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Junior Eurovision 2025: Estonia withdraws from the children’s contest!

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Just a month after the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest wrapped up, some disappointing news has emerged. ERR, Estonia’s national broadcaster, has announced that the country will not participate in the 2025 Junior Eurovision Song Contest due to financial constraints.

Budget reductions

ERR’s budget for 2025, approved yesterday, revealed a two-million-euro reduction in operational funds. Due to these budgetary restrictions, significant cuts will be made, particularly in the entertainment sector. As part of this policy, ERR decided that Estonia will not take part in Junior Eurovision 2025.

The budget cuts will also affect Eesti Laul, the national selection process for Eurovision 2025. Unlike previous years, the competition will be reduced to a single-night event, eliminating the semi-final round.

Junior Eurovision 2025

Shortly after Georgia‘s victory in Madrid, GPB announced that the country would host the next edition of Junior Eurovision in 2025. However, official statements from the EBU regarding the event’s full details, such as dates and locations, are expected to be released at a later stage.

As of now, several countries have already confirmed their participation in the 23rd Junior Eurovision Song Contest, including:

  • Georgia – GPB (Host Country)
  • Netherlands – AVROTROS
  • North Macedonia – MRT
  • San Marino – RTV San Marino

Estonia made its Junior Eurovision debut in 2023, the last of the Baltic countries to do so. This year, Annabelle represented the country with her song “Tänavad” placing fourteenth out of the seventeen participating countries.

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Source: ERR

Estonia: Listen to the Songs of Eesti Laul 2025!

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The public television of Estonia, ERR, has just released the fifteen songs that will compete in the final of Eesti Laul 2025.

The Participants of Eesti Laul 2025: In the list below, you will find the 15 artists and their candidate songs that will take part in the final of Eesti Laul 2025 (You can listen to the songs by clicking on the titles of the tracks):

  1. An-Marlen – “Külm”
  2. Anna Sahlene – “Love Me Low”
  3. ANT – “Tomorrow Never Comes”
  4. ELYSA – “The Last to Know”
  5. FELIN – “Solo Anthem”
  6. Räpina Jack feat. Kaisa Ling – “Tule”
  7. Stereo Terror – “Prty Till the End of the World”
  8. Tuuli Rand – “Rem”
  9. Andrei Zevakin feat. Karita – “Ma ei tea sind”
  10. Frants Tikerpuu  – “Trouble”
  11. Gem98 – “Psycho”
  12. Janek – “Frozen”
  13. Joelle – “Eyes Don’t Lie”
  14. Minimal Wind – “Armageddon”
  15. Tommy Cash – “Espresso Macchiato”

Another artist will be announced by ERR in early January. The public will participate in the selection of the sixteenth and final participant, with further details regarding the exact method of selection to be announced soon.

The Process Eesti Laul 2025 will consist of a single show, where sixteen artists will compete, and it will take place on February 15, 2025. The final will consist of two voting rounds.

  • In the first round, all sixteen artists will perform their entries. After the voting of both the public and the juries, an equal number of them will proceed to the superfinal.
  • In the second and final round, the result, and consequently the representative of Estonia at Eurovision 2025, will be determined exclusively by the television audience.

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

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Source: ERR

Junior Eurovision 2024: Exclusive TV footage from all seventeen second rehearsals!

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The rehearsals at Caja Mágica are in full swing as the first technical rehearsals have concluded and the second round is now underway.

The second set of rehearsals at Junior Eurovision has given delegations the opportunity to address any issues that came up during the first round. This has allowed the artists to feel more confident and secure as they prepare to take the main stage.

However, details about the performances remain limited, as accredited journalists are not allowed to attend either the first or second rehearsals. To give fans a sneak peek, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has shared a recap of all the seventeen second rehearsals on YouTube via the official Junior Eurovision channel. This exclusive footage offers highlights from today’s sessions, providing viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at the preparation process.

You can watch the recap of the second rehearsals below:

What’s next?

On Friday, November 15, the two Dress Rehearsals will be held. The Dress Rehearsals are full run-throughs of the show from start to finish, including the performances, interval acts, and voting sequence.

Then and it is time for Dress Rehearsals. The First Dress Rehearsal will take place on Friday morning, while the Second Dress Rehearsal will take place in the evening. The Second Dress Rehearsal is particularly important as it is also the Jury Final. This is when the seventeen national juries will watch the full show and cast their votes, which will help determine the final outcome of the competition.

Moreover, on Friday the first phase of the Online Voting will commence and the half of the contest’s outcome will be determined.

Junior Eurovision 2024

Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

  1. Italy: Simone Grande – “Pigiama Party”
  2. Estonia: Annabelle – “Tänavad”
  3. Albania: Nikol Çabeli – “Vallëzoj”
  4. Armenia: Leo – “Cosmic Friend”
  5. Cyprus: Maria Pissarides – “Crystal Waters”
  6. France: Titouan – “Comme ci, comme ça”
  7. North Macedonia: Ana and Aleksej – “Marathon”
  8. Poland: Dominik Arim – “All Together”
  9. Georgia: Andria Putkaradze – “To My Mom”
  10. Spain: Chloe DelaRosa – “Como la Lola”
  11. Germany: Bjarne – “Save the Best For Us”
  12. Netherlands: Stay Tuned – “Music”
  13. San Marino: Idols SM – “Come noi”
  14. Ukraine: Artem Kotenko – “Hear Me Now”
  15. Portugal: Victoria Nicole – “Esperança”
  16. Ireland – Enya Cox Dempsey – “Le Chéile”
  17. Malta: Ramires Sciberras – “Stilla ċkejkna”

The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row. The slogan for this year’s contest is “Let’s Bloom!”, while Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Clotet and Melani Garcia will serve as this year’s hosts.

