Estonia: Tonight Wraps Up Eesti Laul 2024!

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Estonia is set to choose its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest as the Eesti Laul 2024 concludes officially tonight. For yet another year, the Baltic country will utilize Eesti Laul as the method to select its Estonian ambassador to the Eurovision Song Contest.

Format

For another year, the leaders of Estonian public television have decided to make changes to the format of Eesti Laul. Thus, this year’s edition of the Estonian national final will take place over just two nights, the semi-final and the grand final.

In the semi-final of Eesti Laul 2024, 15 singers participated, of which five advanced to the grand final on February 17th. The 5 artists who qualified from the semi-final of the Estonian process will compete alongside another five artists who have already qualified directly for the grand final of this year’s Eesti Laul.

Nevertheless, the voting format remains unchanged for Eesti Laul. Thus, the final will feature two rounds of voting. In the first round of voting, both the audience and the jury jointly decide, with half the weight given to the results from which the first finalists for the grand final will emerge. In the second round, the Estonian public alone has the first and final say, deciding which song will win this year’s Eesti Laul.

Final

Ten artists will compete tonight in the grand final of Eesti Laul 2024. These artists are:

  1. Βrother Apollo – “Bad Boy” 
  2. Carlos Ukareda – “Never Growing Up”
  3. Ewert and The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now”
  4. Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin” 
  5. Ollie – “My Friend”
  6. Daniel Levi – “Over The Moon”
  7. Uudo Sepp, Sarah Murray – “Still love” 
  8. Peter Põder – “Korra veel”
  9. 5miinust ja Puuluup – “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”
  10. Nele-Liss Vaiksoo – “Kate Umber Jaa”

The hosts of this year’s edition of Eesti Laul 2024 will be Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld.

Naturally, a national final wouldn’t be complete without guests. Thus, taking the stage at Eesti Laul will be the big names of Estonian pop music, Silvi Vrait and Lea Dali Lion. Additionally, for the first time at the Eesti Laul stage, rapper Arop will perform his brand new single, “A.I.A. (Forgive the Person).”

You can watch the final of Eesti Laul 2024 at 18:30 CET through the official website of Estonian public television by clicking HERE, or through the channel of our beloved contest on YouTube.

The winner of Eesti Laul 2023 and thus the representative of Estonia in Eurovision 2023 was Alika with her song “Bridges.” Alika finished in 8th place in the final rankings, marking her country’s best result in the competition since 2018.

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Estonia: Eesti Laul contestants reveal who would choose for Eurovision 2024!

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Over the past two weeks, participants who have qualified for the Eesti Laul 2024 final were invited to vote for their favorite song for the Estonian Final.

Specifically, they were asked which of their fellow competitors they would like to represent Estonia in Malmö, with the candidates answering:

  • Cartoon & Ewert Puuluup -> Ollie
  • Carlos Ukareda -> Daniel Levi
  • Nele-Liis Vaiksoo -> Daniel Levi
  • Anet Vaikmaa -> Ollie, 5miinust x Puuluup ή Daniel Levi
  • Daniel Levi -> 5miinust x Puuluup
  • Ewert & the 2 Dragons -> 5miinust x Puuluup
  • Uudo Sepp -> 5miinust x Puuluup
  • Brother Apollo -> Daniel Levi ή 5miinust x Puuluup
  • Peter Põder -> Nele-Liis Vaiksoo
  • Ollie -> Ollie
  • 5Miinust -> Cartoon & Ewert
  • Puuluup -> Ollie

We remind you that the running order of the ten artists who will compete in the grand final of Eesti Laul 2024 is as follows:

  1. Βrother Apollo – “Bad Boy” 
  2. Carlos Ukareda – “Never Growing Up”
  3. Ewert and The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now”
  4. Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin” 
  5. Ollie – “My Friend”
  6. Daniel Levi – “Over The Moon”
  7. Uudo Sepp, Sarah Murray – “Still love” 
  8. Peter Põder – “Korra veel”
  9. 5miinust ja Puuluup – “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”
  10. Nele-Liss Vaiksoo – “Kate Umber Jaa”

The Grand Final of Eesti Laul 2024 is going to takes place on this Saturday 17th of February at Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn hosted by Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld. There will be two rounds of voting. The first round will determine the three entries that will advance to the Super Final, which are determined by 50% of the jury and 50% of the televote. There the Estonian representative will be selected exclusively through televoting.

