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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: 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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Source:ERR

 

 

Estonia: “Cha Cha Cha” voted as the Best International Hit for 2023!

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Raadio 2, of ERR, the Estonian public broadcaster, announced the most successful songs of the, now, previous year, according to public voting.

Among the most successful songs in the Baltic country, there is “Cha Cha Cha” by Käärijä, which was voted as the best International Hit of 2023!

https://youtu.be/l6rS8Dv5g-8

Of course, in the list,there are more songs that took part bith in Eurovision Song Contest 2023 and Eesti Laul 2023.

The most successful Eesti Laul 2023 songs:

  • 7. Ollie – “Venom”
  • 13. Alika – “Bridges”
  • 17. Bedwetters – “Monsters”
  • 19. Meelik – “Tuju”
  • 25. M Els – “So Good (At What You Do)”

It’s also worth mentioning that Ollie and “Venom” (runner-up of Eesti Laul 2023), ended up in a higher place, compared to the winner and Estonia’s representative in Eurovision 2023, Alika and “Bridges”.

As for the most successful Eurovision 2023 songs, there were three entries, that standed out:

  •  1. Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha”
  • 10. Loreen –“Tattoo”
  • 35. Joker Out – “Carpe Diem”

The winner of Eesti Laul and Estonia’s representative in Eurovision 2023, was Alika with the song “Bridges”, that ended up in eighth place of the Grand Final, getting the country’s best placement since 2018:

https://youtu.be/HsbC-OYMA3s

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Source: err.ee

Estonia: Listen to the songs competing in Eesti Laul 2024!

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Estonia’s public broadcaster, ERR, released the 20 songs that are going to participate in Eesti Laul 2024, in order to claim the country’s representation in Eurovision 2024.

The competitors of Eesti Laul 2024:

In the list below you can see the 15 artists and their songs competing in the semi-final of Eesti Laul 2024 (you can click on the title of each song to listen to it):

  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”

In the list below you can listen to the five songs competing directly in the Final of Eesti Laul 2024:

  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” 

We remind you that these are the dates announced for Eesti Laul 2024:

  • Semi-Final – January 20th
  • Grand Final – February 17th

The previous winner of Eesti Laul and Estonia’s representative in Eurovision 2023 was Alika with the song “Bridges“, who ended up in 8th place in the Grand Final, which is the country’s best result since 2018:

https://youtu.be/HsbC-OYMA3s

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Estonia: The songs submitted for Eesti Laul 2024 were evaluated by a 41-member jury!

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The next songs competing for Eurovision 2024 that we are going to listen, are coming from Estonia! The songs are going to be revealed in November 6 and 7 through the show “Ringvaates“, as they were just evaluated by a 41-member jury.

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Estonia: Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld will host Eesti Laul 2024!

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Through Eesti Laul, we met the duo of Tõnis Niinemetsa and Grete Kulla for the first time in 2021. After that they presented the national final again in 2023, just as big fans, they accepted this role once again in 2024.

Tõnis Niinemetsa was excited about it:

“For me, Eesti Laul is like Christmas or my birthday. This time of the year I look forward to even more excitedly than summer. And it’s especially nice that I can go to Tartu again this year!”

Grete Kuld was also excited about going back to Tartu:

“The semi-final in Tartu will be awesome! We will bring a big stage, lots of cameras, 15 semi-finalists and definitely a long ladder so that Tõnis can get the high notes, because we also plan to take the stage with a little surprise.”

The semi-final of Eesti Laul will take place in Tartu on January 20 and the final on February 17 in Tallinn. Grete Kulda and Tõnis Niinemets will also appear on the show “Ringvaate” on November 6 and 7 where they will introduce the contestants.

The winner of Eesti Laul 2023 and Estonia’s representative at Eurovision 2023 was Alika with the song “Bridges”. Alika achieved her country’s best finish in the contest in years by placing eighth in the final.

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Estonia: 12 participations have been submitted for Eesti Laul 2024 until now!

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12 songs have been sumbitted until now for the national selection of Estonia for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest!

The Head of Eesti Laul 2024, Karmel Killand,  revealed that only 12 entries are available until now for Eesti Laul 2024! From those twelve songs half of them are in the Estonian languange and the other half in the English language. Karmel Killand is encouraging those interested in taking part to do so as soon as possible as the participation fee is about to double at 12:00 on 21st of October.

The submission deadline expires at 11:00 on 23rd of October. Until 21st of October the participation fee amounts to 50€ for the entries in the Estonian language and 100€ for the entries in one or more foreign langages. From 21st October the participation fee is going to rise to 100€ and 200€ respectively.

Citizens of Estonia as well as foreign residents are eligble to participate in Eesti Laul either as performers or as composers. Participations can be sumbitted by foreignes from abroad under the condition that the majority of the composers behind each entry are Estonians. Last but not least each composer or performer can submitt up to five entries.

The 20 songs that will compete in Eesti Laul will be announced no later than on 8th of November and will be revealed no later that on 8th of December.

This year Estonia was represented by Alika and the song “Bridges” which ended up in 8th place of the Grand Place having had the support of the juries who ranked Estonia 5th, while the televoters were not that impressed and ranked Estonia only 19th.

https://youtu.be/HsbC-OYMA3s

Source: ERR

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Estonia: Submission for Eesti Laul 2024 will open in mid-September!

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Earlier today, the presentation of the winter program of the Estonian public broadcaster, ERR, took place in Tallinn. Among others, the directors talked about Eesti Laul, the national final through which, as we already know, they will choose both their representative and song, for yet another year.

Karmel Killandi, editor-in-chief of ERR’s entertainment programs, revealed that applications for Eesti Laul 2024 will be accepted from September 15 until mid-October, but did not specify the closing date.

As we already know Tomi Rahula will not continue to be the producer of Eesti Laul, nevertheless, Karmel Killandi, when asked who will be the next producer, refrained from answering and let the host of the event say what it will be a surprise.

We already know that this year’s Eesti Laul, will take place with many changes. So we are all waiting to see the renewed national final!

The winner of last year’s Eesti Laul and Estonia’s representative in Eurovision 2023, was Alika with her song “Bridges”, ending up in eighth place of the Grand Final:

https://youtu.be/HsbC-OYMA3s

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Alika: “I was and am in favour of Finland”!

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After “Bridges” and Alika won the eighth place for her country, she spoke about Loreen’s win and expressed her preference for Kaarija and “Cha cha cha”.

More precisely, the Estonian representative said:

“I’ll be honest, I was and am in favour of Finland. Loreen is still such a legendary winner, twice already. She is a person who is very well suited to Eurovision, but I, personally, liked Finland better!”

She also commented on her result, of course, as she brought her country into the Top Ten after five years.

“I’m incredibly happy that people listened, people heard me, people voted! This is important to me!”

Alika was a dark horse in the race for the Τop Τen, and yet she managed to bring home eighth place in this year’s contest. You can once again enjoy “Bridges” below:

Source: Err.ee

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