Estonia: The Eesti Laul 2024 submission deadline has expired!

Today marked the end of the submission period for Eesti Laul 2024, the national final through which Estonia’s entry for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Malmö, Sweden in May 2024, will be selected.

A special jury is anticipated to evaluate the submissions in the upcoming period and choose the 20 songs that will advance to the next stage of the competition. Before November 8th, 2023, the 20 artists competing to represent Estonia will be announced, and before December 8th, the songs will be revealed.

This year, there will be certain differences in the way that Eesti Laul is conducted from prior years. Five of the 20 songs chosen will advance directly to the grand final on February 17 while the other fifteen will participate in the semi-final on January 20.

Following vote by the television audience and the judging panels during the final, three entries will advance to the Super Final. At this point in the competition, Estonia’s representative in Malmö will be chosen solely by the television viewers.

This year Estonia was represented by Alika, with the song “Bridges”. Alika managed to defy predictions and deliver her country the best result in recent years by placing 8th with 168 points despite the bookies’ doubts about her qualification.

Stay tuned on EurovisionFun to stay up to date on all the latest news about the world’s largest music competition!

Source: ERR