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Estonia: The Semi-Finals Running Order of Eesti Laul 2023 has been revealed!

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A short while ago, the Estonian broadcaster announced the running order of the 20 artists who will compete in the two semi-finals of Eesti Laul 2023!

Janek will open the curtain with House of Glass, while Anett and Fredi will be the last to perform in the first semi-final with You Need to Move On. Inger‘s Awaiting You will be the first song to be heard in the Second Semi-Final, which will end with Alika‘s Bridges.

The running order for the Two Semi-Finals is as follows:
First Semi-Final – January 12
  1. JANEK – “House of Glass”
  2. Ellip – “Pretty Girl”
  3. Kaw – “Valik”
  4. MERLYN – “Unicorn Vibes”
  5. MIA – “Üks samm korraga” (One step at a time)
  6. Neon Letters & Maiko – “Tokimeki” (Palpitation)
  7. OLLIE – “Venom”
  8. Andreas – “Why Do You Love Me”
  9. Bedwetters – “Monsters”
  10. Anett x Fredi – “You Need to Move On”
Second Semi-Final – January 14
  1. Inger – “Awaiting You”
  2. Linalakk & Bonzo – “Aeg” (Time)
  3. Meelik- “Tuju”
  4. Elysa – “Bad Philosophy”
  5. Robin Juhkental – “Kurbuse matused” (Funeral of sorrow)
  6. m els – “So Good At What You Do”
  7. Wiiralt – “Salalik“
  8. Sissi – “Lighthouse”’
  9. Carlos Ukareda – “Whiskey Won’t Forget”
  10. Alika – “Bridges”

Eesti Laul 2023

In the semi-finals, five songs (out of ten) from each show will be selected to advance to the Grand Final. Three songs will be chosen by the audience and two by the jury.

In the Grand Final the show will have two rounds of voting. The first round will determine the entries that will advance to the Super Final, 50% by the jury and 50% by the TV audience. There the Estonian representative is selected by 100% televoting .

Eesti Laul 2023 will take place on the following dates:

First Semi-Final – Thursday 12 January
First semi-final – Saturday 14 January
Grand Final – Saturday 11 February

Last year’s winner of Eesti Laul and Estonia’s representative at Eurovision 2022 was Stefan with the song “Hope”. He finished in 13th place in the Grand Final, bringing his country back to the final after an elimination in 2021:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdTpQmMem8U

Stay tuned for all developments about Estonia in Eurovision 2023!

Source: ERR

Estonia: Listen to the songs competing in Eesti Laul 2023!

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Estonia’s public broadcaster, ERR, released the 20 songs that are going to participate in Eesti Laul 2023, in order to claim the country’s representation in Eurovision 2023.

The competitors of Eesti Laul 2023:

In the list below you can see the 20 competing artists and their songs for Eesti Laul 2023:

The National Final

Ten songs will compete in each of the two semi-finals, five of which will advance to the Grand Final. Three songs will be chosen by the public vote and two from the jury

The Grand Final, is divided in two rounds of voting. In the first round, that consists of 50% public vote and 50% jury vote, will determine the songs that will advance to the Superfinal. Then, the Estonian representative will be decided by 100% public vote.

We remind you that these are the dates announced for Eesti Laul 2023:

  • First Semi-Final – January 12th
  • Second Semi-Final – January 14th
  • Grand Final – February 11th

The previous winner of Eesti Laul and Estonia’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was Stefan with the song “Hope“,  who ended up in 13th place in the Grand Final, while on the same time he brough his country back to the final after a non-qualification in 2021:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Estonian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: Etv.ee

Estonia: Eesti Laul 2023 artists to be announced in the next days | Who is the first confirmed singer?

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After the announcement of the artists for Albania’s and Spain’s national finals, now is Estonia’s turn to reveal the artists that are going to compete in Eesti Laul 2023. ERR, Estonia’s public broadcaster, announced some time ago that they received 217 songs to take part in Eesti Laul 2023, from which only 20 will advance and compete in the two semi-finals.

The names of the artists that will be chosen, will be announced tomorrow and the day after, in November 1 and 2, through the TV show “Ringvaade”, while the 20 songs will be released about a month later, in December 2.

However, there is one singer that is already confirmed to participate in this year’s Eesti Laul, in the first semi-final to be exact. Some hours ago, the producer of Eesti Laul, appeared in “Ringvaade”  to announce to Sissi, that she is one of the 20 artists that are going to compete in this year’s national final.

Sissi is no stranger to the fans of the contest as she has competed in Eesti Laul twice, in 2019 and in 2021. She qualified for the final both times, getting fourth place in 2019 and second place in the Superfinal in 2021, so fans expect a lot from her and her song.

