Eesti Laul

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Eesti Laul ('Estonian Song' or 'The Song of Estonia') is the national selection process in Estonia for the Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was introduced in 2009, replacing the former Eurolaul festival, used since Estonia's first participation in Eurovision in 1993.

The contest was introduced by ERR, the organisers of the contest, with a different philosophy on the contest used previously. Eesti Laul was introduced to produce an Estonian contest, with Estonian musical tastes being presented to a European audience. The contest is also an open one, with all information of the songs being revealed in the selection process.[1]

The ten selected songs in the contest are shown to the Estonian public through a number of special shows. The final winner is selected through two rounds of voting: the first round selects the top two songs, selected through both jury and televoting; the second round selects the winner from the two songs through 100% televoting.

The first winner of Eesti Laul was Urban Symphony with the song "Rändajad", beating the televoting favourite Laura in the first round.[2] At Eurovision, the group changed Estonia's previous fortunes at Eurovision, qualifying to the final (3rd of the semi-final, with 115 points), and placing 6th in the final with 129 points.

Winners

Year Song Translation Artist Songwriter(s) Position in ESC Points in ESC
2009 "Rändajad" Nomads Urban Symphony Sven Lõhmus 6th 129
2010 "Siren" – Malcolm Lincoln Robin Juhkental Semi-final 14th 39
2011 "Rockefeller Street" – Getter Jaani Sven Lõhmus 24th 44
2012 "Kuula" Listen Ott Lepland Ott Lepland, Aapo Ilves 6th 120
2013 "Et uus saaks alguse" New Beginning Birgit Õigemeel Mihkel Mattisen, Silvia Soro 20th 19
2014

References

  1. ↑ Floras, Stella (14 October 2008). "Estonia: New name, new format, new dynamics". ESCToday. Retrieved 13 June 2009. 
  2. ↑ Floras, Stella (7 March 2009). "Tonight: Estonia selects for Eurovision". ESCToday. Retrieved 13 June 2009. 

See also

National selection events for the Eurovision Song Contest
Former national selection events

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