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Eurovision 2024: Estonia’s First Rehearsal!

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Next up on the stage of Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is Estonia. 5MIINUST x Puuluup with their song “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi” are ready for their first rehearsal on the stage of Malmö Arena!

Who is 5MIINUST x Puuluup?

The pairing of 5MIINUST x Puuluup is a wildly eclectic collaboration.The former has been a dominating force in pop music in Estonia over the last 6 years and the latter is an award-winning internationally active zombie-folk (if you were to ask them) duo.

Regardless of the perceived differences between genres, the extremes of both acts’ music blend together seamlessly.

5MIINUST regard themselves as bringing the firepower to the collaboration, with plenty of bass. Puuluup, meanwhile, contribute some extremely rare wooden lyra (Talharpa) melodies with which to offer to the world a totally fresh soundscape.

5MIINUST x Puuluup won Eesti Laul 2024, the Estonian national selection for Eurovision 2024, contributing to the Eurovision history with the longest Eurovision song title.

The Rehearsal

Ready to beat the post-lunch lull? No problem, because Estonia are rehearsing on stage next, and bringing plenty of their trademark energy.

We’ve seen some fun and eclectic collaborations at Eurovision over the years, and this year’s entry from Estonia is no exception – 5MIINUST are a well-known pop/hip hop group in Estonia, and Puuluup describe themselves as ‘a zombie folk duo’.

Note to Eurovision fact fans – this song has the longest single-language title in Eurovision history – (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi, which translates as ‘we (really) don’t know anything about (these) drugs’.

The band all look very stylish in black suits with varying quantities of sleeves. The whole performance is a heady and joyful mix of thumping beats, traditional talharpa melodies and the 5MIINUST x Puuluup aerobic dance routine. We will definitely be recreating this in Euroclub next week.

Also the CUBES are down, lit up with more cube graphics that change colour through the performance to match the LED wall behind. A neon cube extravaganza, and a LOT of fun. Photos coming soon!

Estonia First Rehearsal Eurovision 2024. Credits: Sarah Louise Bennet / EBU

 

Estonia’s second rehearsal is scheduled for Friday, 3/5. A TV snippet of 5MIINUST x Puuluup’s performance will provide a clearer picture of what to expect on the Eurovision stage.

You can watch a small clip from Estonia’s first rehearsal from TikTok:

@eurovision UuuuyEEEE! The @5MIINUST x @Puuluup party has arrived at first rehearsals in Malmö #Eurovision2024 ♬ original sound – Eurovision

 

Source: eurovision.tv

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Estonia: Eurovision judge rejected from Eesti Laul 2024 due to Israeli citizenship!

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A scandal has apparently been created in the Estonian media after an experienced judge been rejected by the jury of Eesti Laul 2024!

More specifically, Alon Amir had received an accepted an invitation to be a member of the Eesti Laul 2024 judging panel, but he was informed ten days before the competition that he had been excluded due to his Israeli citizenship. More specifically, he was informed by phone about the channel’s decision while the Estonian media is making a reason for exercising a veto on anything related to the state of Israel in this sensitive period, since the channel did not want any negative criticism.

Amir, who has been the spokesperson of Israel in 2009, 2012, 2013 και 2016 and also a judge at many national finals, stated:

“It was done not in a malicious way… I understand them. If they bring an Israeli judge, it will cause a mess.

When I received the invitation, I thought to myself that they were very brave to invite an Israeli at a time like this… The lovely production team wanted me, but the Estonian TV management vetoed it because it would bring unwanted attention in their direction. I understand them. I’m upset on a personal level, but I understand the desire to avoid it.”

Surely, Eurovision 2024 is already a controversial year with Israel being among the countries who are participating in the contest.

Stay tuned in EurovisionFun for all the latest updates of Eurovision 2024!

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Estonia: Tonight Wraps Up Eesti Laul 2024!

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Estonia is set to choose its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest as the Eesti Laul 2024 concludes officially tonight. For yet another year, the Baltic country will utilize Eesti Laul as the method to select its Estonian ambassador to the Eurovision Song Contest.

Format

For another year, the leaders of Estonian public television have decided to make changes to the format of Eesti Laul. Thus, this year’s edition of the Estonian national final will take place over just two nights, the semi-final and the grand final.

In the semi-final of Eesti Laul 2024, 15 singers participated, of which five advanced to the grand final on February 17th. The 5 artists who qualified from the semi-final of the Estonian process will compete alongside another five artists who have already qualified directly for the grand final of this year’s Eesti Laul.

