Tarmo Leinataam passed away on Monday at the age of 57 after unfortunately suffering with cancer. Leinataam will be best known to Eurovision fans as one-third of the popular Estonian comedy troupe Kreisiraadio who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008. The group failed to qualify from their semi-final with the multilingual “Leto Svet”, and the song often …

Today, the details of the upcoming Estonian preselection for Eurovision 2015 have been revealed. The Baltic country will once again stick to Eesti Laul as their national final format. The deadline for submitting songs to the competition is December 1st. Afterwards, the jury has time to pick a total of 20 songs for the Eesti Laul shows until December 5th. …

Rain couldn’t keep them from shining through: Eurovision veterans Koit Toome, Getter Jaani, Ott Lepland and Birgit Õigemeel joined forces last Saturday, June 21, at the Pärnu Summer Concert. The concert did not only herald the coming of (a rather rainy) summer, but also commemorated the 10th anniversary of both Estonia’s accession to the European Union and their membership in …

Every year our “Expert” Panel comes together to judge all entries for the Eurovision Song Contest and they’re back to take apart the 2014 entries and rank them accordingly. While their characters and comments may be wacky, the scores are dead serious. All 7 panelists will comment on the song and rank them accordingly giving it points using a scale …

Eesti Laul 2014 will be the sixth edition of the Estonian national selection selecting the representative for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest and Tanja won the privilege to fly the flag for the country in Copenhagen, Denmark with the song ‘Amazing’ The jury and televoters had an equal say in the outcome. Tanja and Super Hot Cosmos Blues Band were the …

Five more Eesti Laul semifinalists are through to the Estonian selection’s grand final on 1 March. These five acts are: Norman Salumäe – “Search” Traffic – “Für Elise” Maiken – “Siin või sealpool maad” Sandra Nurmsalu – “Kui tuuled pöörduvad” Brigita Murutar – “Lauli täes taevakaar” As last week, the finalists were chosen with a combination jury and televote. The …

Estonian broadcaster ERR has released a list of the songs available for listening from this year’s Eesti Laul, the Estonian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen. All the 20 songs are now available except, notably, Sandra Nurmsalu’s “Kui Tuuled Pöörduvad”. Sandra is already being touted on social media as one of the favorites to win, especially with …

Estonian national broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR), revealed via Eurovision.tv, the 20 finalists for their much-anticipated national final Eesti Laul. The qualifying singers, their songs, and the writers are: August Hunt – “Kus On EXIT?” – August Hunt Brigita Murutar – “Laule Täis Taevakaar” – Rainer Michelson, Feliks Kütt Kõrsikud – “Tule Ja Jää” – Kõrsikud Lauri Pihlap – “Lootus” – Lauri …

  Ott Lepland: Estonian Idol, Eurovision star. He started out as a child singer when he was just 8 years old, releasing four albums in 1995 and 1996. He studied the piano for ten years, and performed in various theatrical productions. It was in 2009, however, that Ott got his big break with Eesti otsib superstaari, Estonian Idol, where he won …

Ott Lepland Announces Small North American Tour Ott Lepland fans in four North American cities rejoice: your favorite Estonian crooner is making his way to Chicago, Toronto, Los Angeles and New York this October to perform “Kuula Live”. “Take your friends with you and you are welcome to join wherever you can!” invites Lepland’s official facebook page, where fans were …