We remind you that these are the dates announced for Eesti Laul 2023:

  • First Semi-Final – January 12th
  • Second Semi-Final – January 14th
  • Grand Final – February 11th

The previous winner of Eesti Laul and Estonia’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was Stefan with the song “Hope“ who ended up in 13th place in the Grand Final, while on the same time he brough his country back to the final after a non-qualification in 2021:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Estonian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Estonia: ERR announces various dates for Eesti Laul 2023!

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Yesterday, the Estonian national broadcaster ERR announced the opening for the song submission window, which will be open until 12:00 at the noon of October 20th.  20 songs will be selected to compete by a professional jury and will be revealed at early December.

The show dates are the following:

  • First Semi-Final – January 12th
  • Second Semi-Final – January 14th
  • Grand Final – February 11th

The participation fees vary in price. Until October 17th, the participation fee for a song in Estonian is 50 euro while the price is doubled to 100 euro for a song in a foreign language, including English. At the final phase of the competition both prices double to 100 euro and 200 euro respectively.

The songwriters and artists eligible for participating in Eesti Laul can be either Estonian citizens or just residents in Estonia, or even non-residents. The same applies for the artists. However, a song may be able to have one non-resident songwriter but they should definitely be accompanied by other songwriters that hold the Estonian residency.

The winner of Eesti Laul 2022 was Stefan with the song “Hope”, with which he represented Estonia in Eurovision 2022. He finished 13th at the Grand final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdTpQmMem8U

Source: Eurovoix

Estonia: Full results of Eesti Laul 2022!

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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:

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Estonian participation in Turin, Italy!

Source: ETV

Estonia: STEFAN won Eesti Laul and will represent Estonia at ESC 2022!

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Today the Grand Final of the Estonian National Selection took place today at 18:30 CET. Ten artists were fighting for the ticket to the biggest European music competition.

The presenters of the show were Maarja-Liis Ilus and Priit Loog.

The participants

Ten artists competed in tonight’s final of the Estonian selection. The ten contestants were:

  1. Elina Nechayeva – “Remedy”
  2. Andrei Zevakin feat. Grete Paia – “Mis nüüd saab”
  3. Jaagup Tuisk – “Kui vaid”
  4. Elysa – “Fire”
  5. Ott Lepland – “Aovalguses”
  6. Stig Rästa – “Interstellar”
  7. Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany – “What To Make Of This”
  8. Stefan – “Hope”
  9. Anna Sahlene – “Champion”
  10. Black Velvet – “Sandra”

The International jury made their decision. This is the top 10 of the Final according to them:

 

The superfinalists were:

Elysa – “Fire”

Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany – “What To Make Of This”

Stefan – “Hope”

STEFAN won Eesti laul 2022 and will represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song ‘HOPE’!

Who is Stefan?

Stefan Ajrapetjan was born on December 24, 1997 in Estonia. He is an Estonian singer of Armenian origin. The singer competed in Eesti Laul in 2019 with his song ‘Without You’, in 2020 with the song ‘By My Side’. Our blog has interviewed the winner of the Estonian National Selection, you can check it by clicking HERE. We wish Stefan good luck in the contest!

Estonia will perform in the second half of the second semi-final!

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Estonia: Eesti Laul final to be held with audience!

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Yesterday, Estonia’s national broadcaster, confirmed that the final of Eesti Laul 2022 will be held with audience.

After the proposal of the Minister of Culture, Estonia’s government decided to grant a special permit for the organizers of the final of Eesti Laul, to allow an audience of 3.000 people in Saku Suurhall, because it is an important national and cultural event. With the, as of now, protection measures for the pandemic, up to 1.000 people are allowed to be in the indoors stage. In the presence of a sovereign public interest, events with a greater number of audience can take place, if the people can disperse in the venue. Saku Suurhall’s capacity is 6.000 seats.

The artists and the running order of the Grand Final of Eesti Laul 2022 are:
  1. Elina Nechayeva – “Remedy”
  2. Andrei Zevakin feat. Grete Paia – “Mis nüüd saab”
  3. Jaagup Tuisk – “Kui vaid”
  4. Elysa – “Fire”
  5. Ott Lepland – “Aovalguses”
  6. Stig Rästa – “Interstellar”
  7. Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany – “What To Make Of This”
  8. Stefan – “Hope”
  9. Anna Sahlene – “Champion”
  10. Black Velvet – “Sandra”

The Grand Final will take place on Saturday, February 12 in Saku Great Hall. The hosts of the final will be Maarja-Liis Ilus, Priit Loog and Jüri Pootsmann. There will be two voting rounds. The first round will decide the artists that will qualify for the Super Final, with 50% jury voting and 50% televoting. In the second round, the Estonian representative will be decided solely on televoting

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Estonia’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Source: Escbubble

Estonia: The running order of the final of Eesti Laul 2022!

