Estonia to decide tonight

Tonight, the final of Eestilaul, the Estonian national final, will be held. The show will be transmitted at 18:30 CET from the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, and 50% expert jury/50% televoting will decide a top-3. In the final round, only the televoter counts. You can watch the show here. The participating songs are:

  • Inger, “Only dream”
  • Rasmus Rändvee, “Young”
  • Stefan, “By my side”
  • Synne Valtri & Väliharf, “Majakad”
  • Uudo Sepp, “I’m sorry, I messed up”
  • Uku Suviste, “What love is”
  • Shira, “Out in space”
  • Anett & Fredi, “Write about me”
  • Jaagup Tusk, “Beautiful lie”
  • Traffic, “Üks kord veel”
  • Egert Milder, “Georgia (on my mind)”
  • Laura, “Break me”

Rasmus Rändvee participated in 2013 and 2017. The latter he reached the superfinal and became 2nd. Stefan was 3rd in 2019. Inger took part in last year’s Eesti laul too, as did Synne Valtri. Uku Suviste was 2nd in that year, just as in 2016. Anett took part in 2016; Traffic in 2009, 2012 and 2014 and Egert Milder in 2015. Laura took part in the 2004 and 2017 Eurovision song contest. The first one with the group Suntribe and the latter with Koit Toome.

 

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