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 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sahlene is 44 today Yesterday we had a home entrant. Today we have another one. And in a curious twist, even though she was a home entrant, she was also a false-flagger, from the country we concentrated on yesterday. Confused? You should be. OK, OK, today’s birthday […]
Estonia’s ERR, is the latest broadcaster to announce it’s additional programming ahead of it’s live broadcast of “Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light”, on May 16th, 21:00 CET. The following programmes have been announced: “12 punkti! Eurovisiooni hited” is a new documentary exploring 65 years of Eurovision Song Contest […]
Within a week of the special programme “Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light”, replacing the cancelled 2020 Eurovision Song Contest, thirteen countries have committed to showing the programme. The thirteen countries that will be showing the programme are, with their broadcaster and channel in brackets: Belgium (VRT/Een) Bulgaria (BNT/BNT […]
Welcome back to the brand new Eurovision Ireland series, Review In Two – also known as #ReVu2! Over the course of this series, Eurovision Ireland regular James will take a look at all the songs heading to Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 and give you his thoughts in just […]