X has been chosen as the winner of Eesti Laul, the long-running Estonian national final where the winner subsequently represents Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest. Check out our interview with Uku after he won Eesti Laul 2020: The grand final of Eesti Laul took place on Saturday 29th February at the Saku Suurhall in the country’s capital, Tallinn, which is the same venue that hosted Eurovision 2002. The winner of the national final was chosen by a mixed voting system mad

The lucky artist that will have the opportunity to fly the Estonian flag in Rotterdam will soon be chosen by the long-running national final, Eesti Laul, next month. This year’s candidates gave us a mixture of genres that range from ballads to country and pop to minimalist bops. This article is here to give you a run down of every song from the 24 semifinalists, showcasing the potential of each entry in its own unique way. Every song in a national final has winning potential,

Tartu and Tallinn have again been announced as the semi-final and final destinations for the Estonian selection show in 2020. Both semi-finals will be held on the 13th and 15th of February at the University of Tartu Sports Hall and the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn remains the venue for the Grand Final on the 29th of February. The submission period for songs is still ongoing, with the deadline being set for the 6th November 2019. ERR, the Estonian broadcaster, also announced that

The fifth country to rehearse today is Estonia who gets the tough job of following on from Iceland's rehearsal. The man to do it is Victor Crone who is singing the Avicii styled 'Storm' written by previous representative Stig Rästa. It was recently reported that Israeli broadcaster KAN liked the Estonian staging so much that they themselves have paid for it - but will the staging be able to get Estonia their second final in a row? Swedish singer Victor Crone first rose to pro

Stig Rästa, who sang "Goodbye To Yesterday" for Estonia in Eurovision 2015 alongside Elina Born has been confirmed as being one of the backing singers for Victor Crone in Tel Aviv. Stig will be joined on stage by three other Estonian singers. Kaido Põldma, who is a member of Soul Militia (formerly 2XL), provided backing vocals for Dave Benton and Tanel Padar who went on to win Eurovision 2001 with their song "Everybody". Dagmar Oja has been to Eurovision as a backing singer o

ERR, the Estonian national broadcaster, has just revealed the full results of the public vote of Saturday's national final. The results showed that Victor Crone tied with Sissi on 14 points, with Crone taking the 3rd and final slot in the superfinal of Eesti Laul as a result of him receiving more public votes than Sissi. If Sissi took 1 more point from the jury, she would have knocked out the now representative of Estonia from the competition and would have taken the final sl

The Estonian broadcaster ERR have announced that the jury that will be voting in the final of Eesti Laul 2019 will comprise entirely of international members. This is the first time in the history of Eesti Laul that there will be no Estonian jury members. The international jury, which will be voting in the first round of voting of the Eesti Laul final, will account for 50% of the overall score. The Estonian broadcaster explained the reason for them introducing an internationa

Last week, ERR revealed the names and song titles of who will be competing in next years Eurovision selection show "Eesti Laul" and therefore in contention of representing Estonia in Tel Aviv, and this afternoon the semi final splits have been revealed also. In a slight change, there are 24 acts competing this, upped from the previous number of 20, meaning 12 will compete in each semi final for six finalist spots, the semi finals will take place on the 31st January and 2nd Fe

Yesterday, Eurovoxx reported details of the up and coming Estonian national final, Eesti Laul, and confirmed that tickets for the shows would go on sale this morning. Now, the national broadcaster has confirmed that they have received 216 songs for their national final. It was revealed by Tomi Rahula yesterday evening, on ETV that 216 songs had been submitted. The figure is down on those received by the channel last year, and bucks the trend from other national finals such

Estonia's long-running National Selection process 'Eesti Laul' has already been confirmed for next year and details were already released about plans to mix up the format a little bit next year; making the semi finals live and making the contest bigger than ever. Speaking on Estonian television this morning, Eesti Laul producer Tomi Rahula has released further information about plans for Eesti Laul 2019 - including that tickets are going on sale tomorrow morning! Tickets for