March 6, 2021

Uku Suviste has won the Estonian national final with the song “The lucky one”. Uku was supposed to represent Estonia last year but that didn’t happen. He will take revenge this year. Here are the full results: Sissi – Time, 15 pt. Jüri Pootsmann – Magus melanhoolia, 15 pt. Uku Suviste – The Lucky One, 15 pt. Koit Toome – We Could Have Been Beautiful, 14 pt. Andrei Zevakin & Pluuto – Wingman, 14 pt. Kadri Voorand – Energy, 10 pt. Suured tüdrukud – Heaven’s Not That Far Tonight, 8 pt. Karl Killing – Kiss Me, 8 pt. Redel – Tartu, 7 pt. Hans Nayna – One By One, 6 pt. Ivo Linna, Robert Linna, Supernova – Ma olen siin, 2 pt. Egert Milder – Free Again, 2pt. Superfinal: Uku Suviste – The Lucky One Sissi – Time Jüri Pootsmann – Magus melanhoolia

The results of the Swedish ‘andra chancen’ (second chance) are in. The four winning songs will be added to the line up for next week’s final. The winners are in bold: Alvaro Estrella – Baila Baila vs Lillasyster – Pretender Frida Green – The Silence vs Paul Rey – The Missing Piece Eva Rydberg & Ewa Roos – Rena rama ding dong VS Clara Klingenström – Behöver inte dig idag Klara Hammarström – Beat of Broken Hearts VS Efraim Leo – Best of Me

Tonight, 26 songs and artists will compete in the Italian Festival of Sanremo. After the contest, the first question at the winner’s press conference will be asked by Eduardo Anselmo, Italian head of delegation for Eurovision: “Are you going to Eurovision?”. The winner has the first choice to do so, but can also reject the ticket. The show starts at 21.00 CET and you can watch it here. The songs are: Aiello – Ora Annalisa – Dieci Arisa – Potevi fare di più Bugo – E invece sì Colapesce e Dimartino – Musica leggerissima Coma_Cose – Fiamme negli occhi Ermal Meta – Un milione di cose da dirti Extraliscio feat. Davide Toffolo – Esordienti Fasma – Parlami Francesca Michielin e Fedez – Chiamami per nome Francesco Renga – Quando trovo te Fulminacci – Santa Marinella Gaia – Cuore amaro Ghemon – Momento perfetto Gio Evan – Arnica Irama – La genesi del tuo colore La Rappresentante di Lista – Amare Lo Stato Sociale – Combat Pop Madame – Voce Malika Ayane – Ti piaci così Måneskin – Zitti e buoni Max Gazzè e Trifluoperazina Monstery Band – Il farmacista Noemi – Glicine Orietta Berti – Quando ti sei innamorato Random – Torno a te Willie Peyote – Mai dire mai (La locura) Two of the participants entered the Eurovision stage before. Francesca Michielin with “No degree of separation” in 2016. This year, her song is written by Mahmood (ESC 2019). Ermal Meta represented Italy in 2018 in duet with Fabrizio Moro and the song “Non mi avete fatto niente”.

Tonight will also be the night for Portugal. The show starts at 22.00 CET and you can watch it here. Ten songs made it to the final: Karetus & Romeu Bairos – Saudade Joana Alegre – Joana do Mar Fábia Maia – Dia Lindo Valéria – Na Mais Profunda Saudade Carolina Deslandes – Por Um Triz NEEV – Dancing in The Stars Pedro Gonçalves – Não Vou Ficar Sara Afonso – Contramão EU.CLIDES – VOLTE-FACE The Black Mamba – Love Is On My Side Pedro Gonçalves was 6th in the 2017 national final.

Sweden is about to add four more songs to the final of Melodifestivalen. Tonight it is time for “Andra Chancen”, where songs that didn’t make it to the final can still get the ticket. The show starts at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. There will be four duels: Alvaro Estrella – Baila Baila vs Lillasyster – Pretender Frida Green – The Silence vs Paul Rey – The Missing Piece Eva Rydberg & Ewa Roos – Rena rama ding dong VS Clara Klingenström – Behöver inte dig idag Klara Hammarström – Beat of Broken Hearts VS Efraim Leo – Best of Me Alvaro Estrella took part in Melodifestivalen in 2014 but only in the semifinal. In 2020 he was 11th in the final together with Méndez. Paul Rey also reached the 2020 final and became 6th. Klara Hammarström didn’t make it to the final that year. For Eva Rydberg, Melodifestivalen was longer ago: in 1977 she became 7th.  

After two semifinals it’s time for Estonia to make a choice. The transmission starts at 18.30 CET and you can watch it here. The songs are: Egert Milder – Free Again Suured tüdrukud – Heaven’s Not That Far Tonight Hans Nayna – One By One Ivo Linna, Robert Linna, Supernova – Ma olen siin Karl Killing – Kiss Me Uku Suviste – The Lucky One Sissi – Time Jüri Pootsmann – Magus melanhoolia Redel – Tartu Koit Toome – We Could Have Been Beautiful Andrei Zevakin & Pluuto – Wingman Kadri Voorand – Energy Egert Milder took part in Eesti Laul 2015 but didn’t reach the final. In 2020 he became 4th. Kaire Vilgats (Suured tüdrukud) became 8th in 1998 and 9th in 2009.  Karl Killing became 6th in 2018. Sissi, the daughter of former Eurovision winner Dave Benton, became 4th in 2020. The guys of Redel reached the 3rd place in 2013 as members of the punk band Winny Puhh. But there are no less than 4 former winners tonight. Ivor Linna represented Estonia in the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest with “Kaelakee hääl”, in duet with Maarja-Liis.   Jüri Pootsmann sang “Play” in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Koit Toome even represented Estonia twice: in 1998 with “Mere lapsed” and in 2018, together with Laura, with “Lost in Verona”. Uku Suviste won last year’s Eesti Laul with the song “What love is”.