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The Estonian public broadcaster, ERR published the full results of the semi-finals and the final of Eesti Laul 2022.

Eesti Laul’s favourite artist was Stefan, whose song “Hope” received the most votes in both rounds of the final, the second semi-final and the quarter-final!

The audience had a say in all of the first 4 quarter finals, with an average of 8,000 votes for each show. Boamadu received the most votes in the first quarter-final of Eesti Laul, Andrei Zevakini along with Grete Paia received the most votes in the second quarter-final, Stefan proved to be the public favourite in the third quarter-final and Black Velvet in the fourth quarter-final. The jury favourites were Jaagup Tuisk (1st quarter-final), Kaia-Liisa Kesler (2nd quarter-final), Merilin Mälk (3rd quarter-final) and Ott Lepland (4th quarter-final) respectively.

In the first semi-final, Elysa collected the most votes from the audience (5206 votes), while in second place were Andrei Zevakin and Grete Paia (2521 votes) and in third place was Elina Netsayeva (2414 votes). The top three of the jury included Stig Rästa, Kaia-Liisa Kesler and Ott Lepland.

The results of the first semi-final were:

1. Elysa – “Fire” – (1st in public), 5th in the jury = 18 points
2. Andrei Zevakin, Grete Paia – “Mis nüüd saab” – (2nd in public), 6th in the jury = 15 points
3. Stig Rästa – “Interstellar” – (8th in public), 1st in the jury = 15 points
4. Ott Lepland – “Aovalguses” – (5th in public), 3rd in the jury = 14 points
5. Kaia-Liisa Kesler – “Vaikus” – (7th in public), 2nd in the jury = 14 points
6. Elina Nechayeva – “Remedy” – (3rd in public), 8th in the jury = 11 points
7. Merilin Mälk – “Little Girl” – (9th in public), 4th in the jury = 9 points
8. Helen – “Vaata minu poole” (4th in public), 10th in the jury = 8 points
9. Triin Niitoja, Frants Tikerpuu – “Laululind” – (6th in public), 9th in the jury = 7 points
10. Alabama Watchdog – “Move On” – (10th in public), 7th in the jury = 5 points

The second round vote, which crowned Elina Nechayeva, was as follows:

1. Elina Nechayeva – “Remedy” – 2,091 votes
2. Merilin Mälk – “Little Girl” – 1,772 votes
3. Kaia-Liisa Kesler – “Vaikus” – 1,212 votes
4. Alabama Watchdog – “Move On” – 395 votes
5. Helen – “Vaata minu poole” – 375 votes
6. Triin Niitoja and Frants Tikerpuu – “Laululind” – 360 votes

In the second semi-final, this year’s winner won the public’s sympathy where Stefan received 4,752 votes. He was followed by Anna Sahlene (2583 votes) and Black Velvet (2261 votes). Stefan, Anna Sahlene and Jaagup Tuisk made up the top three of the jury for the second semi-final.

The results of the second semi-final were: 

Stefan – “Hope” – (1st in public), 1st in jury = 24 points
Anna Sahlene – “Champion” – (2nd in public), 2nd in jury = 20 points
Black Velvet – “Sandra” – (3rd in the public), 5th in the jury = 14 points
Jaagup Tuisk – “Kui vaid” – (6th in public), 3rd in the jury = 13 points
Minimal Wind, Elisabeth – “What to Make of This” – (4th in the public), 6th in the jury = 12 points
Maian – “Meeletu” – (8th in the public), 4th in the jury = 10 points
Boamadu – “Mitte kauaks” (5th in public), 8th in jury = 9 points
Púr Múdd and Shira – “Golden Shores” – (9th in the public), 7th in the jury = 6 points
Evelin Samuel – “Waterfall” (7th in public), 10th in the jury = 5 points
Jyrise – “Plaksuta” – (10th in public), 9th in the jury = 3 points

The second round voting crowned Minimal Wind and Elisabeth Tiffany as the last qualifiers, the results were as follows:

1. Minimal Wind feat. Elisabeth Tiffany – “What to Make of This” – 1,357 votes
2. Evelin Samuel – “Waterfall” – 1,245 votes
3. Maian – “Meeletu” – 1,153 votes
4. Boamadu – “Mitte kauaks” – 887 votes
5. Púr Múdd and Shira – “Golden Shores” – 839 votes
6. Jyrise – “Plaksuta” – 585 votes

In the first round of the final a total of 69,514 votes were casted and in the super final 57,472 votes were casted. In the first round of the final, Stefan (19,641 votes) was followed by Elysa (14,747 votes), Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany (7699 votes), Black Velvet (7463 votes) and Anna Sahlene (5668 votes) in terms of the number of votes. The top three of the international jury included Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany, Stefan and Anna Sahlene.

The results of the first part of the final were as follows:

1. Stefan – “Hope” – (1st in the public), 2nd in the jury = 22 points
2. Minimal Wind, Elisabeth – “What to Make of This” – (3rd in the public), 1st in the jury = 20 points
3. Elysa – “Fire” – (2nd in public), 4th in the jury = 17 points
4. Anna Sahlene – “Champion” – (5th in the public), 3rd in the jury = 14 points
5. Black Velvet – “Sandra” – (4th in public), 6th in the jury = 12 points
6. Andrei Zevakin, Grete Paia – “Mis nüüd saab” – (7th in the public), 6th in the jury = 9 points
7. Ott Lepland – “Aovalguses” – (8th in the public), 5th in the jury = 9 points
8. Elina Nechayeva – “Remedy” – (7th in the public), 10th in the jury = 5 points
9. Stig Rästa – “Interstellar” – (9th in the public), 8th in the jury = 5 points
10. Jaagup Tuisk – “Kui vaid” – (10th in the public), 9th in the jury = 3 points

In the Eesti Laul super final, Stefan collected 35,681 votes for “Hope“. Minimal Wind with Elisabeth Tiffany received 17.587 votes while Elysa received only 3.929 votes.

Estonia will therefore be represented by the Estonian-Armenian Stefan Airapetjan and “Hope” which was his 4th attempt at Eesti Laul! You can see his winning performance here:

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