Estonia – One of the biggest sounding songs in the Crystal Hall yesterday was Ott Lepland’s ‘Kuula‘. Ott took the time after his second rehearsal to have a chat with Eurovision Times and tell us how he felt his second rehearsal went. Have a listen to him also explain why he has gone for a simple [...]
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Estonia: Ott Lepland Interview
Posted: May 21, 2012 by hulluna in Estonia, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Interview1
Estonia – Tallinn has just witnessed Ott Lepland win the Eesti Laul 2012 final and receive the much wanted ticket to Baku. In a well run show opened by last year’s act Getter Jaani, Lenna finished at the top of the leaders board after the jury votes had been counted.
Estonia -The Eesti Laul 2012 competition comes to an end tonight with the selection of Estonia’s representative for Baku. Live from the Nokia Concert Hall Tallinn at 20:30 (CET), 10 acts will compete for the honour. The winner will be chosen by a combination of televote and jury, and will be broadcast live on the [...]
Estonia – In tonight’s Eesti Laul semifinal Traffic, Lenna,Tenfold Rabbit, Birgit Õigemeel & Violina and Teele Viira all went went through to the Estonian national final. The Eesti Laul final will be held on March 3rd at the Nokia Concert Hall in Tallinn, and consist of 10 acts. Estonia is in the 2nd semi-final in Baku [...]
Estonia -The second Eesti Laul semifinal takes place tonight. 10 acts will be reduced to 5. The final will be held next Saturday, where the winner will be chosen using a 50/50 jury and televote split. Tonight’s semifinal begins at 20:35 (CET) and is live on ETV and the Internet.
Estonia – Last night saw the first semi-final of Eesti Laul. Five acts went through to the national final and five went home. There will be a second semi-final next Saturday and the grand final on March 3rd. Voting was 50% jury and 50% televoting. The qualifiers were: Loss Paranoias, Liis Lemsalu, August Hunt, Ott [...]
Estonia – All twenty songs of Eesti Laul, the Estonian national final, have been posted online and can now be listened to in full. There will be two semi-finals, scheduled for 18th February & 25th February. Five songs from each semi-final will be chosen to go to the national final on 3rd March in Tallinn. [...]
Estonia -National broadcaster ERR today announced the running order for the two Estonian semi-finals. There will be two semifinals, on February 18 and February 25. Both will have 10 acts performing in each one, and will not be live on TV but pre-recorded events which you can apply for tickets to. 5 acts will [...]
Estonia: Listen to 10 Entries of Eesti Laul 2012
Posted: December 16, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in EstoniaEstonia - Yesterday the Estonian national broadcaster ERR had announced the 20 semi-finalists for the Estonian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Today, half of the competing entries have appeared on YouTube or other social media. 159 songs had originally been submitted. A group of music experts assessed the songs and chose [...]
Estonia – The Estonian national broadcaster ERR has announced the 20 semi-finalists for the Estonian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. 159 songs had originally been submitted. A group of music experts assessed the songs and chose the 20 lucky qualifiers. Among the artists is the well-known Malcolm Lincoln who has represented Estonia [...]
Estonia – The Estonian national broadcaster ERR has announced that 159 songs were submitted for the Estonian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 “Eesti Laul”. The submission deadline ended today. Now a group of music experts will assess the songs and chose 20 which will compete in the semi-finals in February. The 20 [...]
Official Preview Videos of Estonia, Turkey And Greece Released
Posted: March 10, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Estonia, Greece, TurkeyEurovision 2011 – Today the official Eurovision site’s YouTube channel has uploaded the official preview videos of the Greek, Estonian and Turkish entries. Unfortunately Estonia and Turkey did not put a lot of effort in their videos as they are simply performances from the national finals. Greece’s video is also a performance of the song, [...]
Estonia: “Getter Jaani – Rockefeller Street” to Eurovision
Posted: February 26, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in EstoniaEstonia – Estonia chose its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 today. Getter Jaani will fly the Estonian flag in Düsseldorf and represent her country with the pop song “Rockefeller Street”. Geeter had previously qualified for the super final along with the band Outloudz. Having the choice between these two, Estonian televoters decided to [...]
