This morning ERR confirmed the final 10 artists competing for a spot in the Eesti Laul semi-finals in February. Just as before, three artists from this list will move on to the semis based on televote results, while the final two qualifiers will be decided by a jury vote. The artists and songs competing during Saturday’s show are: Ariadne – …
Tallinn, 4 December 2021 Another Saturday, another update from the Baltic. Buckle up for the report of Eesti Laul’s third quarterfinal. The quarterfinal, hosted by Eurovision veterans Ott Lepland and Laura Põldvere, featured ten submissions that were hoping to reach the live semifinal shows. This quarterfinal was deemed the “foreign language” semifinal, meaning all songs were in the foreign language …
It’s another exciting monday given that ERR has released the next 10 artists and songs competing in the quarter-final set to air on Saturday, December 4th. The broadcaster will continue to use former Eesti Laul contestants and Eurovision artists to host the live show, and this weekend the hosts will be Eurovision 2012 representative Ott Lepland and Eurovision 2005 and …
This evening, the second quarter-final of Eesti Laul 2022 was held in Tallinn, as ten more acts took to the competition to select Estonia’s hopeful for Turin. Once again, the qualifiers would be decided by televoting (3 acts) and juries (2 acts), following all of the performances. This week’s show was hosted by former Estonian representatives Uku Suviste (2020 and …
All aboard on the Eesti Laul train, if you haven’t joined it yet. The Estonian national final has for 2022 expanded, and is already on it’s way. Last Saturday, the first show took place which gave us 5 qualifiers for the semi-finals that will take place in February, and now on Saturday, another 5 will join that line-up. Quarter-Final 2 …
Tallinn, 20 November 2021 We’re off! Estonia has unveiled its first batch of hopefuls during the first ever quarterfinal of Eesti Laul! In the short show, the video clips of every entrant were shown in succession, punctuated with short interviews by the hosts Tanel Padar and Ines. Interestingly, Fiona and Me, the fourth act to be shown, were absent, with …
The national final season is well and truly underway a lot earlier than normal, with the 2021 contest seeing a renewed excitement for Eurovision among a number of broadcasters and nations. With Israel already deep into the audition stages for The X Factor as they look to find the right star for Turin, a second country is now ready to …
Tallinn, 15 November 2021 Estonian broadcaster EER will be kicking off the 2022 National finals season with the first ever veerfinaal (quarterfinal) of Estonia’s annual selection show, Eesti Laul! The first quarterfinal, set to air next Saturday, will feature the following 10 acts: Boamadu – “Mitte kauaks” (Not for long) Evelin Samuel – “Waterfall” Fiona & Me – “Feel like …
UPDATE More details about Estonia’s selection process have now been announced. Eesti Laul will kick off with the first of its four quarterfinals on Saturday, November 20th. The following three quarterfinals will take place on November 27th, December 4th, and December 11th. Of the five songs selected to advance out of each quarterfinal, three will be determined by public vote, …
We at ESC United try to find the positives, even when we’re being critical. We got slammed for a panel video where ESC United Editor-in-Chief and Founder Matt Friedrichs and three other random goons gave their personal Top 10s for Eurovision 2021. How dare we leave out Italy! How dare we include Germany! Georgia! North Macedonia! Denmark! I actually suspect …