Last year in Liverpool Estonia was represented by Alika and her song Bridges finishing in the 8th place of the Grand Final marking the best result of this Baltic Nation since 2018!

Source: ERR

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Estonia: These are the guest artists of “Eesti Laul 2024”!

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On this Saturday, February the 17th, the National Final of Estonia will take place, through which the official entry for the country’s participation in Eurovision 2024 will be determined, of it is all about the famous “Eesti Laul 2024“.

It is important to note that this year Estonia celebrates its thirty (30) years of participation in Eurovision Song Contest, since its first entry back in 1994, by Silvi Vraid. Thus, the national Estonian broadcaster, ERR, just a few hours ago, announced a fully glamorous list of names and celebrities that are going to be present at the Grand Final.

This specific list of course includes the one and only Silvi Vraid, who represented Estonia in 1994 for the very first time with her song “Nagu Marelaine” and also the famous singer Lea Dali Lion. Furthermore, the famous metal band HND, rapper Gameboy Tetris, pop singer Eleryn Tiit, the drum duo Muteko Taiko and the dancers from Dance Republic Tantsukooli will also be present in order to entertain the audience and to celebrate also Vraid’s talent and contribution to the Estonian music scene.

 

Moreover, for the very first time, rapper Arop will perform his new single “A.I.A. (Anna Inimesele Andeks)”, which was recorded almost four years ago by Arop and the late Lea Dali Lion, who would have celebrated her 50th birthday.

 

Until then, let’s remember the running order of the ten (10) artists who are going to perform at Eesti Laul 2024:

  1. Brother Apollo – “Bad Boy“
  2. Carlos Ukareda – “Never Growing Up“
  3. Ewert and the Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now“
  4. Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin“
  5. Ollie – “My Friend“
  6. Daniel Levi – “Over the Moon“
  7. Uudo Sepp, Sarah Murray – “Still Love“
  8. Peter Põder – “Korra Veel“
  9. 5miinust ja Puuluup – “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi“
  10. Nele-Liss Vaiksoo – “Käte ümber Jää“

The Grand Final of “Eesti Laul 2024” will take place at Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, while the main hosts Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld. There are going to be two voting rounds, while the first one is the one that is going to determine which entries will be qualified for the Super Final; the qualification will be determined by a split voting system among the public’s vote (50%) and jury’s vote (the rest 50%), while the winner will be determined by the public only.

Hence, only a few days separate us from finding out who is going to be Alika’s successor, who ended at the 8th place, singing her song “Bridges”.

Source: ERR

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Estonia: Eesti Laul 2024 final show line-up!

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A while ago, Estonian broadcaster ERR announced the line-up of the 10 artists who will compete in the final of Eesti Laul 2024!

Brother Apollo will open the curtain with the song “Bad Boy“, while Nele-Liss Vaiksoo will appear in the finale with the song “Kate Umber Jaa”.

The order of appearance of the final is as follows:

  1. Βrother Apollo – “Bad Boy” 
  2. Carlos Ukareda – “Never Growing Up”
  3. Ewert and The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now”
  4. Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin” 
  5. Ollie – “My Friend”
  6. Daniel Levi – “Over The Moon”
  7. Uudo Sepp, Sarah Murray – “Still love” 
  8. Peter Põder – “Korra veel”
  9. 5miinust ja Puuluup – “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”
  10. Nele-Liss Vaiksoo – “Kate Umber Jaa”

The Grand Final of Eesti Laul 2024 will be held on February 17 at Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn hosted by Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld. There will be two rounds of voting. The first round will determine the entries that will advance to the Super Final, which are determined by 50% of the jury and 50% of the televote. There the Estonian representative will be selected exclusively through televoting.

The winner of Eesti Laul 2023 and therefore Estonia’s representative at Eurovision 2023 was Alika with her song “Bridges“. Alika finished in 8th place in the final ranking, marking her country’s best result in the competition since 2018.

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Source:  ERR

Eurovision 2024: The Semi-Final Allocation Draw Results!

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Malmö with a very nice event hosted a few minutes ago the draw for the semi-finals of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest.

