5miinust & Puuluup "(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi"

3%
Anet Vaikmaa "Serotoniin"

1%
Antsud "Vetevaim"

3%
Brother Apollo "Bad Boy"

<1%
Carlos Ukareda "Never Growing Up"

12%
Cecilia "FOMO"

5%
Daniel Levi "Over the Moon"

<1%
Ewert and the Two Dragons "Hold Me Now"

2%
Inga "No Dog On a Leash"

2%
Ingmar "Dreaming"

1%
Laura "Here's Where I Draw the Line"

1%
Multikas & Ewert Sundja "Oblivion"

<1%
Nele-Liis Vaiksoo "Käte ümber jää"

38%
Ollie "My Friend"

1%
Peter Põder "Korra veel"

<1%
Silver Jusilo "Lately"

 

[lasse braun]

Looks like Ollie is the big One here.

where is here?
escunited?
if yes where i can find the polls?

 

[laululind]

I think that's the poll/odds from Eurovisionworld.

Looking at how many crazy kooky weird songs are already popping up in various NFs, I'm a bit concerned about our chances if we pick 5Miinust. This could be the year where the more 'normal' songs actually end up standing out due to overload of Käärijä-inspired wackiness. There's probably such a thing as joke-entry overdose. Of course it's possible most of those songs don't even get selected in the end, we'll have to see how all the various NFs play out. But imagine Malta's Banana, Let3 or Baby Lasagna from Croatia, that AI song or Keiino from Norway, VB Gang from Lithuania, Joost & 5Miinust all stuffed into one semi! Certainly entertaining, but not very helpful if you want to stand out. But much too early to make any predictions I guess. Shall be interesting to keep an eye on various national finals and see what happens!

5Miinust and Puuluup apparently had some performance in some club, but haven't been able to find any video of it online. Just some photos on ERR website. Probably can't read too much into some small club performance, but they do appear to be doing the dance there. And look kind of creepy in the process! I do hope they'll play it more straight in the actual EL show, I think hamming it up on stage and pulling crazy faces (Getter's backing dancers flashback) will take things much too far into joke song territory. But who knows what they have planned for EL. Two weeks until we find out!

 

[eerik]

Cartoon's "Oblivion" is finally on Spotify (and elsewhere), released through Liquicity Records.

Makes tracking YT views a bit trickier as I expect the record label upload to get more traffic than the initial video.

 

[eerik]

5Miinust and Puuluup apparently had some performance in some club, but haven't been able to find any video of it online. Just some photos on ERR website.

Not sure if it is the same event but a 30 sec snippet from a poor angle

 

[laululind]

Could be the same event indeed! Not much one can tell from such a small clip. Vocals sound pretty good, but hard to say if it's all live or they've got help from backing tracks. Chorus seems suspiciously steady considering they're dancing around, but who knows.

Juries would probably sink us hard in the final if we pick them, tho' I suppose televoters might show some appreciation. Maybe midtable result in the end? Depending on how many other wacky entries there are to steal our thunder. Let's see what EL brings first tho', don't think any of the favorites has it in the bag yet, performances will seal the deal. And 5Miinust still need to have at least some jury appeal in EL final. Considering we already have 5 jury-fodder songs in place (aside from Brother Apollo perhaps, but they liked Bedwetters and Ollie last year), we can't rule out a bottom 3 for them, kicking them out of the superfinal. But EL final juries have been all over the place in previous years so who on earth knows what they'll end up liking.

 

[rasmuslights]

Cartoon's "Oblivion" is finally on Spotify (and elsewhere), released through Liquicity Records.

Makes tracking YT views a bit trickier as I expect the record label upload to get more traffic than the initial video.

it's such a shame that people don't see this as a potential winner

 

[salemsammy]

it's such a shame that people don't see this as a potential winner

It's on my top 10 actually,I liked. But I don't know if I would say I think it's a potential winner.

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

I think that's the poll/odds from Eurovisionworld.

Looking at how many crazy kooky weird songs are already popping up in various NFs, I'm a bit concerned about our chances if we pick 5Miinust. This could be the year where the more 'normal' songs actually end up standing out due to overload of Käärijä-inspired wackiness. There's probably such a thing as joke-entry overdose. Of course it's possible most of those songs don't even get selected in the end, we'll have to see how all the various NFs play out. But imagine Malta's Banana, Let3 or Baby Lasagna from Croatia, that AI song or Keiino from Norway, VB Gang from Lithuania, Joost & 5Miinust all stuffed into one semi! Certainly entertaining, but not very helpful if you want to stand out. But much too early to make any predictions I guess. Shall be interesting to keep an eye on various national finals and see what happens!

5Miinust and Puuluup apparently had some performance in some club, but haven't been able to find any video of it online. Just some photos on ERR website. Probably can't read too much into some small club performance, but they do appear to be doing the dance there. And look kind of creepy in the process! I do hope they'll play it more straight in the actual EL show, I think hamming it up on stage and pulling crazy faces (Getter's backing dancers flashback) will take things much too far into joke song territory. But who knows what they have planned for EL. Two weeks until we find out!

Having all those camp songs in a semi will be as terrible if not worse than having all ballads in a semi. I hope someone fails (expecially the Banana one and the Robot one, since I don't get the hype. Imo, those are pretty atrocious songs).

 

[njdevils94]

Hot off the press. Remember only 5 songs will make the final.

Eesti Laul 2024 Semifinal Running Order

1. 5miinust x Puuluup "(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi"
2. Inga "No Dog On a Leash"
3. Ollie "My Friend"
4. Yonna "I Don't Know About You"
5. Peter Põder "Korra veel"
6. Cartoon, Ewert Sundja "Oblivion"
7. Traffic "Wunderbar"
8. Ingmar "Dreaming"
9. Anet Vaikmaa "Serotoniin"
10. Laura "Here's Where I Draw the Line"
11. Sofia Rubina "Be Good"
12. Antsud "Vetevaim"
13. Silver Jusilo "Lately"
14. Cecilia "FOMO"
15. Ewert and The Two Dragons "Hold Me Now"

 

[rasmuslights]

Hot off the press. Remember only 5 songs will make the final.

Eesti Laul 2024 Semifinal Running Order

1. 5miinust x Puuluup "(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi"
2. Inga "No Dog On a Leash"
3. Ollie "My Friend"
4. Yonna "I Don't Know About You"
5. Peter Põder "Korra veel"
6. Cartoon, Ewert Sundja "Oblivion"
7. Traffic "Wunderbar"
8. Ingmar "Dreaming"
9. Anet Vaikmaa "Serotoniin"
10. Laura "Here's Where I Draw the Line"
11. Sofia Rubina "Be Good"
12. Antsud "Vetevaim"
13. Silver Jusilo "Lately"
14. Cecilia "FOMO"
15. Ewert and The Two Dragons "Hold Me Now"

my prediction: 5miinust x Puuluup, Ollie, Cartoon/Ewert Sundja, Cecilia "FOMO" and Ewert and The Two Dragons "Hold Me Now".

If Cecilia won't deliver live then either Anet Vaikmaa or Traffic will replace her.

 

[henhu]

Tbh I don't believe that there will be only 5 qualifiers. They tease the semi-final as "full of surprises" so we will probably have 2 wildcards again...