Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest
This article looks at the history of Estonia as a participant in the Eurovision Song Contest .
Regularity of participation and successes in competition
Estonia got off to an unsuccessful start at the Eurovision Song Contest. After independence, the debut was planned in 1993, but the contribution was eliminated in the Eastern European preliminary decision. That is why the debut took place in 1994. Silvi Vrait only achieved a penultimate place and with two points Estonia still got the lowest number of points in the competition. Due to this failure, Estonia was not allowed to participate in 1995. Estonia was only allowed to participate again in 1996. The return in 1996 was also successful. The duo Maarja-Liis Ilus & Ivo Linna got a very good place for Estonia with 5th place. In 1997, the country was able to achieve another placement in the top ten with 8th place. In 1998 Koit Toome only reached an average place with 12th place. From 1999, Estonia's most successful period in the competition began.
In 1999, the country was able to achieve 6th place and thus again a place in the top ten. Ines also succeeded in the year 2000. With 4th place, however, she achieved an even better result. Estonia's first victory in the competition followed in 2001. Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL took first place and with 198 points also Estonia's highest number of points in the competition. In 2002, when Estonia hosted the competition for the first time, 3rd place was also a very good result. In 2003 came a rather disappointing result with 21st place. In 2004, when the semifinals were introduced, Estonia was only able to reach 11th place in the semifinals and thus just dropped out in the semifinals. From 2005 to 2008, Estonia had its lowest point in the competition so far. During this period no Estonian interpreter managed to qualify for the final. In addition, the Estonian contributions in the semifinals always achieved placements in the below-average range. It wasn't until 2009 that Estonia started to improve again.
In 2009 the band Urban Symphony qualified for the final and achieved Estonia's best result in seven years with 6th place. In the semifinals the band even reached 3rd place. In 2010 this success could not be repeated. Malcolm Lincoln & Manpower 4 were eliminated in the semifinals. In 2011 Getter Jaani managed to qualify for the final, but only reached the penultimate place in the final. In 2012 Estonia was able to qualify for the final. With 6th place, Ott Lepland got the best placement since 2009. In 2013, Estonia reached the final again, but only achieved an average place with 20th place. It wasn't until 2014 that Estonia was eliminated in the semi-finals for the first time since 2010. 2015 was all the more successful. Elina Born & Stig Rästa took third place in the semi-finals and were thus able to qualify for the final. There the duo achieved the best result in three years with 7th place. In 2016, however, another low followed. Jüri Pootsmann could not qualify for the final and reached the last place in the semifinals. Overall, Estonia even finished last in 2016, which is Estonia's worst placement in the competition. In 2017, Koit Toome & Laura, who both had already represented before, also failed to qualify for the final. Estonia was only able to reach the final again in 2018. There Elina Netšajeva took 8th place, the best placement in three years. With 245 points she also got a new high score for Estonia. In 2019 Victor Crone reached 4th place in the semi-finals and thus qualified for the final. It was the first time since 2012 that Estonia had made it to the final twice in a row. The success of the semifinals could not be continued in the final, however, with Crone finishing in 20th place.
A total of 11 of the 26 entries ended up in the left half of the table. Overall, Estonia has already been eliminated in the semifinals nine times, making it one of the countries that most often failed to qualify for the final. In addition, Estonia has come last once so far. In contrast, Estonia was able to win the competition once. There is also a third place. This makes Estonia one of the more average competitive countries.
List of posts
Color legend: - 1st place. - 2nd place. - 3rd place. - Equal points with last place. - Eliminated in the semifinals / in the qualification / in the Eastern European preliminary decision. - no participation / not qualified. - Cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest.
year | Interpreter | Title Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | translation | final | Semi-final / qualification |
National preliminary decision |
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1993 | Janika Sillamaa |
Muretut meelt ja südametuld M: Andreas Valkonen; T: Leelo Tungal |
Estonian | Carefree mind and flames of heart |
Not qualified Eastern European preliminary decision |
5/7 | 47 | Eurolaul 1993 | |
1994 | Silvi Vrait |
Nagu merelaine M: Ivar Must ; T: Leelo Tungal |
Estonian | Like a wave | 24/25 | 2 | Qualified directly for the final | Eurolaul 1994 | |
1995 | Not qualified | ||||||||
1996 | Maarja-Liis Ilus & Ivo Linna |
Kaelakee hääl M: Priit Pajusaar ; T: Kaari Sillamaa |
Estonian | Sound of the chain | 5/23 | 94 | 5/29 | 106 | Eurolaul 1996 |