The analyzes of the fans and not only, have been on fire for a few minutes now. Since the theories based on the pre-history of the countries in the competition, it is a first insight into how passable the qualification to the final is or not. In other words, it’s time to make our predictions, about who will go through to the final and who are the favorites to say goodbye to Malmö early…

The presenters and the handover ceremony

Presenters of the Eurovision 2024 semi-final draw were Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi. It is worth mentioning that Pernilla Månsson Colt was also the presenter of the corresponding draw in 2013, eleven years ago when Malmö hosted the Eurovision Song Contest for the last time. Both of them are part of the SVT staff, being some of the most beloved faces of the Swedish state broadcaster.

During the draw, the ceremony of handing over and accepting the emblem of the contest took place. The mayor of Liverpool, Steven Rotheram, formally handed over the “keys to the event” to the mayor of Malmö, Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh.

Draw Procedure

Big 5 and Sweden

With the big winner of last year’s competition, Sweden, directly in the final, along with the Big 5 (UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain), the first part of the draw determined the semi-final that the direct finalists would vote for.

Will vote in the 1st Semi-Final:

  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany

Will vote in the 2nd Semi-Final:

  • Spain
  • Italy
  • France

In the semi-final that the six aforementioned countries were drawn to broadcast and vote for, the video from their dress rehearsal will also be shown. This was done at Eurovision 2016 for the first time, for reasons of equal exposure of the countries directly in the final and the countries that qualify from the semi-finals. Essentially, viewers see each entry twice during the shows.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The allocation draw for the two semi-finals had two parts. In the first part the 31 countries participating in the semi-finals were drawn in which of the two they will compete in. Fifteen countries will compete in the first semi-final and sixteen in the second semi-final.

In the second part, each country learned whether it will appear in the first or second half of the semi-final in which it will compete. The exact order of appearance will be determined by the EBU and the show’s producers at a later date.

1st Semi-final (May 7):

1st Half

  • Ukraine
  • Cyprus
  • Poland
  • Serbia
  • Lithuania
  • Croatia
  • Ireland

2nd Half

  • Slovenia
  • Iceland
  • Finland
  • Portugal
  • Luxembourg
  • Australia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Moldova

2nd Semi-Final (May 9):

1st Half

  • Austria
  • Malta
  • Switzerland
  • Greece
  • Czechia
  • Albania
  • Denmark
  • Armenia

2nd Half

  • Israel
  • Estonia
  • Georgia
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Latvia
  • San Marino
  • Belgium

Malmö will host the 68th Eurovision Song Contest from 7 to 11 May at the Malmö Arena. The motto of this year’s event, as chosen by the organisers, is “United by Music“, retaining the motto first chosen for last year’s contest in Liverpool.

You can see the draw again through the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_-2hMEq5sk

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Eurovision 2024: Tonight the Allocation Draw!

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At 19:00 CET and live from Malmö, Sweden, the draw for the Eurovision 2024 semi-finals will take place tonight.

During today’s event, there will also be a handover of the event’s banner from the city of Liverpool to the city of Malmö. For this reason, both the Mayor of Liverpool, Steven Rotheram, and the Mayor of the Swedish city, Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, will be present at today’s draw.

The hosts

The hosts of tonight’s draw for the semi-finals of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest will be Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi. It is worth mentioning that Pernilla Månsson Colt was the presenter of the equivalent draw in 2013, eleven years ago when Malmö hosted the Eurovision Song Contest for the last time.

The draw procedure

The first part of the draw will determine which semi-final will be broadcast and voted for by each of the six countries that are directly in the final on 11 May (Sweden, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom).

The second part of the draw will determine which semi-final and which half the other 31 participating countries will compete in. As in recent years, the exact order of appearance will be determined by the event producers at a later date.

The 31 countries have been divided into five pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by Eurovision’s official voting partner, Digame.

Drawing countries from different pots aims to reduce the likelihood of so-called neighbour voting and increases the suspense in the semi-finals.

