This is the first semi final of Eesti Laul and the first twelve songs vying for Estonia’s spot at the Eurovision Song Contest this year in Tel-Aviv – you know the drill, join me, Richard from 20:30CET by regularly refreshing the page!

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Earlier tonight, the following twelve acts sung to get qualification through to the Eesti Laul final. It is now time to see how they got on!

• The Swingers, Tanja & Birgit – High Heels In The Neighborhood
• Marko Kaar – Smile
• xtra basic & Emily J – Hold Me Close
• Johanna Eendra – Miks sa teed nii?
• Stefan – Without You
• Sandra Nurmsalu – Soovide puu
• Jennifer Cohen – Little Baby El
• Sofina Rubina (ft. Janika Tenn) – Deep Water
• Öed – Öhuloss
• Victor Crone – Storm
• Ranele – Supernova
• INGER – Coming Home

We are LIVE! We start with a recap of the songs, allowing the Estonian public to continue with their public voting.

The Public voting has concluded.

The four automatic qualifiers making the final are:

• The Swingers, Tanja & Birgit
• Stefan
• Victor Crone
• INGER

The vote has reopened for the public to pick the remaining two acts.

We are now looking ahead to semi final 2 – LIVE this forthcoming Saturday, from 18:00 CET and we will be LIVE with our #LiveBlog.

• Sandra Nurmsalu
• xtra basic & Emily J – Hold Me Close

We now have our first six finalists for Eesti Laul 2019! Join me again on Saturday from 18:00 CET, yes 18:00 CET, for more Estonian fun!

Author: Richard Taylor

Source: Eurovision Ireland