1997 | Maarja |
Keelatud maa M: Harmo Kallaste; T: Kaari Sillamaa |
Estonian | Forbidden land | 8/25 | 82 | Qualified directly for the final | Eurolaul 1997 | |
1998 | Koit Toome |
Mere lapsed M: Maria Rahula, Tomi Rahula; T: Peeter Pruuli |
Estonian | Children of the sea | 12/25 | 36 | Eurolaul 1998 | ||
1999 | Evelin Samuel & Camille |
Diamond of Night M: Priit Pajusaar , Glen Pilvre; T: Maian-Anna Kärmas, Kaari Sillamaa |
English | Diamond of the night | 6/23 | 90 | Eurolaul 1999 | ||
2000 | Ines |
Once in a Lifetime M: Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar, Alar Kotkas; T: Jana Hallas |
English | Once in a lifetime | 4/24 | 98 | Eurolaul 2000 | ||
2001 | Tanel Padar , Dave Benton & 2XL |
Everybody M: Ivar Must ; T: Maian-Anna Kärmas |
English | Anyone | 1 /23 | 198 | Eurolaul 2001 | ||
2002 | Sahlene |
Runaway M: Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar, Alar Kotkas; T: Jana Hallas |
English | Run away | 3/24 | 111 | Eurolaul 2002 | ||
2003 | Ruffus |
Eighties Coming Back M / T: Vaiko Eplik |
English | The eighties are back | 21/26 | 14th | Eurolaul 2003 | ||
2004 | Neiokõsõ |
Tii M: Priit Pajusaar , Glen Pilvre; T: Aapo Ilves |
Võro | path | Eliminated | 11/22 | 57 | Eurolaul 2004 | |
2005 | Suntribe |
Let's Get Loud M / T: Sven Lõhmus |
English | Let's get loud | Eliminated | 20/25 | 31 | Eurolaul 2005 | |
2006 | Sandra Oxenryd |
Through My Window M: Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar, Alar Kotkas; T: Jana Hallas |
English | Through my window | Eliminated | 18/24 | 28 | Eurolaul 2006 | |
2007 | Gerli Padar |
Partners in Crime M: Berit Vaher; T: Hendrik Sal-Saller |
English | Partner in crime | Eliminated | 22/28 | 33 | Eurolaul 2007 | |
2008 | Kreisiraadio |
Leto Svet M / T: Priit Pajusaar , Glen Pilvre, Peeter Oja , Hannes Võrno , Tarmo Leinatamm |
Serbian , Finnish , German | sunlight | Eliminated | 18/19 | 8th | Eurolaul 2008 | |
2009 | Urban Symphony |
Rändajad M / T: Sven Lõhmus |
Estonian | The nomads | 6/25 | 129 | 3/19 | 115 | Eesti Laul 2009 |
2010 | Malcolm Lincoln & Manpower 4 |
Siren M / T: Robin Juhkental |
English | siren | Eliminated | 14/17 | 39 | Eesti Laul 2010 | |
2011 | Getter Jaani |
Rockefeller Street M / T: Sven Lõhmus |
English | Rockefeller Street | 24/25 | 44 | 9/19 | 60 | Eesti Laul 2011 |
2012 | Ott Lepland |
Kuula M: Ott Lepland; T: Aapo Ilves |
Estonian | Listen | 6/26 | 120 | 4/18 | 100 | Eesti Laul 2012 |
2013 | Birgit Õigemeel |
Et uus saaks alguse M: Mihkel Mattisen; T: Mihkel Matissen, Silvia Soro |
Estonian | This could be a new beginning | 20/26 | 19th | 10/16 | 52 | Eesti Laul 2013 |
2014 | Tanja |
Amazing M / T: Timo Vendt, Tatjana Mihhailova |
English | Amazing | Eliminated | 12/16 | 36 | Eesti Laul 2014 | |
2015 | Elina Born & Stig Rästa |
Goodbye to Yesterday M / T: Stig Rästa |
English | Goodbye to yesterday | 7/27 | 106 | 3/16 | 105 | Eesti Laul 2015 |
2016 | Jüri Pootsmann |
Play M / T: Fred Krieger, Stig Rästa, Vallo Kikas |
English | Games | Eliminated | 18/18 | 24 | Eesti Laul 2016 | |
2017 | Koit Toome & Laura |
Verona M / T: Sven Lõhmus |
English | - | Eliminated | 14/18 | 85 | Eesti Laul 2017 | |
2018 | Elina Netšajeva |
La forza M / T: Mihkel Mattisen, Timo Vendt, Ksenia Kuchukova, Elina Netšajeva |
Italian | The power | 8/26 | 245 | 5/19 | 201 | Eesti Laul 2018 |
2019 | Victor Crone |
Storm M / T: Stig Rästa , Vallo Kikas, Victor Crone , Fred Krieger |
English | Storm | 20/26 | 76 | 4/17 | 198 | Eesti Laul 2019 |
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Uku Suviste |
What Love Is M / T: Uku Suviste, Sharon Vaughn |
English | What love is |
Cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the EBU |
Eesti Laul 2020 | |||
2021 | Eesti Laul 2021 |
National preliminary decisions
So far, Estonia has chosen all its contributions through a national preliminary decision. From 1993 to 2008 the Eurolaul was always held for this . Since 2009, Estonia has chosen its entries via the Eesti Laul preliminary decision .
languages
According to the rules of the competition, Estonian was sung from 1993 to 1998 inclusive . After this regulation fell, most of the Estonian contributions were presented in English . Only in 2009, 2012 and 2013 was sung in Estonian. The 2004 contribution Tii was sung in the South Estonian language Võro . Leto Svet from 2008 was sung in three languages in Serbian, Finnish and German. In 2018, the Estonian contribution was sung in Italian for the first time .
List of conductors
year | conductor |
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1993 | Not qualified |
1994 | Urmas Lattikas |
1995 | Not qualified |
1996 | Tarmo linseed trunk |
1997 | Tarmo linseed trunk |
1998 | Heiki Vahar |
Scoring
The following countries received the most points from or gave the most points to Estonia (as of 2019):
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Award of the highest rating
Since 1994, Estonia has awarded the highest number of points in the final to 17 different countries, seven of which to Russia. In the semi-finals, on the other hand, Estonia awarded the maximum number of points to 14 different countries, four of which went to Finland.
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Impressions
Individual evidence
- ↑ Detailed overview: conductors for Estonia. Retrieved July 9, 2018 .