Estonia: ERR reveals twelve more Eesti Laul 2021 semifinalists

Thursday, 12 November 2020

• The Estonian national broadcaster, ERR,  has revealed the second set of the Eesti Laul 2021 participants that will battle for the right to represent the nation at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. 

  Eesti Laul 2021 preparations are in full swing by ERR as the Baltic nation seeks for its next Eurovision representative. After yeasterday's revelation of the first set of semifinalists, today the national broadcaster unveiled the second set of semifinalists of the Estonian national selection.

  The second group includes 12 more acts that will compete in the semi finals. These are: 

  • Karl Killing – Kiss Me
  • Egert Milder – Free Again
  • Rahel – Sunday Night
  • Sissi – Time
  • Alabama Watchdog – Alabama Watchdog
  • Kristin Kalnapenk – Find A Way
  • Tanja – Best Night Ever
  • Heleza – 6
  • Uku Aasma – Kaos
  • Suured Tüdrukud – Heaven’s Not That Far Tonight
  • Kadri Voorand – Energy
  • Ivo Linna, Robert Linna, Supernova- Ma ole siin

  In this group of acts we again see a few former Eurovision representatives that stand out, such as  Ivo Linna (1996) and Tanja (2014) who ambition to return on the Eurovision stage. These two come to join the former ESC representatives  Koit Tome ( 1998, 2017), Juri Pootsman (2016) and  Uku Suviste (2020)  who were included in the first set of semifinalists.

   

  Essti Laul 2021 will take place over three nights, consisting of two semi finals and a grand final show, all set to be held exclusively in the capital city of Tallinn. The timeline of the Estonian selection has as below: 

  • Eesti Laul 2021 Semifinal  1 - February 18, 2021
  • Eesti Laul 2021 Semifinal  2 - February 20, 2021
  • Eesti Laul 2021 Grand Final - March 6, 2021

   

  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 Suviste won the Esti Laul 2020 national final with the song "What Love Is" but due to the cancellation of Eurovision the musician was deprived the chance to represent Estonia in Rotterdam this year. Lets remember his Eurovision 2020 entry:

  Source: ERR