Estonia: The songs submitted for Eesti Laul 2024 were evaluated by a 41-member jury!
The next songs competing for Eurovision 2024 that we are going to listen, are coming from Estonia! The songs are going to be revealed in November 6 and 7 through the show “Ringvaates“, as they were just evaluated by a 41-member jury.
The jury listened to all the 215 songs submitted and they have already made their choices. The jury consisted of 41 people including artists, radio and TV professionals, producers, teachers and just plain music lover.
Karmel Killandi, editor-in-chief of ERR’s experience programs, said:
“This year’s jury is the largest in the history of Estonian Song and represents the full palette of the Estonian music world. We put together, the experience of Eesti Laul and Eurovision, the perspective of classical and pop music, producers, listeners and people whose work takes place in music. We are extremely grateful to the jury for their work, because it there were definitely several days of good listening!”
The jury for Eesti Laul included singers, performers and conductors with a significant amount of experience, like Ott Lepland, Maria Listra, Hanna-Liina Võsa, Elina Nechayeva, Veronika Portsmuth, Lauri Liiv, Martin Trudnikov, Anett Kulbin, Yasmyn, Riivo Kallasmaa and Sten Heinoja.
The jury also included authors and producers Bert Brikenfeldt, Priit Pajusaar, Heini Vaikmaa and Maian-Anna Kärmas and music teachers Airi Liiva, Margot Suur and Ivi Rausi. Koit Raudsepp, Rauno Märks, Andres Aljaste, Robert Kõrvits, Andres Panksepp, Sten Teppan, Pille Minev, Andres Oja, Martin Korjus, Tarmo Krimm, Magnus Müürsepp, Owe Petersell, Juhan Paadam as well as Rein Fuks participated in the jury as representatives of TV and radio.
Vaiko Eplik, Danel Pandre and Ülar-Johannes Palm, representatives of various music organizations, were also part of the contest’s jury. Representatives of modern platforms and movement arts, as well as music lovers Raivo Oja, Anna-Aurelia Kangur, Gerd Eston Sepp, Evert Poom, Jüri Nael and Alice Aleksandrini brought an additional perspective to the whole result.
The song evaluation was made anonymously without knowing who the artists or the author of the song was. As we already told, the song announcement and presentation will be made next Monday and Tuesday. On November 6 we will know the artists that will compete in the semi-final, while on November 7 the artists that qualify directly to the final will be revealed.
The semi-final of Eesti Laul will take place in Tartu on January 20 and the final on February 17 in Tallinn. Grete Kulda and Tõnis Niinemets will be the hosts of the show, but before that they will also appear on the show “Ringvaate” on November 6 and 7 where they will introduce the contestants.
The winner of Eesti Laul 2023 and Estonia’s representative at Eurovision 2023 was Alika with the song “Bridges”. Alika achieved her country’s best result in the contest since 2018 by placing eighth in the final.
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun to stay up to date on all the latest news about the world’s largest music competition!
Source: err.ee
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