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A few hours ago, the public broadcaster of Estonia, ERR, announced the running order of the grand final of Eesti Laul 2022, the country’s national final!

Elina Nechayeva, who represented Estonia in Eurovision 2018, will be the first to perform while Black Velvet will be the last!

The running order of the final is as follows:

  1. Elina Nechayeva – “Remedy”
  2. Andrei Zevakin feat. Grete Paia – “Mis nüüd saab”
  3. Jaagup Tuisk – “Kui vaid”
  4. Elysa – “Fire”
  5. Ott Lepland – “Aovalguses”
  6. Stig Rästa – “Interstellar”
  7. Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany – “What To Make Of This”
  8. Stefan – “Hope”
  9. Anna Sahlene – “Champion”
  10. Black Velvet – “Sandra”

The hosts for the final will be Maarja-Liis Ilus, Priit Loog andJüri Pootsmann. Many surprise guests who have a strong bond with Estonian Song and Eurovision will perform in the Saku Great Hall. For example Annely Peebo and Marko Matvere who mesmerized Europe with the song “Ancient Story in Music” 20 years ago, will meet again on stage. Uku Suviste, who have won Eesti Laul twice, will also be invited as well.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun.com for all the news regarding the Estonian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy.

Source: err

Estonia: Results of the Semi-Final 2!

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The second semi-final of the Estonian selection Eesti Laul 2022 took place today at 18:30 CET. 20 artists had previously reached the following round and had been drawn into two different semi-finals. The first ten participants performed their songs during the first semi-final this Thursday and only FIVE of them advanced to the Grand Final. You can check out the results of the first semi-final by clicking HERE. The other ten have performed today and only five of them have qualified for the Grand-Final which will take place next Saturday, on February 12, at 18:30 CET as well.

You can watch Eesti Laul here:

  1. Estonian commentary 
  2. Russian commentary

The hosts of the show were Maarja-Liis Ilus and Priit Loog.

The participants

1. Jyrise – “Plaksuta”
2. Maian – “Meeletu”
3. Boamadu – “Mitte kauaks”
4. Evelin Samuel – “Waterfall”
5. Black Velvet – “Sandra”
6. Pur Mudd, Shira – “Golden Shores”
7. Jaagup Tuisk – “Kui vaid”
8. Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany – “What To Make Of This”
9. Stefan – “Hope”
10. Anna Sahlene – “Champion”

Here are the 5 entries that advanced to the finals:

Stefan – “Hope”

Black Velvet – “Sandra”

Jaagup Tuisk – “Kui vaid”

Anna Sahlene – “Champion”

Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany – “What To Make Of This”

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Estonia: Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany Test Positive for Covid-19

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Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany will not be performing live in Semi-Final Two of Eesti Laul after a positive COVID-19 test.

Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany will not be able to perform live in tomorrow’s semi-final but will still remain in the competition. The music video for their song “What To Make Of This”, which was shown during the quarter-finals last month, will be shown in place of a live performance.

In order to stop the spread of Covid-19, all of the artists must do a rapid test before entering Saku Suurhall. Any artist that tests positive will not be allowed to take part in the live broadcast.

The second semi-final of  Eesti Laul 2022 will take on February 5, and will be hosted by Maarja-Liis Ilus and Priit Loog. Fans will know Maarja-Liis Ilus for having represented Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1996 and 1997. Priit Loog is an actor on stage, television and film. The semi-finals will be held without an audience.

Semi-Final 2 – February 5
  1. Jyrise – “Plaksuta” (Clap)
  2. Maian –  “Meeletu” (Crazy)
  3. Boamadu – “Mitte kauaks” (Not for long)
  4. Evelin Samuel – “Waterfall”
  5. Black Velvet – “Sandra”
  6. Púr Múdd & Shira – “Golden Shores”
  7. Jaagup Tuisk – “Kui vaid” (If only)
  8. Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany – “What To Make Of This”
  9. STEFAN – “Hope”
  10. Anna Sahlene – “Champion”
The five artists that already advanced to the grand final are:

The Grand Final of Eesti Laul 2022 will take place on February 12 in Saku Suurhall. The winner of the final will represent Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Estonian entry to Eurovision 2022!

Image Source: Erki Pärnaku  | Source: ERR