Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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| Member station | ERR |
| National selection events | Eurolaul |
| Appearances | 14 |
| First appearance | 1994 |
| Best result | 1st (2001) |
| Worst result | 24th (1994) |
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| Estonia's page at Eurovision.tv | |
Estonia has entered the Eurovision Song Contest since 1993. On its first attempt, in 1993, it failed to qualify for the final, coming 5th in the Eastern-European semifinal in Ljubljana (Slovenia). From 1996 through to 2002, Estonia consistently qualified for the final and placed well. In 2001, Tanel Padar and Dave Benton's Everybody won the contest. This was the first time any of the former Soviet countries has won the contest.
As a result of this win, Estonia hosted the Contest in 2002, in the Saku Suurhall in their capital Tallinn. The years thereafter were less successful; since a semifinal was introduced in 2004 Estonia has never progressed beyond it.
[edit] Estonian entries
| Year | Artist | Title | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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| 1994 | Silvi Vrait | Nagu merelaine | 24 | 2 | ||
| 1996 | Maarja-Liis Ilus & Ivo Linna | Kaelakee hääl | 5 | 94 | ||
| 1997 | Maarja | Keelatud maa | 8 | 82 | ||
| 1998 | Koit Toome | Mere lapsed | 12 | 36 | ||
| 1999 | Evelin Samuel & Camille | Diamond of Night | 6 | 90 | ||
| 2000 | Ines | Once In a Lifetime | 4 | 98 | ||
| 2001 | Tanel Padar & Dave Benton | Everybody | 1 | 198 | ||
| 2002 | Sahlene | Runaway | 3 | 111 | ||
| 2003 | Ruffus | Eighties Coming Back | 21 | 14 | ||
| 2004 | Neiokõsõ | Tii | X | X | 11 | 57 |
| 2005 | Suntribe | Let's Get Loud | X | X | 20 | 31 |
| 2006 | Sandra Oxenryd | Through My Window | X | X | 18 | 28 |
| 2007 | Gerli Padar | Partners in Crime | X | X | 22 | 33 |
| 2008 | Kreisiraadio | Leto svet | X | X | 18 | 8 |
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