#BIRTHDAY: Elina Nechayeva from Estonia is 29 today How do you feel about the free language rule? Does it promote a song as many more people can possibly understand it, or do you think each country should stick to its roots? Our friends in Estonia have a language […]
Eesti Laul has seen a total of 156 songs submitted for the 2021 Contest. While only 63 of the songs submitted are in Estonian, the remaining 93 are in English, French, Russian or Spanish. A jury will select the 24 songs that go through to the semi finals […]
After successfully holding the semi finals of Eesti Laul in Tartu, in 2019 and 2020, the coronavirus pandemic has sadly put an end to that for now. The two semi finals for 2021 will once again come from the ETV studios. Due to Covid-19, it is also unclear […]
Uku Suviste has reunited with Dimitris Kontopoulos and Sharon Vaughn, the winning team behind his entry “What Love Is”, to record his entry for Eesti Laul 2021. Uku has an automatic semi final spot in Eesti Laul 2021 due to ERR holding the annual national selection. The automatic […]
With the start of the new Eurovision year, see’s the opening of the 2021 Eesti Laul submission period – which will end on Friday 6th November. Submitting Estonian language songs will cost participation of €25, while other language songs will cost participation of €75. Participation costs will double […]
In this series from Eurovision Ireland, we will be taking a look at the participating countries and their entries that have avoided the dreaded ‘Nul Points’ in the Grand Final – thanks to just one other participating country. Today we look at Estonia. 1994 In 1994, Estonia was […]
Following her appearance in “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga”, Elina Nechayeva has revealed she may look at competing in the 2021 edition of Eesti Laul. Elina Nechayeva told ERR, the Estonian national broadcaster: “When I saw the film, I remembered the feeling of participating in […]
A further two countries have declined participation at the forthcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year, to be held in Warsaw on Sunday 29th November. Estonian broadcaster ERR have revealed that Estonia will not be making their debut at this year – the only Baltic country yet to […]
STAGGY: Review of 2020 Part I Our friend Staggy has been mulling over the choices made by the broadcasters around Europe (and beyond). We normally can’t keep him quiet, but for now he insists that a picture can paint a thousand words. But what did he think of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ott Lepland from Estonia is 33 today It’s always good when a singer’s birthday comes along whose song is a personal favourite. And when it’s perhaps a Baltic song, even better. And it comes from an excellent year. Estonia has only had one win so far, but […]