The final of one of Eurovision’s most popular selections, Eesti Laul, finally took place tonight and saw a victor crowned. Estonia has decided, and Jüri Pootsmann will represent the Baltic nation in Stockholm! 10 songs made the final which was aired live from Saku Suurhall in Tallinn; Laura – Supersonic Go Away Bird – Sally Mick Pedaja – Seis Grete …
Estonia: Final lineup completed
Five more qualifiers in tonight’s Eesti Laul semi-final have completed the Estonian lineup for the final selection in two weeks time. After the conclusion of tonight’s second semi-final, five more entries made it to the Eesti Laul final following a public vote and jury selection. The five songs that qualified from tonight’s show are; Grete Paia – Stories Untold Meisterjaan …
Eesti Laul: Five songs advance to final
The first semi-final of Estonia’s selection process took part tonight and saw five songs reach the final stage of the competition. Semi-final 1 of Eesti Laul saw pre-recorded performances from The Jingles, Würffel, Mick Pedaja, Indrek Ventmann, Cartoon, Kéa, Kati Laev & Noorkuu, Zebra Island, Laura and Windy Beach and following the decisions of the assembled expert jury and televoting, …
Estonia: Record number of submissions
A record-breaking 238 submissions were recieved by the Estonian national broadcaster, ERR, for Eesti Laul 2016. Up on the previous year by 19 songs, the great success of Elina Born and Stig Rästä in Vienna has inspired a record high amount of artists to put themselves forward for the contest, which coincides with the Estonian final’s move to the 2002 …
Estonia: Landslide victory for Elina and Stig
The televoting results for Eesti Laul have been released by Estonian national broadcaster ERR, and they make for some very interesting viewing. Elina Born and Stig Rästa, who won the competition on Saturday, crushed the competition in all three rounds. The duet achieved 23,966 televotes in their semi-final, compared to Daniel Levi’s second placed entry which only recieved 3,524. In …
Elina Born and Stig Rästa to represent Estonia
Tonight the Estonian public have decided; Estonia will be represented by Elina Born and Stig Rästa after they won Eesti Laul with “Goodbye To Yesterday”! In an exciting final, Elina and Stig triumphed over Daniel Levi and Elisa Kolk after all three reached the superfinal stage. As a result the duo will sing for the Baltic nation in the first …
Estonia: Who is your favourite?
Since the Estonian national final was revitalised in 2009 and became ‘Eesti Laul’ it has become one of the highlights of the Eurovision calendar. As a result it’s always a high point when the songs are released to the fans and they can find their favourites. We at ESC United are curious – now that you’ve had the chance to …
Estonia: All songs now available!
All of the songs participating in this year’s Eesti Laul have been released on ETV/ERR’s website and can be listened to HERE. Simply click on the song names on the right to hear the songs participating in each semi-final. The entries for this year’s Estonian selection have been trickling out over the past few weeks through various pathways but now …