Pots

Pot 1
  • 🇦🇱 Albania
  • 🇦🇹 Austria
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland
  • 🇭🇷 Croatia
  • 🇷🇸 Serbia
  • 🇸🇮 Slovenia
Pot 2
  • 🇦🇺 Australia
  • 🇩🇰 Denmark
  • 🇪🇪 Estonia
  • 🇫🇮 Finland
  • 🇮🇸 Iceland
  • 🇳🇴 Norway
Pot 3
  • 🇦🇲 Armenia
  • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
  • 🇬🇪 Georgia
  • 🇮🇱 Israel
  • 🇱🇻 Latvia
  • 🇱🇹 Lithuania
  • 🇺🇦 Ukraine
Pot 4
  • 🇨🇾 Cyprus
  • 🇬🇷 Greece
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland
  • 🇲🇹 Malta
  • 🇵🇹 Portugal
  • 🇸🇲 San Marino
Pot 5
  • 🇧🇪 Belgium
  • 🇨🇿 Czechia
  • 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands
  • 🇲🇩 Moldova
  • 🇵🇱 Poland

https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/1751972070479565001

So in the evening, we all tune in for the draw of the semi-finals of our favourite contest. You can watch the draw on the official Eurovision channel on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_-2hMEq5sk

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Eurovision 2024: The Semi-final allocation pots!

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The Semi-Final Allocation Draw 2024 will take place tomorrow Tuesday 30 January at 19:00 CET live from Malmo, alongside a ceremony which sees the Host City insignia pass from previous hosts Liverpool to Malmo.

https://youtu.be/Q_-2hMEq5sk

The draw will be hosted by Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi and fans will be able to watch on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

The Allocation Draw will determine whether countries participate in the First Semi-Final (Tuesday 7 May at 21:00 CEST) or the Second Semi-Final (Thursday 9 May at 21:00 CEST). Also randomly allocated is whether a country will perform in the first or second half of the Semi-Final they’ve drawn.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw: How does it work?

Sweden as the Host Country and reigning champion respectively, along with the other 6 members of the so-called ‘Big 6’ participating countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom) do not compete in the Semi-Finals, but their domestic audiences do get to vote in one of them… so before the competing countries are allocated a place in a Semi-Final, it will be randomly determined which of the Semi-Finals the Big 6 will each be allowed to vote on.

The next part of the draw will determine in which Semi-Final and in which half of the respective Semi-Final the other 31 participating countries will perform in.

Semi-Final Allocation Pots 2024

Pot 1

Pot 2

Pot 3
  • Albania
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Croatia
  • Serbia
  • Slovenia
  • Denmark
  • Australia
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Estonia
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Israel
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Ukraine

Pot 4

Pot 5

Pot 6
  • Cyprus
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Malta
  • Portugal
  • San Marino
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Netherlands
  • Moldova
  • Poland
  • Luxembourg
  • France
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • Sweden

 

Drawing countries from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called neighbourly voting and increases suspense in the Semi-Finals. You can get a good idea of how it will all work by watching the 2022 Allocation Draw on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

The Eurovision Song Contest is due to take place on 7, 9 and 11 May 2024 in Malmo, Sweden, who won the Contest thanks to Loreen winning in 2023.

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates!

Source: Eurovision.tv

Estonia: Over 300,000 viewers watched the Eesti Laul 2024 Semi-Final shows

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A total of 344,000 viewers watched at least 15 minutes of the broadcasts of the semi-final of Eesti Laul 2024.

ERR reported that last week more than 300,000 people watched part of the broadcasts that made up the coverage of the Eesti Laul 2024 semi-final by broadcasters. Across all TV networks ETV, ETV+ and TV2, a total of 344,000 people watched at least 15 minutes of one of the broadcasts.

During the live broadcast of the semi-final on Saturday evening, an average of 179,000 viewers watched the show on ETV, while another 10,000 viewers watched it on ETV+. In addition, 10,000 people watched the live broadcast on online platforms and radio.

Two accompanying broadcasts were also aired as part of the Eesti Laul 2024 semi-final. An average of 101,000 people watched Eesti Laul 2024. In the European Capital of Culture in Tartu, 97,000 viewers watched the Pink Carpet broadcast preceding the semi-final.