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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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Estonia: These are the artists participating in Eesti Laul 2025!

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Earlier today, the names and song titles of the remaining seven participants of Eesti Laul 2025, the national final of Estonia, for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 were announced, during ERR’s “Ringvaade” program!

ERR, Estonia’s public broadcaster, has selected the 16 best out of 175 songs submitted, that will compete in the national final, to claim the country’s representation in the upcoming Contest in Basel, Switzerland. The public broadcaster, revealed the first eight artists yesterday, through the same TV show.

The participants of Eesti Laul 2025:

Today, once again through the TV show “Ringvaade”, the names of the seven remaining artists were revealed, alongside their songs titles and the composers of each song:

  • Andrei Zevakin feat. Karita – “Ma ei tea sind”
  • Frants Tikerpuu  – “Trouble”
  • Gem98 – “Psycho”
  • Janek – “Frozen”
  • Joelle – “Eyes Don’t Lie”
  • Minimal Wind – “Armageddon”
  • Tommy Cash – “Espresso Macchiato”

Hence, adding the participants announced yesterday, this is the final line-up of the 2025 edition of Eesti Laul:

  1. An-Marlen – “Külm”
  2. Anna Sahlene – “Love Me Low”
  3. ANT – “Tomorrow Never Comes”
  4. ELYSA – “The Last to Know”
  5. FELIN – “Solo Anthem”
  6. Räpina Jack feat. Kaisa Ling – “Tule”
  7. Stereo Terror – “Prty Till the End of the World”
  8. Tuuli Rand – “Rem”
  9. Andrei Zevakin feat. Karita – “Ma ei tea sind”
  10. Frants Tikerpuu  – “Trouble”
  11. Gem98 – “Psycho”
  12. Janek – “Frozen”
  13. Joelle – “Eyes Don’t Lie”
  14. Minimal Wind – “Armageddon”
  15. Tommy Cash – “Espresso Macchiato”

One more contestant will be announced in January, while more details regarding their selection will be revealed soon. Τhe public will have a say in the selection of the sixteenth and last Eesti Laul 2025 participant.

Eesti Laul 2025

The songs will be publicly available for the first time via the program “Start” on December 6. Tomorrow, on November 5, the remaining artists will be announced, while at the beginning of January, a 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 February 15, 2025, while the voting will take place in two stages.

  • During the first stage, all sixteen participants will perform their entries. Following the voting of the jury panel and the public’s vote in equal shares, a number of them will advance to the Superfinal.
  • During the Superfinal, the winner of Eesti Laul 2025 and therefore the Estonian representative in Eurovision 2025 will be decided exclusively by the public.

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

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Source: ERR

Estonia: These are the first eight participants of Eesti Laul 2025!

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Earlier today, the names and song titles of the first seven participants of Eesti Laul 2025, the national final of Estonia, for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 were announced, during ERR’s “Ringvaade” program!

ERR, Estonia’s public broadcaster, has selected the 15 best out of 175 songs submitted, that will compete in the national final, to claim the country’s representation in the upcoming Contest in Basel, Switzerland.

The first eight participants of Eesti Laul 2025:

In the list below, you will see the first eight artists and their songs for Eesti Laul 2025:

  • An-Marlen – “Külm”
  • Anna Sahlene – “Love Me Low”
  • ANT – “Tomorrow Never Comes”
  • ELYSA – “The Last to Know”
  • FELIN – “Solo Anthem”
  • Räpina Jack feat. Kaisa Ling – “Tule”
  • Stereo Terror – “Prty Till the End of the World”
  • Tuuli Rand – “Rem”

Evidently, the list also includes the duet of Räpina Jack and Kaisa Ling with the song  “Tule”, whose participation became known last week, as well as that of Tuuli Rand, that was announced earlier today.

Moreover, the list includes several returning artists from previous editions of Eesti Laul, such as Sahlene, the Estonian representative in 2002 as well as ELYSA, who has participated in the 2022 and 2023 editions of the Estonian selection

Eesti Laul 2025

The songs will be publicly available for the first time via the program “Start” on December 6. Tomorrow, on November 5, the remaining artists will be announced, while at the beginning of January, a 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 February 15, 2025, while the voting will take place in two stages.

  • During the first stage, all sixteen participants will perform their entries. Following the voting of the jury panel and the public’s vote in equal shares, a number of them will advance to the Superfinal.
  • During the Superfinal, the winner of Eesti Laul 2025 and therefore the Estonian representative in Eurovision 2025 will be decided exclusively by the public.

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

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Source: ERR

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: This is the first confirmed act for Eesti Laul 2025!

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As we’ve previously informed you, ERR, Estonia’s public broadcaster, will reveal the names of the first 15 participants of Eesti Laul 2025, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, on November 4 and 5 through the program “Ringvaade”.

However, just a few minutes ago, the first contestant of the national final seems to have been announced through the same show. Specifically, it was revealed that Räpina Jack and Kaisa Ling with their song “Tule” are the first confirmed contestants for this year’s Eesti Laul!

Only the names of the two artists were revealed, while their song has not been released. The rest of the names will be announced as scheduled on November 4 and 5, and the songs will be publicly available for the first time via the program “Start” on December 6. At the beginning of January, a sixteenth competitor will be revealed.

This year, Eesti Laul will take place in a single show, scheduled for February 15, 2025.

The previous winners of Eesti Laul and Estonia’s representatives at Eurovision 2024 were 5MIINUST x Puuluup with their song “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”, who 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.

Source: menu.err, X