Estonia: Eesti Laul 2022 third quarterfinal qualifiers

Estonia: Eesti Laul 2022 third quarterfinal qualifiers
Saturday, 04 December 2021

  • Five more acts qualified to the semifinals of Eesti Laul 2022 during this evening's 3rd quarterfinal round. 

    Following the first quarter final  and 2nd quarterfinal show, the third quaterfinal of Eestil Laul 2022 took place this evening determining the thrid set of five semifinalists. The show was hosted by the Eurovision 2005 and 2017 representative, Laura Poldvere  and Ott Lepland Estonia's ESC 2012 act.

    A total of 10 contestants competed in this round with all of them singing in Estonian. The public determined three qualifiers while the other two were selected by the jury. 

    Here are the 10 entries that competed in the 3rd quarterfinal: 

    • Alabama Watchdog - "Move On" 
    • Sahlene -  "Champion" 
    • deLULU - "Music Saved My Soul"  
    • Elina Nechayeva - "Remedy"  
    • Goodreason - "Three Days Ago"  
    • Lauri Pihlap - "Take Me Home"  
    • Levvis - "Let's Talk About "  
    • Merilin Mälk - "Little Girl"  
    • Shira - "Under Water"   
    • STEFAN - "Hope"  

    The three acts that progressed to the semi finals by the  the public vote are: 

    STEFAN -"Hope"

     

    Elina Nechayeva - "Remedy"

     

    Anna Sahlene "Champion"

     

    The two acts that progressed to the semi final by the jury are: 

    Alabama Watchdog - "Move On"

     

    Merilin Mälk - "Little Girl"

     

    Thus, the five new qualifiers will be joining in the semifinals the first quarterfinal  and second quaterfinal qualifiiers in the semi finals. The Estonian national selection continues next week with the fourth quarterfinal as one more set of 10 contestants will battle for the last five spots in the semifinals. 

     

    Estonia in Eurovision 

    Estonia joined the Eurovision family in 1994 . On their debut participation they were represented by Silvi Vrait, who finished 2nd last with only 2 points. Seven years later the country was crowned winner of  Eurovision Song Contest 2001 for the first and only time until today. Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL, performed the song Everybody and against all odds achieved to bring the trophy from Copenhagen in Estonia.

    However this success didn’t continue as Estonia failed to qualify for the final from 2004-2008. In 2009 after successive bad results led to the establishment of Eesti Laul, as the show through which the country has been selecting its Eurovision entries the last ten years, having seven times qualified to the final.
    In 2019 with Swedish singer, Victor Crone won Eesti Laul 2019 and rerpesented Estonia with his song, “Storm”. The Estonian representative finished in 20th place in the final with 76 points, marking Estonia’s qualification to the final for a second year in a row.

    Uku won the Estonian national final back in February 2020 with his entry “What Love Is” and along with it the right to reprsent Estonian at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam. Unfortunately the contest never took place cause of the coronavirus pandemic leaving Uku’s ESC journey incomplete.

    However, the Estonian act was given a pass to compete in Eesti Laul 2021 finals, which he eventually won again with his song 'The Lucky One' and went off to representing the country in Rotterdam. Uku competed in the second semi final and depsite his strong performance didn't make it to the Grand Final. 

     

    News Source/Image: ERR