The results of the semi-final were as follows (qualifiers in bold):

  1. 5miinust ja Puuluup – “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”
  2. Inga – “No Dog On a Leash”
  3. Ollie – “My Friend”
  4. Yonna  – “I Don’t Know About You”
  5. Peter Põder – “Korra veel”
  6. Cartoon and Ewert Sundja – “Oblivion” 
  7. Traffic – “Wunderbar” 
  8. Ingmar –“Dreaming”
  9. Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin” 
  10. Laura – “Here’s Where I Draw the Line”
  11. Sofia Rubina – “Be Good”
  12. Antsud – “Vetevaim”
  13. Silver Jusilo – “Lately”
  14. Cecilia –“FOMO”
  15. Ewert and The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now”

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Estonia: Eesti Laul 2024 Semi-Final Review & Results!

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The Semi-Final of Eesti Laul 2024, the selection process of Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest, has just finished!

In today’s Semi-Final, only five out of fifteen contestants are allowed to qualify for the Grand Final. Then the qualifiers will meet the other five automatic finalists on February 17, where they will be competing for the title of the Estonian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024!

About the show

The presenters of the evening were Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets. The show took place in the sports hall of the University of Tartu.

Here are the 15 songs that competed today for the remaining five spots:

  1. 5miinust ja Puuluup – “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”
  2. Inga – “No Dog On a Leash”
  3. Ollie – “My Friend”
  4. Yonna  – “I Don’t Know About You”
  5. Peter Põder “Korra veel”
  6. Multikas, Ewert Sundja – “Oblivion” 
  7. Traffic – “Wunderbar” 
  8. Ingmar –“Dreaming”
  9. Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin” 
  10. Laura – “Here’s Where I Draw the Line”
  11. Sofia Rubina – “Be Good”
  12. Antsud – “Vetevaim”
  13. Silver Jusilo – “Lately”
  14. Cecilia –“FOMO”
  15. Ewert and The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now”

The review of the competing performances:

1. 5miinust ja Puuluup – “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”  

Rating: 6/10

While being the favorites to win Eesti Laul, they did not fascinate or surprise me. For some people this might’ve been great; however, it felt a little forced for me. It is still fun! The staging was definitely messy. However, personally I believe this is the best choice for Estonia, as the European audience hasn’t heard the Estonian language for a while and this could score decent with the televote. Can this repeat Alika’s success? It might but it is questionable; nevertheless if possible, then it could be the other way round (strong tele, poor jury support).

2. Inga – “No Dog On a Leash”

Rating; 5/10

A cute song; nevertheless coming after the frontrunners of the show, this felt like a filler.

3. Ollie – “My Friend”

Rating: 5/10

The second favorite to win Eesti Laul! Not a huge fan of the song, as I believe this is the type of rock that could be considered generic. Great stage presence, but it felt very basic and something that we have seen million times at ESC.

4. Yonna  – “I Don’t Know About You”

Rating: 5/10

I found the performance a little boring. However, I would like to note that she should return to Eesti Laul, as there is definitely some potential!

5. Peter Põder “Korra veel”

Rating: 4/10

Another boring and dated song. The same can be said about the performance as well.

6. Multikas, Ewert Sundja – “Oblivion” 

Rating: 7/10

The strongest for me so far. The song is really catchy, even though a bit generic. The performance was not boring, however I am absolutely sure that this is not the song that Estonia should send to Eurovision.

7. Traffic – “Wunderbar” 

Rating: 4/10

Cute song and performance, but felt like a filler. Boring.

8. Ingmar –“Dreaming”

Rating: 2/10

Very dated, straight from a cheap fabricated movie. The singer has excellent vocal range and capacity and definitely deserved to sing a better song and have at least a better staging. Felt like a 15th placer in the semi-final of Eurovision 2007.

9. Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin” 

Rating : 4/10

If Hannah Montana was Estonian. Great charisma and energy on stage though.

10. Laura – “Here’s Where I Draw the Line”

Rating: 9/10

Obviously this is a generic song and the weakest attempt of Laura’s; however, what a DIVA! The shower effect looked surprisingly professional too. Did not get bored at all. Laura herself is a show!

11. Sofia Rubina – “Be Good”

Rating: 7/10

I am really surprised that this is last in the semi-final odds. Excellent vocals and great staging!

12. Antsud – “Vetevaim”

Rating: 4/10

Objectively one of the weakest songs and performances.

13. Silver Jusilo – “Lately”

Rating: 3/10

Very boring. Does nothing at all.

