Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1997 | |
|---|---|
| Country | Estonia |
| National preselection | |
| Preselection process | Judging panel |
| Preselection date(s) | February 15, 1997 |
| Selected entrant | Maarja-Liis Ilus |
| Selected song | "Keelatud maa" ("Forbidden land") |
| Finals performance | |
| Semi-final result | - |
| Final result | 8th, 82 points |
Estonia made their fourth Eurovision Song Contest appearance in 1997, making the final for the third time due to Maarja-Liis Ilus and Ivo Linna's 5th place the year before. The preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 final would follow the same format of previous years, with a judging panel selecting the song and artist that would represent Estonia in the final. The judges would eventually choose Maarja-Liis Ilus again, making her the first (and thus far only) Estonian entrant to have made back-to-back appearances in the Eurovision Song Contest. In the final, Ilus finished 8th.
[edit] Preselection
The 1996 preselection event took place at the Linnahall in Tallinn, Estonia, and was hosted by Marko Reikop and Anu Välba. Eight different songs were entered, with Pearu Paulus, Hanna-Liina Vosa and Maarja-Liis Ilus performing on more than one entry. A panel of international judges voted on each song, with Ilus' "Keelatud maa" winning by a large margin of 32 points. Despite this large margin, a public telephone poll had voted the night before that "Aeg" by Ilus, Vosa and Anne Varvimann was the nation's favourite. Despite this, "Keelatud maa" became the Estonian entrant for the 1997 contest.
| Position | Artist | Song | Points |
| 1st | Maarja-Liis Ilus | "Keelatud maa" ("Forbidden land") | 72 |
| 2nd | Hanna Pruuli | "Üksik hing" ("A lonely soul") | 40 |
| 3rd= | Code One | "Tantsupalavik" ("Dance fever") | 38 |
| 3rd= | Hanna-Liina Võsa and Pearu Paulus | "Liiga noor, et armuda" ("Too young to fall in love") | 38 |
| 5th= | Pearu Paulus | "Meeletu soov" ("A crazy wish") | 32 |
| 5th= | Kate | "Perpetuum mobile" ("Perpetual motion") | 32 |
| 7th | Maarja-Liis Ilus, Hanna-Liina Võsa and Anne Värvimann | "Aeg" ("Time") | 31 |
| 8th | Tanya | "Homme" ("Tomorrow") | 29 |
[edit] Final
Maarja-Liis Ilus was able to enter the final automatically in 1997, due to the performance of herself and Ivo Linna in the 1996 final. Ilus performed strongly again, and finished 8th, with a final total of 82 points. This allowed Estonia and Koit Toome to enter automatically the following year (Tomme had, incidentally, participated in the 1997 prequalifying as one half of Code One).
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