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Estonia: Tommy Cash is confident that he will be the Eesti Laul 2025 winner!

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In an interview with ERR, the country’s national broadcaster, Estonian rap star Tommy Cash said he was confident that the organizers of Estonia’s top song contest Eesti Laul would not miss the chance to include him among this year’s finalists. Cash also believes he is the best artist to represent Estonia at Eurovision 2025.

Cash told ERR that he had no doubt that his song would be selected for the upcoming edition of Eesti Laul, the competition that will determine who will represent Estonia at Eurovision in 2025.

“I always felt inside that [the judges] would definitely pick that song because I don’t think Eesti Laul is stupid and I don’t think they would pass up the opportunity for me to be in there as I think I could be the best representative for Estonia.”

According to Cash, now strategically is the right time in his career to compete in Eurovision.

“Because I have been working with Käärijä (Finland’s 2023 Eurovision contestant – ed.) and I started working with a producer who also produced the Finnish Eurovision song ‘Cha Cha Cha.’ Then there was this moment where I made a little joke on stage and said I was going to Eurovision and it snowballed so much from there. “When I was walking down the street, all the fans were like, ‘yeah, yeah, Eurovision!’ The internet picked up on it too and so, I feel like young people in Estonia have made up their minds about who is going to Eurovision. Of course, I also hope that everyone will like the song and I will do my best. But you never know. However, I would like to say with confidence that I could go to Eurovision right now.”

If Cash doesn’t win the next Eesti Laul, he said, he’ll be okay with that too.

“I’m totally fine with it, I understand and people will just have to imagine what would have happened if Tommy Cash had gone to Eurovision. I’m giving people the chance to think that I could actually go, because the competition actually starts if I were to win Eesti Laul, which is very important”

He also added that if he doesn’t win Eurovision, he would be satisfied with a top five finish.

Commenting on his participation in the Estonian contest Eesti Laul,  Cash finds his song “Espresso Macchiato” captivating.

“It’s something new for everyone. I’m often asked what I think about such a video or picture. Everything I do has a context for me, but for every person it’s different. Let people listen to it for themselves.”

In the end, Cash clarified that after 2025 he does not intend to compete in Eesti Laul again.

“Why? When I’m already going to Eurovision and I’m going to do it in such a legendary way”

The Eesti Laul 2025 is scheduled for February 15, 2025, when we will find out who will raise the Estonian flag at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, next May in Basel, Switzerland!

Source: ERR

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Εstonia: This is the second confirmed act for Eesti Laul 2025!

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As we have informed you, ERR, the public broadcaster of Estonia, will reveal the names of the 15 participants of Eesti Laul 2025, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, on November 4 and 5 during the show “Ringvaade”.

However, on Friday, following this announcement, the first entry for the national final was presented, namely, that of Räpina Jack and Kaisa Ling.

Just a few moments ago, during the program “R2 Hommik”, another entry was announced for the national final. In detail, Tuuli Rand will participate in Eesti Laul with the song “Rem”.

“Rem” is a power ballad with strong vocals. The remaining names will be announced as scheduled on November 4 and 5, while the songs will be revealed for the first time during the program “Start” on December 6. One remaining competing artist will be revealed on January!

This year, Eesti Laul will take place as a single show, which will take place on February 15, 2025.

The previous winners of Eesti Laul and representatives of Estonia at Eurovision 2024 were 5MIINUST x Puuluup with the song “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”, which finished in 20th place in the grand final.

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Source: ERR

Estonia: The participants of Eesti Laul 2025 will be announced on November 4 and 5!

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The contestants aiming to win Eesti Laul 2025 and represent Estonia in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest will be announced by ERR in just a few days.

The reveal of the fifteen Eesti Laul 2025 contestants will take place on November 4 and November 5 on “Ringvaade“. Tanja, Estonia’s 2014 representative, will be hosted on the live show on November 5, and Jüri Pootsmann, the 2016 representative, will be hosted on November 4.

In the meantime, public feedback will be taken into consideration when the sixteenth and final Eesti Laul 2025 contestant is revealed in early January.

How were the contestants selected?

Following the end of the submission period, ERR had received 175 entries for Eesti Laul 2025.

Then, a 34-member jury made up of singers, composers, producers, presenters, singing instructors, and music enthusiasts in general assessed the songs that were submitted to Eesti Laul 2025. The panel evaluated the songs in an anonymous manner without being aware of the songwriters’ or artists’ identities and consisted of several Eurovision personalities, such as Alika(Estonia 2023), Jüri Pootsmann(Estonia 2016), Kohver (Estonia 2024 – as a member of 5miinust).