14. Cecilia –“FOMO”

Rating: 9.5/10

EXCELLENT performance! Cecilia delivered perfect vocals and stage presence. The song is also the best one, according to my personal taste. Although some camera angles were questionable and I would change the choreography a little bit, this was too entertaining regardless. Wow! Hope she makes it to the superfinal at least. Cecilia needs to represent Estonia in the upcoming years, if not this year.

15. Ewert and The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now”

Rating: 4/10

I was not moved by this. Cecilia seemed to be better I believe.

Results

The five artists who qualified for the Eesti Laul 2024 final were determined after two rounds of voting.

In the first round after finalizing and combining the scores of the jury and the television audience, the following songs qualified:

  • Ewert and The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now”
  • Ollie – “My Friend”
  • 5miinust ja Puuluup – “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”

Among the e remaining songs, a new vote was held where only the TV audience decided on the one two songs, which will qualify for the grand final of Eesti Laul 2024:

  • Peter Põder “Korra veel”
  • Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin” 

The three songs voted the most by the committee were:

  • Inga – “No Dog On a Leash”
  • Cartoon and Ewert Sundja – “Oblivion” 
  • Ewert and The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now”

The automatic finalists are:

  1. Βrother Apollo – “Bad Boy” 
  2. Daniel Levi – “Over The Moon”
  3. Nele-Liss Vaiksoo – “Kate Umber Jaa”
  4.  Carlos Ukareda – “Never Growing Up”
  5. Uudo Sepp, Sarah Murray – “Still love” 

The Eesti Laul 2024 Final will take place on February 17 in Tallinn.

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Estonia: Eesti Laul 2024 Semi-Final Tonight!

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Estonia has embarked on its journey to select its representative for Eurovision 2024, officially commencing Eesti Laul 2024 tonight. Once again, the Baltic nation chooses to utilize Eesti Laul as the method for selecting its Eurovision contender.

Format Changes

The organizers of the Estonian public broadcaster have decided to implement changes in the format of Eesti Laul for another year. Consequently, this year’s edition of the Estonian national final will unfold across two nights, one for the semi-final and one for the grand final on February 17.

In the Eesti Laul 2024 semi-final, 15 participants will compete, with five advancing to the grand final. These five artists will join five others who have already secured direct entry into this year’s Eesti Laul grand final.

However, the voting format for Eesti Laul remains the same. The semi-final will undergo two rounds of voting. In the first round, the audience and a jury collectively contribute to the results, determining the first finalists. The second round relies solely on the Estonian public’s vote, finalizing the selection of entries to complete this year’s Eesti Laul.

Grand Finalists

Five artists have already secured direct entry into the grand final on February 17:

  1. Βrother Apollo – “Bad Boy” 
  2. Daniel Levi – “Over The Moon”
  3. Nele-Liss Vaiksoo – “Kate Umber Jaa”
  4.  Carlos Ukareda – “Never Growing Up”
  5. Uudo Sepp, Sarah Murray – “Still love” 

Semi-Finalists

Tonight, 15 artists will compete for the last five tickets to Eesti Laul 2024 Grand Final. The participants are:

  1. 5miinust ja Puuluup – “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”
  2. Inga – “No Dog On a Leash”
  3. Ollie – “My Friend”
  4. Yonna  – “I Don’t Know About You”
  5. Peter Põder “Korra veel”
  6. Multikas, Ewert Sundja – “Oblivion” 
  7. Traffic – “Wunderbar” 
  8. Ingmar –“Dreaming”
  9. Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin” 
  10. Laura – “Here’s Where I Draw the Line”
  11. Sofia Rubina – “Be Good”
  12. Antsud – “Vetevaim”
  13. Silver Jusilo – “Lately”
  14. Cecilia –“FOMO”
  15. Ewert and The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now”

The hosts for this year’s Eesti Laul are Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld.

Don’t miss the Eesti Laul 2024 semi-final, airing at 18:15 CET through the official website of Estonia’s public broadcaster. Watch it here.

Alika, winner of Eesti Laul 2023, represented Estonia at Eurovision 2023 with the song “Bridges” and secured the nation’s best result since 2018 by finishing in 8th place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsbC-OYMA3s

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all updates on Estonia’s journey in Eurovision 2024!