Estonia Decides – The Final of Eesti Laul 2011
Posted: February 26, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in EstoniaEstonia – Tonight Estonia will choose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011! Over the last weeks 10 artists qualified for the final and will compete for the Estonian ticket to Düsseldorf. The Final will be held in the Nokia Concert Hall in Tallinn. The decision will be taken by 100% televoting. These are [...]
Estonia – The second semi-final of the Estonian national final “Eesti Laul 2011″ for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf was held tonight. 9 songs competed for a place in the final after Uku Suviste got disqualified because the lyrics of his song “Jagatud öö” were released before the due date. 5 directly qualified [...]
Tonight: Semi-Finals in Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia
Posted: February 19, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, LithuaniaEurovision weekend – Apart from the presentation of the Italian entry and the Swedish semi-final, we will also have qualification rounds in all the Baltic countries and in Croatia. Unfortunately all these events will happen simultaneously so you have to take a decision what to watch tonight. Here is an overview of the shows:
Estonia – The first semi-final of the Estonian national final “Eesti Laul 2011″ for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf was held tonight. 10 songs competed for a place in the final. 5 directly qualified while the other 5 songs were eliminated. The songs were chosen by a 50/50 vote and the jury’s results [...]
Estonia – The Estonian national broadcaster ERR has announced the line-ups of the semi-finals of their selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The first two shows of “Eesti Laul 2011″ will be held on February 12 and February 19 and will both feature 10 songs. 5 songs will qualify from each semi-final. The [...]
Editorial: ‘Estonia up there again’
Posted: January 20, 2011 by Sekhmet Morgan in Editorial, EstoniaEstonia – As the year moves on, many countries start showing out their big guns for the year. Let’s say this right away, countries depend on the level quality sent to them. Unless they go for an internal selection (in which case and in this case only can they bring big names to the Eurovision [...]
Eurovision recap (21)
Posted: December 22, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Estonia, FYR Macedonia, Iceland, MaltaThis time with news from FYR Macedonia, Estonia and Albania Malta – PBS, the Maltese national broadcaster has announced the date of next year’s national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. The Mediterranean island will select their entry on February 12. PBS received 141 songs from which 24 semi-finalists were chosen. The semi-final [...]
Eurovision recap (20)
Posted: December 17, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, Belgium, Estonia, NetherlandsThis time with news from Belgium, Estonia, Armenia and the Netherlands! Armenia – Just a few days ago the Armenian national broadcaster ARMTV revealed that Emmy would represent the Caucasian country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Today the channel explained how the song selection will work: Composers can submit entries for Emmy until January [...]
Eurovision recap (19)
Posted: December 15, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Estonia, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, SpainThis time with news from the Netherlands, Düsseldorf, Spain, Greece and Estonia Greece – According to oikotimes, the deadline for artists to submit entries for the Greek national final will pass this Friday. Apparently the financially strained national broadcaster has asked record labels to cover 60% of the costs of the Greek participation. Names that [...]
Estonia – The winner of “Pop Idol” in Estonia, Jana Kask, has entered her single into the selection process in her home country. The single “Don’t want anything” will thus be one of the songs competing to represent Estonia in Düsseldorf this year. The song has had major airplay after being released and would thus [...]
Eurovision recap (13)
Posted: October 19, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Azerbaijan, Belgium, Estonia, Italy, SwedenToday with news from Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Estonia and Azerbaijan! Italy -Roberto Meloni, an Italian singer, who participated for Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest as part of the groups “Bonaparti.lv” and “Pirates of the sea”, has claimed that Italian television RAI has approached him concerning the Eurovision Song Contest. According to the website poplight.se [...]
Score analysis 6: Semifinal 1
Posted: June 28, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Analysis, Estonia, Finland, FYR Macedonia, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovakia17. Latvia – Aisha – What for? From 2005 until 2008 Latvia always made it to the final, but last year and this year, they were less fortunate. In 2009 they came last with “Intars Busulis” in the second semifinal and this year they repeat this failure coming last in the first semifinal. Aisha’s singing [...]