What’s next

After the reveal of the first fifteen contestants, their song will be played for the first time on the “Start” program on December 6. At the beginning of January, the sixteenth competitor will be revealed.

The Estonian selection will only consist of one night-show, in which sixteen songs are going to compete and will take place on February 15, 2025.

This year’s Eesti Laul’s winners and therefore the Estonian representatives in Malmö were 5miinust and Puuluup, finishing in the twentieth place in the Grand Final.

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Source: err

Estonia: 175 entries submitted for Eesti Laul 2025!

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The submission window for Eesti Laul 2025, the Estonian national selection for Eurovision, opened a month ago, marking the official beginning of the Eurovision 2025 season. The submission’s period ended today, October 21, after being opened for a month.

Hence, ERR revealed that 175 entries were submitted for Eesti Laul 2025 and will compete for the Estonian representation in Basel.

Eesti Laul 2025 statistics

As it was revealed, out of the 175 submissions:

  • 65 of them are in Estonian
  • 110 of them are sung in foreign languages, including English, Italian, French and German

Regarding the artists, there are both established and emerging performers. The Head of ERR’s programs, Karmel Killandi, mentions:

I am especially happy that there are talented young performers among the contestants, as well as famous artists. We still hope, that this competition lays the foundation for a stage career at home or internationally. It is certain that the [Estonian] music scene is richer by 175 songs, and that’s why we do this competition!

The interest on Eesti Laul 2025 is not only confined inside Estonia but extends internationally.

This year’s Eesti Laul proves that music knows no borders and Eesti Laul is a valued platform abroad as well.

According to Vanni, many “creative” forces from abroad take part in the competition, including creators from Norway, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Malta, Spain, Turkey, USA, Great Britain, Latvia, Austria, Denmark, Holland, Croatia and Lithuania.

We take it as recognition that Eesti Laul has its place on the international scene.

Rumored artists

The following artists have teased their participation in Eesti Laul so far:

  • Tommy Cash uploaded a “Transfer Complete” image in his instagram messages channel yesterday, while
  • Ant Nurhan said he’s “not allowed to comment on it”

Eesti Laul 2025 – what’s next?

A jury made up of singers, composers, producers, presenters, singing instructors, and music enthusiasts in general will now assess the songs that were submitted to Eesti Laul 2025. The 35-member panel will assess the songs in an anonymous manner without being aware of the songwriters’ or artists’ identities. Fifteen of the competing songs will advance straight to the finals, where the public can vote on the sixteenth song.

The jury’s decision will be published by the Estonian National Broadcasting Company at the beginning of November. On December 6, the songs will be played for the first time on the “Start” program. At the beginning of January, the sixteenth competitor will be revealed.

The Estonian selection will only consist of one night-show, in which sixteen songs are going to compete and will take place on February 15, 2025.

This year’s Eesti Laul’s winners and therefore the Estonian representatives in Malmö were 5miinust and Puuluup, finishing in the twentieth place in the Grand Final.

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Estonia: Songs sumbissions for Eesti Laul 2025 begin!

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Today Estonia’s national broadcaster, ERR, officially announced the opening of the submission process for Eesti Laul 2025, the music show through which the country selects its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest which in 2025 is going to take place in Basel, Switzerland.

The most significant change to the Estonian show is that it only consists of the final night, in which 16 songs are going to compete and is scheduled to take place on February 15, 2025. The deadline for entries is October 21. Of the 16 songs that are going to compete in Eesti Laul 2025, 15 are going to be selected by a special jury by November 8 and revealed on December 6. From the remaining songs not selected by the jury, one is going to be chosen by the public and revealed no later than January 6, 2025.

Estonia at this year’s Eurovision in Malmö was represented by the groups 5miinust and Puuluup and the song “(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) meda” finishing in 20th place in the final.

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Source: ERR

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Estonia: The detailed results and viewership of Eesti Laul 2024!

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On Saturday night, the national final of Estonia, Eesti Laul 2024, came to an end, and 5miinust & Puuluup are the lucky ones to fly the Estonian flag in Malmö with the song “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) meda”. So today the Estonian public broadcaster, EER, announced the detailed results of the semi-final and final, of Eesti Laul 2024.

The detailed results of the semi-final

The results of the first round of the semi-final

The results of the second round of the semi-final

With the combined results of the first round of the semi-final the three qualifiers to the final were Ollie, 5miinust ja Puuluup και Ewert and The Two Dragons. In the second round the two artists that managed to proceed to the the final were Anet Vaikmaa receiving 1,864 points and Peter Põder receiving 1,413 points.

