TONIGHT: The Estonian national selection continues with the 3rd quarterfinal of Eesti Laul 2022

TONIGHT: The Estonian national selection continues with the 3rd quarterfinal of Eesti Laul 2022
Saturday, 04 December 2021

  • The Estonian national selection for Eurovision 2022, continues tonight with the third quarter final of Eesti Laul 2022, the show that will determine the nation's hopeful for Turin. 

    Following the first quarter final  and 2nd quarterfinal show  out of the four in total  is taking place this evening continuing Estonia's search for the next Eurovision representative. 

    A total of 10 entries will compete in this evening's show and will battle for five qualifying spots that lead to the semi finals. Namely the acts along with their song titles and the authors behind that will compete in the upcoming third quarterfinal are: 

     

    • Alabama Watchdog - "Move On" (The authors Ken Einberg, Daniel Pogga, Sven wall Family)
    • Sahlene -  "Champion"  (Sahlene, Nicklas Eklund, Dagmar Oja, Kaire Vilgats)
    • deLULU - "Music Saved My Soul"  (Taavi Paomets, Mairo Marjamaa, Inga Tislar)
    • Elina Nechayeva - "Remedy"  (Sven Lõhmus)
    • Goodreason - "Three Days Ago"  (Hele-Mai Mängel)
    • Lauri Pihlap - "Take Me Home"  (Lauri Pihlap)
    • Levvis - "Let's Talk About "  (Aleksei Baruzdin)
    • Merilin Mälk - "Little Girl"  (Karl-Ander Reismann)
    • Shira - "Under Water"   (Marika Rodionova, Kristi Raias, Johannes Laas)
    • STEFAN - "Hope"  (Stefan Airapetjan, Karl-Ander Reismann)

    Among the contestants we see two former Eurovision participants. Anna Sahelene represented Estonia when they hosted the comeptition back in  2002 in Tallin with her entry ‘Runaway‘ finishing in 3rd place. In addition  Elina Nechayeva who flew the flag at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon with her ‘La Forza‘ and finished 8th in the grand final. 

     

    The hosts

    Eesti laul 2022 3rdQF

    Laura Poldvere and Ott Lepland (photo: Kairit Leibold/ERR)

    Two former Eurovision representatives will present us the 3rd quarterfinal: Laura Poldvere  and Ott Lepland. 

    Laura Poldvere represented Estonia on two occasions, at Eurovision 2005 as part of the group Suntribe, where they finished 20th and at Eurovision 2017 alongside with Koit Toome, where they failed to qualify to the Grand final with the song "Verona".  20th and . Ott Lepland defended the Estonian colors in Baku at Eurovision 2012 with the song 'Kuula' which came 6th in the Grand Final. 

     

    How to Watch 

    The second quarter-final of Eesti Laul 2022 is set to hit the screen 20:35 CET and you can watch it through the ETV official website.