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but also she lost to an incredible sven lohmus composition performed by two big names, one of them having just been the runner-up in the previous eesti laul, while jaagup lost to a kontopoulos hand-me-down he didn't deem worthy of his production credit or to be given to natalia gordienko. he thought this song was worse than PRISAAAAAN. this is what estonia thought was better than jaagup.I'd say Kerli still had the bigger flop. Simply because she's a 'celebrity', one of our biggest music names, whereas Jaagup is a total newcomer. Considering the type of song he had & his lack of previous fame, he did about as well as he could have I guess.
By the way, several Estonians including an "Eurovision expert" have already called it a typical Eurovision song (in a positive sense) or a good fit to the contest - in other words, pretty much the same approach that BBC and the like often have. Also apparently they haven't really watched Eurovision in ten years or so.
Think this will do quite well. Uku is handsome and the song will stand out. Is a good powerballad and Estonia have many friends in semifinal 2.
This will probably ending up top 6 in semifinal (aleast in the televoting) and top 15 in final.
Not sure about top 6 but can definitely qualify. Every reaction video so far, even if not overly positive, points out his good vocals and great looks, especially his eyes. It catches people's attention right away. The chorus is melodic and more instant than other ballads in this semi. The juries won't bomb it like they did with Verona because he serves vocals. Borderline qualifying is very likely. Never underestimate the grandmas who don't post on Twitter but still pick up their phones and vote.
See, that's my problem though. The Estonian music industry is way too good, especially for our size, for us to be lucky if we barely scrape through the semifinal every year. There have been already too many of those contests where just making it into the final, and then finishing at a 20th+ place, is considered a success.
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eesti laul could deeefinitely go a year without the superfinal just as a test. or at least go back to a 2-entry superfinal.We could just lower the importance of the televote which is way too exaggerated now.