The detailed results of the final

The results of the first and second round of the final were as per below

5miinust & Puuluup, who were crowned winners of the Estonian final on Saturday, were the favorite song of the public, winning all voting rounds and in the super final they gothered 26,422 points.

Finally, as far as viewership is concerned, 183 thousand watched the first part of the final of Eesti Laul 2024, which was shown in two parts. The second part was watched by 205 thousand viewers. However, the show remained the most popular TV event in Estonia last week.

Below you can watch our reaction video to the Estonian entry:

Source: ERR

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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: The Guest performances of the Semi-Final of Eesti Laul 2024!

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This Saturday (20th of January), the Semi-Final of Eesti Laul, the national selection of Estonia for Eurovision 2024, will take place. Later today, Estonia’s national broadcaster, ERR, has announced some of the guest performances of the night!

The Semi-Final of Eesti Laul 2024 will begin with a performance of the 15-member dance group Põmaki!, which will be directed by the choreographer Ingmar Jõela. After that, Annett Kulbin and the reggae/ska band Angus will perform a special rendition of the winning song of Eurovision 2023, “Tattoo”.

Anett has already participated in Eesti Laul in 2023, along with Fredi, with the song “You Need to Move On” which finnished 10th in the national selection. She has also been part of the jury for the pre-selection of the artists for Eesti Laul 2024.

From the other side the reggae/ska band Angus, will be part of the show for the first time. However, thwy have alraedy worked together with Stefan and Uku Suviste, Estonian’s representatives in Eurovision 2021 & 2022 respectively.

Let’s remember the participants of the Semi-Final:

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

The songs are gonna be voted both by a jury and a televote system. Only five out of the fifteen participants will manage to make it though the Final !

Alika represented Estonia in Eurovision 2023 with the song “Bridges” which finished in the 8th position with 168 points!

Do you think Estonia can manage to finish in the Top 10 of this year’s contest?

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Source : ERR

Estonia: The running order of Eesti Laul’s semi-final!

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A few moments ago, the Estonian broadcaster ERR announced the lineup of the 15 artists who will compete in the semi-final of Eesti Laul 2024! Puuluup and fiveminuust are scheduled to open the show with the song “(nendest) narkootikumide ei tea (küll), midagi,” while the last song to grace the stage is “Hold me now” by Ewert and The Two Dragons.

Here is the complete list of the lineup:

  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”

We would like to remind you that Eesti Laul 2024 is going to take place on the following dates:

  • Semi-final: Saturday, January 20
  • Final: Saturday, February 17

Here is the list of the five artists that have already proceeded to the grand final:

  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 winner of Eesti Laul 2023 and,thus,the representative of Estonia at Eurovision 2023 was Alika with her song “Bridges.” Alika secured the 8th position in the final rankings, achieving the best result for her country in the competition since 2018.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsbC-OYMA3s&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionfun.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

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Estonia: Eesti Laul semi-final and red carpet party in the city of Tartu!

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Eesti Laul, the Eurovision national selection procedure of Estonia, will go to Tartu on 20 January with a semi-final to celebrate the appointment of Tartu as the European Capital of Culture. Only one major semi-final will be held this year, with 15 artists entering the competition.

According to Marili Vihmann, Head of Information and Marketing at the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024, it is important that major events take place in Tartu and Southern Estonia, which are usually held in Tallinn: 

“Eesti Laul is a good example of how Tartu 2024 brings together events from different parts of Estonia to celebrate together and celebrate the title of the European Capital of Culture.” 

In addition, there will also be a glamorous red carpet party in Tartu, which has not been done before at Eesti Laul. Vihmann added on that:

“As the Capital of Culture, of course, we do not choose traditional red and we surprise the people with a pink carpet party in the hallmark colors of Tartu 2024.”

As far as she knows, the intermediate clips of Eesti Laul will also be Tartu-themed.

According to Karmel Killand, head of experience programmes at the Estonian Public Broadcasting, the national broadcaster has a proud feeling of being in the city.

“Where else, if not in Tartu – in the newly formed European Capital of Culture to start choosing Estonia’s representative for Eurovision. But of course, all year long in our channels, we also take all other interesting events to homes in Southern Estonia.”

Eesti Laul Semi-Final Contestants

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

The evening will be led by Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets.

Eesti Laul will take place in the sports hall of the University of Tartu. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. In the run-up to the semi-finals, there will be an autograph class with the artists from 6 to 6:30 p.m. ETV will start the live broadcast at 6:45 p.m. with a glamorous pink carpet party reception. The live stream of the competition will begin at 7:15 p.m.

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Source: Tartu Postimees