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Estonia: Finland wins the first show of Eurovisiooni laulud 2023!

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The Estonian Public Broadcaster ERR, has started yesterday the TV preview show for this year’s Eurovision. Which is called Eurovisiooni laulud 2023.

Every Thursday for the next six weeks, Estonian TV viewers can watch some of the songs that won the ticket for Liverpool.

The first episode was aired last night with a four-person panel consisted of the two presenters of the show (Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets), but also Elina Born (Estonia 2015) and Robin Jukental (Estonia 2010), who are guest judges.

The panel heard and rated the first six songs which are:

  • “Heart of Steel” – Tvorchi – Ukraine
  • “Promise” – Voyager – Australia
  • “Évidemment” – La Zarra – France
  • “Dance (Our Own Party)” – The Busker – Malta
  • “My Sister’s Crown” – Vesna – Czechia
  • “Cha Cha Cha” – Käärijä – Finland

The winner of the night was Käärijä with “Cha Cha Cha” and it was named as the best entry among the six entries evaluated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJHe-iZ5HSI

The next episode of Eurovisiooni laulud 2023 wil be broadcast next Thursday 30/03 on ERR’s Estonian channel ETV.

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Estonia: The results of the second semi-final of Eesti Laul 2023!

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The second and last semi-final of Eesti Laul 2023, the selection process for the next Estonian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, has just finished. In today’s second semi-final, ten songs competed for the remaining five tickets leading to the grand final.

The presenters of the evening were, yet again, Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets while the show took place at Viimsi Artium in Viimsi.

The Participants:

The artists that participated in the second semi-final of Eesti Laul 2023 were as follows:

  1. Inger – “Awaiting You”
  2. Linalakk & Bonzo – “Aeg”
  3. Meelik- “Tuju”
  4. Elysa – “Bad Philosophy”
  5. Robin Juhkental – “Kurbuse matused” 
  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”

The Show:

1. Inger – “Awaiting You”

Inger is opening the second semi-final. His performance starts with him being on a round platform, sitting on a chair. Although he is very present and playful during his performance, he has trouble with his vocals.

2.Linalakk & Bonzo – “Aeg”

The first Estonian ballad of the night. An atmospheric setting yet an uneventful performance.

3. Meelik – “Tuju”

Meelik are using a black and white effect for their performance until the third chorus. They were very professional and had a well thought-out performance.

4. Elysa – “Bad Philosophy”

The second runner-up of Eesti Laul 2022 performs an 80s influenced pop song. She is accompanied by three dancers that were stylized as David Bowie. A pretty wooden performance from her behalf.

5. Robin Juhkental – “Kurbuse matused”

Robin is accompanied by a pianist, a drummer and a dancer. It’s a nice performance but it fails to generate any emotion.

6. m els – “So Good At What You Do”

The red colour prevails in m els’ performance. She performs while standing on a high platform. She’s a present performer and a good vocalist.

7. Wiiralt – “Salalik“

Another black and white performance on tonight’s semi-final. It’s a good performance but very reminiscent of Meelik’s performance.

8.Sissi – “Lighthouse”’

Sissi is dressed in white for her Eesti Laul performance. Manages to stand out and make a statement while being on her own.

9.Carlos Ukareda – “Whiskey Won’t Forget”

Carlos is alone with a guitar on the stage. He’s dressed in black. A flawless performance.

10.Alika – “Bridges”

Alika is accompanied by a piano that has the illusion of playing on it’s own. She’s dressed in white. A charismatic performer.

The results: 

The five artists who qualified for the final of Eesti Laul 2023 were determined after two rounds of voting. In the first round of voting, four qualifiers were determined by a 50% jury and 50% televoting system. In the second round of voting, a new vote was held and one more qualifier was chosen solely by the televoting.

Before announcing the results, the presenters announced the jury’s top four favourites in random order with them being Alika, Meelik, Sissi and Wiiralt!

In the first round, the following four songs qualified:

Among the six remaining songs, this is the last song to qualify to the final:

After the announcement of the televote qualifier of the second semi-final, the presenters announced that two more artists who did not make it directly from the semi-finals to the finals will also qualify for the final of Eesti Laul through phone votes only. Voting closes on 16 January at 18:30 CET. Voting will be based on the same numbers as the semi-finalists.

These are the artists who didn’t qualify from the Eesti Laul semi-finals:

  1. Ellip – “Pretty Girl“
  2. Kaw – “Valik“
  3. Merlyn – “Unicorn Vibes“
  4. Mia – “Üks samm korraga“
  5. Neon Letters and Maiko – “Tokimeki“
  6. Linalakk and Bonzo – “Aeg“
  7. Elysa – “Bad Philosophy“
  8. Robin Juhkental – “Kurbuse matused“
  9. Wiiralt – “Salalik“
  10. Carlos Ukareda – “Whiskey Won’t Forget“

These are the finalists of Eesti Laul 2023 so far:

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news regarding the Estonian participation in Eurovision 2023.

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: 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