Nevertheless, the voting format remains unchanged for Eesti Laul. Thus, the final will feature two rounds of voting. In the first round of voting, both the audience and the jury jointly decide, with half the weight given to the results from which the first finalists for the grand final will emerge. In the second round, the Estonian public alone has the first and final say, deciding which song will win this year’s Eesti Laul.

Final

Ten artists will compete tonight in the grand final of Eesti Laul 2024. These artists are:

  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 hosts of this year’s edition of Eesti Laul 2024 will be Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld.

Naturally, a national final wouldn’t be complete without guests. Thus, taking the stage at Eesti Laul will be the big names of Estonian pop music, Silvi Vrait and Lea Dali Lion. Additionally, for the first time at the Eesti Laul stage, rapper Arop will perform his brand new single, “A.I.A. (Forgive the Person).”

You can watch the final of Eesti Laul 2024 at 18:30 CET through the official website of Estonian public television by clicking HERE, or through the channel of our beloved contest on YouTube.

The winner of Eesti Laul 2023 and thus the representative of Estonia in Eurovision 2023 was Alika with her song “Bridges.” Alika finished in 8th place in the final rankings, marking her country’s best result in the competition since 2018.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Estonia’s participation in Eurovision 2024!

Estonia: Eesti Laul 2024 Semi-Final Tonight!

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Estonia has embarked on its journey to select its representative for Eurovision 2024, officially commencing Eesti Laul 2024 tonight. Once again, the Baltic nation chooses to utilize Eesti Laul as the method for selecting its Eurovision contender.

Format Changes

The organizers of the Estonian public broadcaster have decided to implement changes in the format of Eesti Laul for another year. Consequently, this year’s edition of the Estonian national final will unfold across two nights, one for the semi-final and one for the grand final on February 17.

In the Eesti Laul 2024 semi-final, 15 participants will compete, with five advancing to the grand final. These five artists will join five others who have already secured direct entry into this year’s Eesti Laul grand final.

However, the voting format for Eesti Laul remains the same. The semi-final will undergo two rounds of voting. In the first round, the audience and a jury collectively contribute to the results, determining the first finalists. The second round relies solely on the Estonian public’s vote, finalizing the selection of entries to complete this year’s Eesti Laul.

Grand Finalists

Five artists have already secured direct entry into the grand final on February 17:

  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” 

Semi-Finalists

Tonight, 15 artists will compete for the last five tickets to Eesti Laul 2024 Grand Final. The participants are:

  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 hosts for this year’s Eesti Laul are Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld.

Don’t miss the Eesti Laul 2024 semi-final, airing at 18:15 CET through the official website of Estonia’s public broadcaster. Watch it here.

Alika, winner of Eesti Laul 2023, represented Estonia at Eurovision 2023 with the song “Bridges” and secured the nation’s best result since 2018 by finishing in 8th place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsbC-OYMA3s

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all updates on Estonia’s journey in Eurovision 2024!

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: 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.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest news regarding Estonia’s participation in Eurovision 2024!

Source: Tartu Postimees

 

 

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.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun to stay up to date on all the latest news about the world’s largest music competition!

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Estonia: 215 entries were submitted for Eesti Laul 2024!

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ERR, the Estonian national broadcaster, has announced that the Eesti Laul format will remain as the country’s selection process for Eurovision 2024. The submission window for Eesti Laul 2024 closed today and although until a week ago only 12 entries were submitted, it turns out that actually the vast majority of the submissions were made in the last moment.

A total of 215 songs were submitted claiming the Estonian representation in Malmö. Specifically, out of the 215 songs

  • 88 of them are written in Estonian language
  • 126 are written in English, and
  • one is written in Italian!

Moreover, among the candidates there are both famous and established artists as well as newcomers, who also intend on getting in front of a large audience via Eesti Laul.

What’s next?

This year, a special jury of 35 people is anticipated to evaluate the submissions in the upcoming period and will therefore choose the 20 songs that will advance to the next stage of the competition. Out of the 20 songs:

  • five will be chosen by the jury in order to advance directly to the Grand Final,
  • while the other fifteen will participate in the Semi-Final.

During the Grand Final and following the vote of the television audience and the jury, three entries will advance to the Super Final. At this point in the competition, Estonia’s representative in Malmö will be chosen solely by the television viewers.

The timeline of Eesti Laul 2024

Before November 8th, 2023, the 20 artists competing to represent Estonia will be announced, and before December 8th, the competing songs will be revealed.

The Semi-Final will take place on January 20, while the Grand Final will be held on February 17.

The winner of Eesti Laul 2023 and hence Estonia’s representative in Eurovision 2023 was Alika with her song “Bridges“. Alika finished 8th overall, marking the country’s best result in years.

https://youtu.be/HsbC-OYMA3s

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Source: ERR